Compare Airline Credit Cards in Germany for frequent flyer miles

Travelling home once a year or flying regularly for business, it always helps to collect flyer miles for that free trip, upgrade or status for that lounge access. One of the ways to collect those miles are by using a Airline credit card which also allows you to earn miles when you spend. Co-branded airline credit card with perks like priority boarding, waived bag fees, and so on also allows you to higher earning potential and greater flexibility.

Unlike the US, the choice of airline credit cards is limited in Germany, but there are still plenty of frequent flyer programs and credit cards to choose from.  This page lists the frequent flyer programs and the best airline credit cards in Germany

Airline Alliances

There are three airlines in Germany offering frequent flyer programs. Miles and More from Lufthansa, Boomerang miles from Germanwings and topbonus from Airberlin. In addition, you can also get credit cards from other airlines and earn miles such as Avios from British Airways or Skymiles from Delta. As you would know, there are three major airline alliance worldwide, Sky Team, StarAlliance and OneWorld. Airlines within an alliance allow you to collect miles in one airline of the alliance and use them on another airlines. So you can choose a credit card which gives you miles for the alliance in which the airline you frequent fly with in is a member of.

• Star Alliance – Lufthansa, United and others
• One Wold – American Airlines, British Airways, Quantas, Air Berlin and others
• Skyteam – KLM, AirFrance, Delta and others

Comparison of Airline credit cards

Here is a comparison of credit cards from Lufthansa Miles & More, British Airways Avios, Air Berlin topbonus and German Wings:

Airline	Annual Fee (per year)	Miles per €	Joining Bonus	Flyer Advantages	Other Extra
Germanwings Visa Classic	1st Year Free then €19.99	1 mile (2 miles in German Wings)	2500 miles	No Mileage expiration, Fast Lane, sports equipment	No cash withdrawal fee
Germanwings Visa Gold	1st Year Free then €49.99	1 mile (3 miles with German Wings)	2500 miles	Mileage expiration, Fast Lane, sports equipment	No foreign assignment fee , insurance package
Lufthansa MasterCard White	€25	1/2 Mile	500 miles	no	50 € Lufthansa Flight Voucher
Lufthansa MasterCard Blue	€55	1 Mile	7500 miles	No Mileage expiration from 3.000 € turnover	Avis Preferred Status, read more
Lufthansa MasterCard Blue Business	€70	1 Mile	10,000 miles	No Mileage expiration from 3.000 € turnover	Travel cancellation and travel health insurance, 24hr Assistance, Avis Preferred status, 5 free lounge visit, read more
Lufthansa MasterCard Gold	€100	1 Mile	15,000 miles	Mileage expiration, regardless of sales	Travel cancellation and travel health insurance, Avis Preferred Status, read more
Lufthansa MasterCard Gold Business	€110	1 Mile	25,000 miles	Mileage expiration, regardless of sales	Cancellation car rental collision damage waiver, travel insurance, 24-hour assistance, Avis Preferred Plus status, 10 free lounge visit, read more
airberlin Visa Card with Business Package	€49,90	1 Mile		1 Status Mile for every 2 € turnover	Cancellation insurance, no cash withdrawal fee
Delta Mastercard with Business Package	1st Year: €29,99 2nd Year: €59,99	1 Mile	10,000 miles in sales Delta SkyMiles Silver Medallion 1 year status	Silver Medallion Status