|  | Lufthansa Business Class To Europe, Up To 9 Seats |
| If you’re looking for business class flights for a bunch of people out of the midwest, this one is for you. Lufthansa has business class space for up to nine people on two routes starting this month and running into mid-2025.
Points Wire Highlights
Now, let’s get into it! |
|  | Straight To The Points Routes: DTW, STL - FRA
Operating airline: Lufthansa
Class of service: Business class
Dates: July 2024 - June 2025
Seats available: 2 (up to 9)
Cabin layout: 2-2-2
Book with (per person, one-way): *Air Canada Aeroplan: 70,000 points ANA Mileage Club: 100,000 miles (round-trip only) Asiana Club: 40,000 miles *Avianca LifeMiles: 63,000 miles EVA Infinity MileageLands: 65,000 miles Lufthansa Miles & More: 56,000 miles Singapore KrisFlyer: 81,000 miles Turkish Miles&Smiles: 45,000 miles *United MileagePlus: 88,000 miles
*No Surcharges
Note: United can only book up to ~337 days from departure.
Taxes/fees (per person): From US: $5.60 (~$59 from CA) From FRA: ~$148 (~$114 to CA) Surcharges from US: ~$1,019 Surcharges from VIE: ~$395.30
Aeroplan and LifeMiles have partner booking fees.
Bank transfer partners: Air Canada: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott Asiana Club: Marriott lifemiles: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott EVA: Capital One, Citi Singapore: Amex, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott Turkish: Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott United: Bilt, Chase, Marriott
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|  | | DTW-FRA July: 1, 5-8, 14, 20 August: 12, 19, 20, 27 October: 1, 2, 4, 6-9, 12-26, 28, 30 November: 4, 11, 13, 18, 19, 25, 27 December: 23-25, 29-31 January: 1, 5-8, 12-15, 20, 26-28 February: 2-4, 9-11, 16, 17, 23, 24 March: 2-5, 9-12, 17-19, 23, 24, 26, 31 April: 7 FRA-DTW October: 2-4, 8-11, 15-20, 22-26 November: 7, 13-15, 21, 22, 27-29 December: 5, 11-13, 20, 23-27 January: 3, 14-17, 22-24, 30, 31 February: 6, 7, 13, 14, 19-21, 27, 28 March: 6, 7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28 |
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| STL-FRA July: 5, 26 August: 7, 18 November: 3, 6, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27 December: 11, 13, 22, 29 January: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31 February: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 March: 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 April: 2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 27, 30 May: 7, 14, 28 June: 11 FRA-STL July: 12, 14, 17, 19, 24 August: 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 September: 4 October: 16, 23 November: 6, 13, 20, 27, 29 December: 4, 11, 18, 20, 25, 27, 29 January: 1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31 February: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 March: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30 April: 2, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 30 May: 2, 7, 9, 11, 14, 21, 28 June: 1, 4, 11 |
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| | |  | Flight Experience
Lufthansa operates flights with their old 2-2-2 business class on these two routes. Candidly, the product is outdated. However, the inflight catering has improved in recent years. I’ve generally found the crews to be solid.
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| Best Ways To Book
Lifemiles: Great option, no surcharges
Lifemiles is a great choice at 63,000 miles one-way and no surcharges. If you have Amex, Bilt, Capital One, or Citi points, it’s your best bet for these two routes.
If you redeem a ton of lifemiles each year, it might be worth getting a lifemiles+ subscription to get a 10% rebate on Star Alliance redemptions. A Lite membership is only $240 per year while a Basic membership is $600 but you get free changes and cancellations. Most people probably won’t need the higher tier memberships.
Aeroplan: Best option with Chase transfer bonus
Aeroplan is a solid option at 70,000 points one-way. However, if you have Chase points, it’s your bet option thanks to a 20% transfer bonus. With that bonus, you’d only need to transfer 59,000 points.
If you have the Chase Aeroplan card as well, you can get a 10% transfer bonus on transfers for 50,000+ Chase points. Combined, that’s a 30% transfer bonus which means you’d only need to transfer 54,000 Chase points.
If your total flight distance exceeds 6,000 miles, the award rate will get bumped up to 90,000 points. You can also include a stopover for 5,000 additional miles. Use GCmap to calculate your total flight distance and double-check Aeroplan's award chart. |
|  | How To Book
You can use United to search. From United's homepage, select Advanced search Choose to show price in miles Select Roundtrip or One-way Enter the origin & destination Select Nonstop only (if you don't need a connection) Select the number of passengers Select your dates or choose Flexible dates and choose a month Select Business Run the search If booking with another Star Alliance partner, confirm space by searching with that program Transfer points (if necessary) Log into your account Run the search again Complete the booking
Once you know the exact dates you want, run a search with the program you'll use to book. As always, I recommend confirming the program you're using sees the award space before you transfer points. |
| Final Thoughts
Say what you will about Lufthansa’s business class product, the ability to get 9 seats non-stop to Europe from St. Louis and Detroit isn’t an every day occurrence and cou
Happy booking! |
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