by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 14, 2017 | 767, 777, A380, Airports, Austrian, CS100, CS300, Featured, Livery, Swiss, Zurich |
As I find time to go through and process photos taken from my transfers through Zurich a few weeks ago, I’ve come up with the next batch of shots that I think are worthy of being posted.
Having a 13 hour layover on the outbound and a 7 hour layover on the inbound segments gave me plenty of time.
These shots were taken from the SWISS First Class Lounge in Terminal ‘E’ which gives you a fantastic view of all of ZRH’s runways. The only issue is that the sun is not your best friend during most of the day because it either ‘back lights’ or ‘top lights’ the aircraft so it’s tougher to get a nice vibrant profile of any plane.
Regardless, ZRH is still one of the best all-around airports to spot in and is extremely ‘spotter friendly’ whether you are in a pre- or post security part of the airport or outside the airport property altogether and just hanging around the perimeter fences with your ladder looking for that perfect shot.
I’ll post more as I get through them.
SWISS 777 Spools up for departure…….
Austrian’s Dash8 is Vienna bound….
Another one heading for Vienna…..
Delta’s 767 departing towards the Alps before turning west for the USA
Dubai-bound Emirates A380
Arriving from Keflavik Airport in Iceland
SWISS C-series sports a new livery…..
A very clean C-Series arrives
Thai’s 777 heading to Bangkok
United 767 heading for the States…
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, Mileage Plus, United |
As the year begins to draw to an end, United is once again offering an attractive deal for those of us who ‘need’ to or ‘want’ to buy miles in our Mileage Plus accounts.
In this latest deal, United is offering up to a 100% miles bonus if you purchase between 30,000 and 75,000 miles. It’s about as good a deal as we’ll see when it comes to these promos. Since United only allows members to buy 150,000 miles a calendar year, buying the 75k will get you the bonus 75k thus maximizing what you can buy for 2017.
To buy the 75,000 miles, you’ll need to part with $2625.00 plus tax but considering you’ll get 75,000 miles, the value proposition is fairly decent. It comes out to about 1.75 cents per mile which a good price by any definition! A fairly inexpensive value proposition as far as using the miles to book a First Class seat aboard a Lufthansa flight.
Other bonus brackets are as follows:
Buy between 5,000 and 9,000 miles and you’ll get a 25% bonus.
Buy between 10,000 and 29,000 miles and you’ll get a 50% bonus.
The sale is in place through November 20, 2017. Keep in mind that these miles do not count as status miles.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 10, 2017 | Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
SWISS has updated their Summer 2018 timetable to reflect service to 2 new destinations in France:
Zurich – Bordeaux: Effective March 26, SWISS will begin 12x/week service as follows:
LX550 will depart Zurich at 7:25a, arriving in Bordeaux at 9:05a. This flight will operate daily except on Sundays.
LX551 will depart Bordeaux at 9:45a, arriving in Zurich at 11:25a. This flight will operate daily except on Sundays.
LX556 will depart Zurich at 5:20p, arriving in Bordeaux at 7:00p. This flight will operate daily except on Saturdays.
LX557 will depart Bordeaux at 7:40p, arriving in Zurich at 9:20p. This flight will operate daily except on Saturdays.
Flight LX550 and LX551 will be operated by C-Series aircraft, while LX556 and LX557 will be operated by Austrian Dash8 aircraft.
Zurich – Marseille: Effective April 21, will begin 3x/week service as follows:
LX574 will depart Zurich at 12:00p, arriving in Marseille at 1:25p. This flight will operate on Saturdays.
LX574 will depart Zurich at 12:40p, arriving in Marseille at 2:05p. This flight will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
LX575 will depart Marseille at 2:35p, arriving in Zurich at 4:10p. This flight will operate on Saturdays.
LX575 will depart Marseille at 2:45p, arriving in Zurich at 4:20p. This flight will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
All flights between Zurich and Marseille will be operated by Austrian Dash8 aircraft.
