In mid-April IAG (the parent company of British Airways) acquired a 4.61% ownership stake in Norwegian. This seemed to come out of left field, as there weren’t really rumors of this leading up to the announcement. IAG also expressed interest in the possibility…
File this one under 'close call.' This morning at approximately 8AM at Germany's Frankfurt Airport, an empty Lufthansa A340-300 was being towed around the airport, in preparation for operating flight LH426, from Frankfurt to Philadelphia on behalf of…
First of all, my apologies for those of you who may have seen this headline published earlier, without an actual article attached. The 'Save Draft' and 'Publish' buttons are quite close together, and I pressed the wrong button by accident. My bad. Recently…
The Platinum Card® from American Express ($550 annual fee) and The Business Platinum® Card from American Express OPEN ($450 annual fee) both get you access to Amex’s Global Lounge Collection, which includes access to Amex Centurion Lounges, Delta SkyClubs,…
Over the past several months we've seen both oneworld and SkyTeam airlines add transatlantic "basic economy" fares, which don't include a free checked bag, and don't include free seat assignments. While we saw US airlines add basic economy on domestic…
Last November Lufthansa revealed their new business class, which will debut on their new 777X aircraft in a couple of years. Not only will it be a couple of years before we see these new seats at all, but you can expect it will then be an additional…
Earlier I wrote about how there are an ever-increasing number of opportunities to redeem miles for travel in Lufthansa first class in advance (more than 15 days out, which is usually when partner loyalty programs get access to this space): -- A couple…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Lufthansa seems to be making first class award space available to partner airlines in advance. At first this seemed to just be on non-US routes, including to Asia, the Middle East, and South America. However, a…
You will often see reference to the 'US3' or the 'ME3' when reading about global aviation. The US3 refers to the biggest three airlines in the US -- American, Delta and United which as a result of mergers and consolidation now have by far the most market…
A few days ago I wrote about how Lufthansa seems to be making first class award space available to partner airlines in advance. This typically doesn't happen, because historically Lufthansa has only made first class award seats available to partner airlines…
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…
