{"id":179300,"date":"2024-09-10T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=179300\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:01:48","slug":"lufthansa-credit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/airlines\/lufthansa-credit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn 50,000 Lufthansa Miles With the Miles &amp; More World Elite Mastercard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you're in the mood to collect some Miles & More miles \u2014 the mileage currency of all the airlines that belong to the Lufthansa group \u2014 keep reading. The $89 annual fee <a data-ccid=\"59\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/LufthansaMilesMoreWorldEliteMasterCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Miles & More<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>, allows you to earn bonus points from daily spending and a solid welcome bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Here's a look at what the Miles & More World Elite Mastercard offers and why you should keep it on your radar if you want to fly to Europe in style.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qs-card\" data-id=\"59\">\n            <div class=\"qs-data\">\n                <div class=\"qs-view\">\n                    <div class=\"qs-cardname\">Miles & More<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-image\"><img data-aspectratio=\"150\/96\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CardArt-MilesMoreWorldEliteMastercard.png\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Miles & More\u00ae World Elite Mastercard\u00ae\" \/ class=\"lazyload\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-apply\"><a class=\"qs-how-apply\" data-ccid=\"59\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/LufthansaMilesMoreWorldEliteMasterCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">How to Apply<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-rates\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-offer\"><strong>Welcome Bonus<\/strong>\r\nEarn 50,000 miles  after spending $3,000 on purchases and paying the annual fee in full, both within the first 90 days.<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"qs-info\">\n                    <strong class=\"qs-cardname\">Miles & More<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>\n                    <div class=\"qs-offer\"><strong>Welcome Bonus<\/strong>\r\nEarn 50,000 miles  after spending $3,000 on purchases and paying the annual fee in full, both within the first 90 days.<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-fee\"><strong>Annual Fee:<\/strong><b>$89<\/b><\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <a class=\"qs-share\" href=\"\/find-a-card\/LufthansaMC\/\" title=\"copy\"><svg width=\"12\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/awardwallet\/public\/builds\/icon\/icon-sprite.svg?v2026-4-307b22a62b#share-square\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Miles_More_World_Elite_Mastercard_Welcome_Offer\">Miles & More World Elite Mastercard Welcome Offer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you're a new applicant for the <a data-ccid=\"59\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/LufthansaMilesMoreWorldEliteMasterCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Miles & More World Elite Mastercard<\/a>, you can earn 60,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 on purchases and pay the annual fee, both within the first 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of flying, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/airlines\/buy-lufthansa-miles\/\" rel=\"noopener\">purchasing Miles & More miles<\/a>, or signing up for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/travel\/asmallworld-membership-promotion\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ASmallWorld membership<\/a>, it's generally pretty difficult to earn a big sum of Lufthansa miles. That's part of what makes this 60,000 bonus so special.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, if you want to fly to Europe in style, you should care about Miles & More miles. Having a stash of these miles allows you to book <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/airlines\/book-lufthansa-first-class-using-miles\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lufthansa First Class<\/a> awards more than a few days in advance (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/news\/airlines\/lufthansa-restricts-first-class-partner-awards\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the norm if you use partner mileage currencies<\/a>) and leverage <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/news\/airlines\/miles-more-mileage-bargains\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Miles & More Mileage Bargains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those discounted awards are more than accessible if you earn the sign-up bonus on the Miles & More World Elite Mastercard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/480\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-162151 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lufthansa-A350-Kyle-Fritz-Unsplash-Featured.jpg\" alt=\"Lufthansa A350 taking off.\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lufthansa-A350-Kyle-Fritz-Unsplash-Featured.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lufthansa-A350-Kyle-Fritz-Unsplash-Featured-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lufthansa-A350-Kyle-Fritz-Unsplash-Featured-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lufthansa-A350-Kyle-Fritz-Unsplash-Featured-325x260.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><center><em>Credit: Kyle Fritz\/Unsplash<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<h3><span id=\"Key_benefits_of_the_Miles_More_World_Elite_Mastercard\">Key benefits of the Miles & More World Elite Mastercard<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Outside of the sign-up bonus, the $89 <a data-ccid=\"59\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/LufthansaMilesMoreWorldEliteMasterCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Miles & More World Elite Mastercard<\/a> is a nifty little card. As a cardholder, you can enjoy the following perks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earn 2 miles per $1 spent on ticket purchases directly from Miles & More airline partners, and 1 mile per $1 spent on all other purchases.<\/li>\n<li>Receive two complimentary Lufthansa Business Lounge vouchers after each account anniversary.<\/li>\n<li>Get an annual <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/airlines\/guide-to-companion-fares-companion-passes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Companion Ticket<\/a> after each account anniversary.<\/li>\n<li>No foreign transaction fees.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/credit-cards\/best-0-apr-credit-cards\/\" rel=\"noopener\">0% introductory APR<\/a> for 15 months on balance transfers made within 45 days of account opening. After that, a variable APR will apply and there is a fee for balance transfers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simply put, if you value Miles & More miles, this is a card worth considering adding to your wallet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/airlines\/do-lufthansa-miles-expire\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Do Lufthansa Miles Expire?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Final_Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It's not every day that an opportunity to earn a lot of Miles & More miles comes around. If you can use a batch, the <a data-ccid=\"59\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/LufthansaMilesMoreWorldEliteMasterCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Miles & More<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> is offering 60,000 of them after spending $3,000 on purchases and paying the annual fee in full, both within the first 90 days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qs-card\" data-id=\"59\">\n            <div class=\"qs-data\">\n                <div class=\"qs-view\">\n                    <div class=\"qs-cardname\">Miles & More<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-image\"><img data-aspectratio=\"150\/96\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CardArt-MilesMoreWorldEliteMastercard.png\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Miles & More\u00ae World Elite Mastercard\u00ae\" \/ class=\"lazyload\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-apply\"><a class=\"qs-how-apply\" data-ccid=\"59\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/LufthansaMilesMoreWorldEliteMasterCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">How to Apply<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-rates\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-offer\"><strong>Welcome Bonus<\/strong>\r\nEarn 50,000 miles  after spending $3,000 on purchases and paying the annual fee in full, both within the first 90 days.<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"qs-info\">\n                    <strong class=\"qs-cardname\">Miles & More<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>\n                    <div class=\"qs-offer\"><strong>Welcome Bonus<\/strong>\r\nEarn 50,000 miles  after spending $3,000 on purchases and paying the annual fee in full, both within the first 90 days.<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"qs-fee\"><strong>Annual Fee:<\/strong><b>$89<\/b><\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <a class=\"qs-share\" href=\"\/find-a-card\/LufthansaMC\/\" title=\"copy\"><svg width=\"12\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/awardwallet\/public\/builds\/icon\/icon-sprite.svg?v2026-4-307b22a62b#share-square\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Miles_More_World_Elite_Mastercard_Welcome_Offer\">Miles & More World Elite Mastercard Welcome Offer<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Key_benefits_of_the_Miles_More_World_Elite_Mastercard\">Key benefits of the Miles & More World Elite Mastercard<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Final_Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in the mood to collect some Miles &#038; More miles \u2014 the mileage currency of all the airlines that belong to the Lufthansa group \u2014 keep reading. Barclays has boosted the sign-up bonus on the $89 annual fee Miles &#038; More\u00ae World Elite Mastercard\u00ae, allowing you to earn bonus points from daily spending and a solid welcome bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":111343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12055],"tags":[12232,12724],"coauthors":[36432],"class_list":["post-179300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-credit-cards","tag-card-offers","tag-lufthansa-miles-and-more"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179300"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252379,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179300\/revisions\/252379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179300"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=179300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}