Category Archives for Lufthansa.
Hilton is offering a bonus of 2,500 Lufthansa miles per stay through October 2018. To be eligible for this offer, you must be (1) be a member of Hilton Honors; (2)register online at Hilton Honors.com/lufthansa25 prior to completing your stay; and (3) compete an eligible stay at any participating hotel or resort within the Hilton Honors…
It’s no secret that I am a big fan of AirBnb. We are starting to use it more and more and I suspect that many of you are also catching on to how great it is. But, a post by Onemileatatime has caught my eye and got me thinking about the applications for Airbnb going forward.…
According to Reuters, Lufthansa’s “Cabin crew start walkouts from 1300 GMT Friday.” Here are the highlights of the strike: * Strikes hit Frankfurt, Duesseldorf on Fri, Sat * Saturday strike to last 17 hours * Lufthansa cancels 290 Fri flights, 37,500 passengers affected (Adds details of Saturday walkout) Lufthansa Cancels 290 Flights: Strikes To Start…
It’s that time of year again. When all of the loyalty executives from airlines, hotel and credit card companies to name a few get together to celebrate what is otherwise the “customers choice” awards of the travel and loyalty industry. The Freddie Awards converges on the great city of Atlanta this week to celebrate the annual…
Starting today Lufthansa cabin crew on some routes will celebrating Oktoberfest by wearing their finest dirndl (pronounced DURN-dul) – the traditional Bavarian folk dress/work garb often worn by peasants. Most Provocative Flight Attendant Uniforms The crew of 12 female and 2 male flight attendants will be on the Munich to Beijing route starting on September…
The Premier Miles & More World MasterCard® offers card members an annual companion ticket. There are some nuances to the companion ticket, and if the circumstances are right, it can offer significant value above the annual fee of the card, which is only $79 and is waived for Senator and HON Circle Members. Here’s the…
With the impending February 1 United devaluation and a couple days off of work, I convinced my better half to embark on a First Class ‘Farewell Tour’ of some of our favorite products knowing international first class access will become significantly more challenging than it is in current form. We’ve generated a lot of great…
There are many reasons why “getting rid” of 300,000 United Miles is a bad idea. But I’d say the ability to book Lufthansa’s First Class is just about the biggest reason. Lufthansa First Class You see, United made a major devaluation last week and I got rid of a small portion of my airlines miles,…
Over the weekend, we covered the most generous route on Lufthansa for releasing multiple first class award space. I mentioned in the article that the Frankfurt-Osaka is the single best route to find multiple first class awards on Lufthansa’s second best first class configuration, the 747-400. This obviously begs the question, which route is best…
It can be a bit of challenge to land multiple first class seats on a Lufthansa route availability is limited with only 8 seats in each cabin and they only release partner awards within 15 days of departure. Furthermore, most of the routes that consistently release first class award space like Detroit and Dallas still…
Six weeks ago we flew from Denver to Frankfurt in First Class and the very friendly flight attendant offered us a bottle of Champagne to take with us off the plane. We thought that was pretty cool to add a little something to an already great experience. Yesterday lightning struck twice when we arrived from…
I like sharing specific details about acquiring Lufthansa First Class award seats as partner awards because frankly it is really easy. I put together a Lufthansa First Class toolkit here. People generally shy away from Lufthansa First Class because you cannot lock in a trip before 15 days out. That being said, you can almost…
It seems the Points, Miles & Martinis signature cocktail napkins are showing up everywhere these days. They were recently spotted accompanying a couple of glasses of Tattinger champagne in the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt. A glass of Tattinger is always a great excuse to pass through the First Class Terminal. I prefer the…
I am proud to be passing on Lufthansa’s New First Class, adding 6 hours to my journey, and risking a possible missed connection and this is why. Folks whose home airport is one of the large international gateways like JFK, LAX or SFO probably get used to seeing exotic foreign wide bodies circling the aerodrome…
Lufthansa First Class is one of my favorite First Class products in the sky. I have found myself enjoying the amazing ride many times because availability for one or two people is actually quite dependable if you know and understand all the pieces of the Lufthansa First Class toolkit. What tool to use to search…
Whenever you ask a room full of frequent flyers to name the best first class lounge in the world, two of the names you may hear the most are Lufthansa’s First Class Terminal in Frankfurt and Thai’s Royal First Lounge in Bangkok. I recently completed a rapid fire First Class around the world trip where…
I recently completed a rapid fire First Class around the world trip where I had the opportunity to try out four First Class products for the first time. The quick succession made it easier for me to compare the products because my memories of each was fresh as I was experiencing the next. The other…
On May 16, Lufthansa will launch new daily nonstop service from Vancouver to Munich. LH 476 Munich 15:30 hrs – Vancouver 17:05 hrs LH 477 Vancouver 18:45 hrs – Munich 14:00 hrs (+1 day) This flight will be served by an A330-300 based in Munich which means Vancouver flyers now have the ability to fly…
According to this article from the Denver Channel, paramedics were called to a Lufthansa plane in Denver on Sunday night. Passengers had complained of heat exhaustion after sitting on the plane for more than 3 hours without air conditioning. The Lufthansa flight 447 was originally scheduled to depart Denver for Frankfurt on Sunday night at…
If you read Gary’s article on his Best First Class Award Flight Ever, and fell for it hook line and sinker, you are not alone. But there are definitely elevated levels of luxury in the sky. Just check out these decked out A380’s and 747-8s by Lufthansa Technik. How about a master bedroom in the…