What Lufthansa Miles & More unlocks

Every car-rental status that Lufthansa Miles & More's Frequent Traveller tier can reach starts with the same move, though the two chains that follow it end up in very different places. The first step is a free match into Sixt Gold, which never expires outright but renews after its first 12 months. That single hop is the gateway to both of the longer routes below.

From Sixt Gold, one route runs through a Hertz Five Star match to Sixt Platinum before finishing at Avis President's Club status; the reference below breaks down every hop and its terms. The other runs through Avis Preferred Plus and Hertz President's Circle before ending at Enterprise Plus Platinum status in the US and Canada, mapped in the same detail. Both chains depend on a Hertz match you can only claim once every five years, so it's worth deciding upfront which final tier — Avis or Enterprise — you actually want before you use that one shot.