Some months ago there was a mistake fare from Mahe in the Seychelles to Dublin, in Business Class on a mixture of Air Seychelles and Etihad. The trick was arranging a flight to get me there, but luckily United’s partner Ethiopian came through with a routing from Dublin, via Frankfurt and Addis Ababa with Mileage…
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LH (sort of) matches BA fare sale to MEX
LH appears to have had a go at matching the current BA sale to select destinations over Christmas and New Year. Well one destination at least. I found one pair of dates when you can get from LHR to MEX in Business class for £1060. Weirdly you have to stop in FRA for a day on the…
Lufthansa announces changes to Miles & More for 2014
In a series of moves which appear to be designed to increase benefits to elite members, Lufthansa has announced its planned changes for Miles and Miles in 2014. Status Customers – Frequent Travellers, Senators and HON members will have the chance to earn extra benefits dependent on the number of flights taken. More details in…
Lufthansa First – with some of the new features
There was a story at Flyertalk some weeks ago about some new service changes in Lufthansa First Class. The ones I noticed during my recent trip were as follows: Different sort of pillow: New butter knife design: New Salt and Pepper: New Napkin Rings (oooh!) New Cutlery Starters no longer served on stands: All three…
My favourite 9 things about the Lufthansa First Class Terminal @ Frankfurt
Quite a lot of bloggers have covered the Lufthansa First Class Terminal at Frankfurt – you can read their reviews here: Mommy Points Lufthansa Flyer View from The Wing One Mile at a Time It is hard to know what to add! So here are my 9 favourite things: 1. The Building: The idea of…
LH shorthaul – AMS-FRA
I was connecting from Amsterdam to Frankfurt on my way to Shanghai and so enjoyed a A319 operated shorthaul trip with LH. The business class cabin was pretty empty – just three passengers and so I managed to slip in to Row 1 and enjoyed a pretty good view of the take-off and landing. I…
Servisair lounge at Amsterdam…dismal!
Some days ago I wrote about the Privium lounge at AMS, available only to people who have the iris scanning entry card used at the airport. I had a little time so decided to pop along to the regular lounge used by Lufthansa in Amsterdam; the Servisair Lounge. My travel experience was not enhanced by…
Lufthansa to fly A380 to Shanghai
Overcoming concerns from the Chinese Government about the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Lufthansa secured permission to fly their A380, 5 times per week to Shanghai. Flights start 26 September 2013. Bookable now:
United awards on LH delayed by strike at LH?
A View from the Wing covers the impending work slowdown/strike by LH. I have been waiting 24 hours now for United to ticket an award ticket on LH using my MileagePlus miles. United tells me that I am a victim of the LH go-slow. Anyone else impacted?
Lufthansa First Class – Shanghai to Frankfurt
I finally managed to secure a Lufthansa First award ticket with United miles from Shanghai to Frankfurt and then on to London. They usually release these about 2 weeks before departure. Right up until the day before departure the F cabin was booked to three but ended up going out with seven. I booked the…
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