Lufthansa ordinarily doesn't make first class award space available to partner airlines more than 15 days out. Miles & More members can redeem miles for first class travel prior to that, so the restriction is specific to those booking through partner…
My connection in Munich was roughly two hours, as I was arriving shortly before 2PM from Los Angeles, and departing at 4PM to London. I was excited to finally be checking out Lufthansa's new first class lounge Munich, located in the terminal 2 satellite.…
Ah, Lufthansa. Back in the day I'd fly Lufthansa first class all the time, but nowadays I fly them maybe once a year (most recently last May from Frankfurt to Los Angeles on a 747-8). That's partly because of all the award chart devaluations we've seen,…
My Lufthansa flight from Los Angeles to Munich was departing at 5:15PM, and I got to LAX at around 2PM, plenty early. Lufthansa departs from Tom Bradley International Terminal, and the shared Lufthansa and Swiss check-in desk is in the "C" area, at the…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering travel in Lufthansa first class, TAAG Angola first class, and American 787-9 business class! I spent a weekend flying to Germany, the UK, Portugal, Angola, and then Brazil, as one does. ;) The primary motivation…
This is turning to inflight wifi day here at OMAAT, quite unintentionally. Earlier I wrote about how Lufthansa has started offering free wifi in first class, then I wrote about how Etihad has started offering free wifi in first class. Now I'm having…
As far as I'm concerned, Lufthansa and Cathay Pacific are generally the world's two most consistent airlines in first class. No, not every flight will be the same (as Tiffany and I recently experienced), but I can't think of any other airlines where…
In 2016, Swiss introduced buy on board food in economy on longhaul flights. This didn't come at the expense of their complimentary meals, but rather they recognized that some people are willing to pay extra for a better meal in economy, rather than being…
I'm a fan of loyalty programs that allow you to pool your points. This lets you build up a significant points balance and get rewarded more quickly. For example, some programs allow an entire family or household to pool the miles they earn, so you can…
Earlier in the month Lufthansa revealed their new brand design, which is their first major redesign in about 30 years. With this brand design, dark blue becomes the leading brand color, and yellow accentuates, while previously Lufthansa had a lot more…
There had been rumors for quite a while of Lufthansa introducing a new livery for their planes, after having the same livery for about 30 years. On February 1 the new livery was unofficially revealed, in the sense that pictures of it started to appear…
Just as we have the "big three" global carriers in the US, the same is sort of true in Europe, as they have three mega-airlines -- Air France-KLM, IAG, and Lufthansa Group. The aviation industry has changed radically around the world over the past decade,…
For a while there have been rumors of Lufthansa updating their livery, and everything I heard suggested that they were going to reveal the new livery in the first week of February. While they have an unveiling event next week, it looks like there’s now…
Yesterday I wrote about some fantastic SkyTeam business class fares that are available for travel from Germany to the US. Assuming you can originate in Germany, you can snag a heck of a deal for a ticket on Air France, Alitalia, Delta, or KLM. For anyone…
My connection in Zurich was just over two hours. I was arriving in the E Concourse and departing from the A Concourse, which was a surprisingly long journey. I know Zurich Airport is spread out, but my gosh, the transit took a long time. First I had…
Given how many pictures I take on planes I guess a situation like this was inevitable. This evening I was flying from Zurich to Frankfurt on Lufthansa. I was in business class for the short 45 minute flight, seated in row four. Everything was normal,…
Given the competition from the likes of Norwegian and WOW Air, many major European airlines have new ultra low cost carriers, which are expanding rapidly: -- IAG, the parent company of British Airways, has LEVEL, which operates a fleet of A330s from…
At the beginning of November it was announced that the Air France-KLM FlyingBlue program will be going revenue based as of April 1, 2018. This follows the trend set by US airlines, though made FlyingBlue the first global European loyalty program to go…
Yesterday we learned that Lufthansa received a Skytrax 5-star rating, making them the first non-Asian airline to receive that ranking. Ultimately I don't put too much weight into Skytrax rankings and at times I question their methodology and conflict…
It has just been announced that Lufthansa is the 10th airline to get a Skytrax 5-Star rating, and they're the first airline in Europe to get the distinction. They join nine Asian carriers who already have the ranking (two of which are Gulf carriers).…
A few days ago Lufthansa teased pictures of their new business class product, which will debut in 2020 on the 777X. The hard product looks fantastic, and like a huge improvement over Lufthansa's current business class. Not only does it look great, but…
