Lufthansa’s First Class Terminal has its own entrance, its own security and its own immigration booth. An American Express Centurion card — which opens Lufthansa First Class Lounges — does not open this.
Most airport hierarchies are nested: concourse, then a paid lounge, then an airline lounge, then a first-class lounge. Each is a room inside the last one, and each is reachable with money, a card, or a ticket.
Frankfurt breaks the nesting. The First Class Terminal is a separate terminal with its own entrance, security and immigration. Access requires a same-day First Class ticket on Lufthansa Group metal, a same-day First arrival connecting onward, or HON Circle membership flying in any class. Centurion cardholders reach the First Class Lounges and stop there.
That is the cleanest illustration of the whole subject. A card is a purchase. HON Circle is a record of behaviour. The building is arranged so the second one wins.
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