All types of miles at a glance
What is the difference between award miles and status miles, and what do Select miles and HON Circle miles mean? How do I earn and redeem miles and when do award miles expire? You can find the answers to your questions and everything else you need to know about Miles & More miles, here.
Award miles for doing so
Award miles are miles that can be earned and redeemed on an everyday basis or when travelling for flights, rental cars, hotel accommodation and much more. But with award miles, you cannot gain any kind of status - for that, you need status miles. In partner offers on the Miles & More website and the Miles & More app, award miles are often marked with the abbreviation after the mileage amount.
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Status miles
Status miles are crucial to achieving or extending your frequent flyer status as a Frequent Traveller or a Senator, and can only be earned on flights.
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HON Circle miles
HON Circle miles are the determining factor for achieving and extending your HON Circle status.
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Select miles
Select miles reward frequent flyers who continue to fly after they have achieved their frequent flyer status. When you reach a certain number of Select miles, you can choose Select benefits from some additional benefits. As your mileage account balance increases, the range of select benefits also increases with every level reached. These Select Benefits include, for example, lounge vouchers, discount vouchers and eVouchers fur upgrades.