Featured Archives - Page 214 of 378

LUFTHANSA 2 For 1 FIRST CLASS SALE!

by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 30, 2015 | Deals, Fare Sale, Featured, First Class, Lufthansa | 0 comments

Lufthansa has quietly launched a fantastic First Class fare sale. Before you get too excited there are a few provisions that you have to abide by.

First, the sale is a 2 for 1 deal, so you have to buy 2 tickets in order to take advantage of the pricing.

Next, your travel must originate from an Austrian airport, including but not limited to Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, etc. and connect through either Munich or Frankfurt. You’ll also need to return to Austria.

The destinations are limited to Asia (including India), Africa and South America. From doing a quick fare search, I was not able to find any deals to North America. Also, not every date or routing has this fare available. It is a bit of hit-n-miss and a bit of luck.

However, you can find fantastic deals like Graz to Hong Kong for only €2390 per person. That’s less than a typical Business Class seat and you also get to enjoy things like Caviar, Rimowa Amenity Kits and visits to the First Class Lounges and First Class Terminal!

Other fare examples include Rio for €3500, Beijing / Shanghai for €2999, Johannesburg for €3500 and Dubai for €2499.

The rules of the fares are as follows:

The fares are available for booking until August 13 (or when sold out).

Travel must take place between August 13, 2015 and March 31, 2016.

Tickets must be purchased 14 days prior to departure.

Your connecting flight from Austria to Germany will be in Business Class.

The Fares appear to booking to ‘A’ so you’ll earn 3x/miles.

NOT REFUNDABLE.

NOT CHANGEABLE.

Hopefully your travel plans are flexible enough so that you can take advantage of this great offer!

Please note, if you are having trouble finding the fares online, you may need to call the reservation center since this is considered a companion fare and may not be properly loaded into their online reservation systems.

You can also contact SkyTravelAgent.com for assistance in booking this fare. I’ve used them successfully in building mileage runs and taking advantage of fare sales and recommend them highly!

A big H/T to FlyerTalk’s Oliver2002!

New Lounge & Inflight ‘Amenities’ For Kids Traveling On Lufthansa

by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 30, 2015 | Amenity Kit, Featured, Lounges, Lufthansa | 1 comment

Lufthansa has started giving out ‘Summer Kits’ to kids who visit Lufthansa Lounges in Frankfurt or Munich. These kits contain Coloring Books, Baseball Caps and a variety of puzzles and other trinkets designed to occupy their time so Mom and Dad can enjoy their lounge visit that much more…. 😉

Lufthansa has also introduced a new book series designed for children. These books are available on board and available in German and English. These ‘Pixi’ books provide short stories about LH, LH Mascots and aviation in general. There will be multiple volumes of these books available during the next few months.

In addition, LH is introducing a new app designed to follow up ‘Take Off’ which was their first version of a children’s app. The new app, dubbed ‘Super JetFriends’, targets the 7 to 11 year old demographic and challenges them with a variety of scenarios. The app should be available for iOS and Android in early August.

Looking at all these products makes me think back 35 years ago when I began flying as an 8 year old…..I was damn lucky to just have a comic book and a ‘Road & Track’ to take aboard!

What do you remember as your ‘inflight entertainment’ when you were a kid?

Today in Lufthansa History: First Baby Born In Flight

by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 28, 2015 | Featured, History, Lufthansa, On Board Experience | 0 comments

On July 28, 1965 while aboard flight 408 between Frankfurt and New York, a mother entered labor and delivered a baby (what else would it be, right?), marking the first time in Lufthansa’s history that a baby would enter the world during an LH flight.

According to the archives, no doctors were aboard and the flight crew helped the Mother and Baby rest comfortably after the somewhat unexpected event. Doctors aboard another LH flight traveling from Munich to New York radioed over to assist the flight crew during the delivery.

According to Lufthansa, 10 babies have been born on board, with the last birth taking place on July 5, 2010 during a flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt.

Now you know…..