Status miles can only be earned when flying on fully integrated partner airlines or Star Alliance members.

Award miles can be earned on certain Deutsche Bahn trains, when staying in certain hotels, shopping in certain shops (such as the LH Worldshop), renting cars, investing in certain funds, opening an account with certain banks, picking up a catalogue in a Bang & Olufsen store, and others.

[6] Once a member has collected the necessary number of miles, they can be used to buy flights, upgrades and products from the Lufthansa Worldshop.

Miles in a member's account can be exchanged for award flights on all the fully integrated airline partners and all of the Star Alliance carriers.

Miles can also be redeemed for upgrades on all fully integrated carriers of Miles & More and on the following Star Alliance partners: All Nippon Airways (ANA), Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Thai Airways International.

Miles can be redeemed for a rental car, hotel, shopping, banks & insurance, telecommunications & electronics industries, etc.