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Miles & More credit cards

This page covers Miles & More credit cards in the European markets where the programme publishes them, and it records only what the checked sources state. The sources describe Miles & More status benefits for flights with Lufthansa Group airlines, co-issuing Miles & More airline partners and Star Alliance airlines [3], but they identify no Miles & More credit card, no issuing bank, no country of availability, no earning rate, no fee and no eligibility rule for any such card [3] [4]. Those questions are therefore answered below as not published rather than estimated.

Facts checked: 18 October 2026

Key takeaways

  • The Miles & More page available for this profile describes status benefits, not payment cards, and its benefits apply when flying with Lufthansa Group airlines, co-issuing Miles & More airline partners and Star Alliance airlines [3].
  • The only cards named on that page are status companion cards: a Senator partner card for a spouse or partner, and a Frequent Traveller partner card listed among extra benefits [3].
  • A card page from a different programme shows the detail such pages can carry — spend thresholds, exclusions and reset rules — but none of it applies to Miles & More [4].

What the sources cover

Two pages were available. One is a Miles & More page on HON Circle status benefits [3]; the other is a WestJet page on the Status Lift benefit of the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard [4]. Neither is a terms page for a Miles & More credit card [3] [4].

The Miles & More page lists no European country, no issuing bank and no card variant, so this profile cannot name the markets or the cards in scope [3]. The WestJet page is a Canadian programme page for a Mastercard and is cited here only to show how a card benefit is documented elsewhere [4]. Readers looking for the programme itself should start with the Miles & More programme profile.

The programme the sources describe

Miles & More is presented through its status tiers — Frequent Traveller, Senator and HON Circle — with benefits on flights operated by Lufthansa Group airlines, co-issuing Miles & More airline partners and Star Alliance airlines [3]. HON Circle status requires at least 6,000 HON Circle Points in a calendar year, both to earn it and to renew it [3]. Miles do not expire for as long as a member remains a status member [3].

Qualifying or renewing as a HON Circle Member brings four upgrade eVouchers [3], and a Companion Award Flight gives 50% off an award flight for anyone added to the booking [3]. Until 14 days before departure, a member and up to three companions in the same cabin can get award availability even when no award seats remain, provided seats are on sale in the chosen cabin on Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City or SWISS [3]. That guarantee does not apply to Fly Smart award flights, which are bookable within 14 days of departure [3]. HON Circle Members may also temporarily overdraw their mileage account by up to 100,000 miles [3].

The two card names on the page are status companion cards rather than payment cards: a Senator partner card that gives a spouse or partner Senator status on request while the member remains a HON Circle Member, and a Frequent Traveller partner card listed among extra benefits earned at a certain number of HON Circle Points per calendar year [3]. Linking Miles & More and Marriott Bonvoy accounts brings Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status to HON Circle Members [3]. None of these items is described as a credit card benefit [3].

Earning, fees and eligibility

A card profile would normally state how many miles a card earns per unit of spend, the annual fee, the foreign-currency fee, interest terms, any welcome offer, and eligibility by residency, age or income [3] [4]. None of those figures appears in either page checked, and neither page states who issues a Miles & More credit card or in which countries it can be held [3] [4].

The WestJet page shows the level of detail a card benefit can carry, and is set out here as a contrast only. A holder of the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard earns a Status Lift — 200 CAD of tier qualifying spend — each time $5,000 in eligible purchases is charged to the account, up to 50 times in a qualifying year [4]. Eligible purchases exclude returns, credits, fees, interest charges, cash advances, balance transfers, cash-like transactions and bill payments that are not pre-authorised merchant charges, while purchases made outside Canada do count [4]. Only the primary cardholder is credited, although spending on every card on the account counts towards the $5,000 threshold [4]. Tier qualifying spend has no monetary or exchange value and cannot be redeemed [4]. The qualifying year runs from 1 January to 31 December and the accumulated total resets to zero at the start of each year [4]. WestJet and Royal Bank of Canada reserve the right to change or withdraw the benefit at any time [4]. These are WestJet Rewards rules for a Canadian Mastercard and say nothing about any Miles & More card [4].

Exceptions and limits

  • Miles without expiry apply only while the member remains a status member; the page ties the rule to status, not to holding a card [3].
  • The improved award availability is limited to the airlines named, to the same cabin for all travellers, to bookings made at least 14 days before departure, and to flights where the seats are on sale; Fly Smart awards are excluded [3].
  • The account overdraft is a temporary advance of up to 100,000 miles for HON Circle Members, not an additional allowance of miles [3].
  • Card benefit terms can be changed or withdrawn, as the WestJet page states for its own programme; that clause belongs to WestJet Rewards and cannot be read across to Miles & More [4].
  • Because no market, issuer or variant is identified, this profile makes no statement about fees, eligibility or earning in any individual European country [3] [4].

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. It covers Miles & More as set out on the HON Circle status page, and uses a WestJet Rewards page only to show how a card benefit is published; Miles & More credit card terms for individual countries, the terms of any issuing bank, and every other programme's credit cards are not covered here.

  1. Miles & More HON Circle Member benefits, checked 18 October 2026
  2. WestJet World Elite Status Lift, checked 18 October 2026