by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 4, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
In case you missed this week’s announcement, Lufthansa will begin service between Munich and Miami starting on December 2, 2014. Based on the current timetable, plans call for 5 day a week service (except Monday and Friday). What’s even better is that this will be flown by a 3-class Airbus A330 so you’ll get you experience the new First Class cabin as well as the new Business Class cabin. This route is expected to last until the Winter Timetable closes on April 30, 2015.
The details of the flights are as follows (all times local):
LH460 will depart Munich at 11:45a and arrive in Miami at 5:15p (Scheduled for 11 hrs. 30 min).
LH461 will depart Miami at 6:55p and arrive the following morning in Munich at 10:25a (Scheduled for 9 hrs. 30 min).
Booking for this new flight is available now.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 3, 2014 | Cargo, Featured, Lufthansa, Plane Spotting |
Over the last 3 weeks I flew to and through Frankfurt twice which created quite an opportunity to add to my Lufthansa plane spotting gallery. At some point in the near future I’ll need to sit down and truly categorize all the LH aircraft that I’ve caught on film over the last 3 years and see who is missing. I know that I’ve ‘spotted’ each active 747-400 and 747-8i. I have most of the A380 and A340/A330 fleet as well. The challenge will be to track down all the narrow-body birds. There may be too many A319/20/21s and regional jets for me to catch up with unless they start flying in and out of GRR, but its the challenge and chase that keeps me buying more film.
This grouping was taken from the Terminal 2 Observation Deck on a day where rain and sun took turns as far as the weather was concerned. Unfortunately this created a bit of a heat haze issue since every shower was followed by bright sunlight which created a bit of vapor in the air. Not bad as LAX in the summer, but not great either as you’ll see in some of the shots.
In case you missed it a few days ago, I posted a series of photos of non-Lufthansa aircraft taken on the same day. You can find those images by clicking here.
This ‘JetFriends’ A319 was a victim of some heat haze. D-AILU was delivered to Lufthansa in November 1997.
D-AIZT, an A320 featuring ‘Sharklets’, joined the fleet in May 2013.
D-AIGS, an Airbus A340-300, joined the fleet in October 1999.
D-AIHB, aka ‘Bremerhaven’ joined the fleet in November 2003.
A340-600 D-AIHK or ‘Mainz’ joined the fleet in May 2004.
D-ABEK, a Boeing 737, joined the fleet in November 1991.
D-ABVZ joined the fleet in February 2001 and is the 3rd youngest 747-400 in fleet.
D-ABYD was the 3rd 747-8i to join the fleet when she arrived in Frankfurt on August 25, 2012.
D-ABYI, one of Lufthansa’s newer 47-8i, sports a World Cup ‘Fanhansa’ livery. She was delivered to Lufthansa on May 29, 2013.
D-ABYA, Lufthansa’s First 747-8i prepares to take off as 747-400 D-ABVM is set to follow.
Lufthansa Cargo’s MD-11 D-ALCK joined the fleet in May 2000.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 3, 2014 | Featured, Miles & More, Points/Miles |
Normally you don’t see me writing much about credit card offers and how to manipulate or maximize every little feature that they offer. I leave that to the blogosphere at large to take care of these things.
However there is one offer that I wanted to remind you of since it expires soon. For those of you who have been sitting on the fence regarding Barclay’s Premier Miles & More World MasterCard, please be aware that the deal to earn up to 50,000 miles for your ‘M&M’ account will come to an end at the end of June.
If you missed Barclay’s initial announcement regarding the limited time offer, here are the details:
This deal actually dovetails perfectly into Lufthansa’s Meilenschnaeppchen program where each month new deals are offered where you can book travel through your Miles & More account for only 50% of the required miles. For example, a Business Class ticket redemption between the USA and Europe generally ‘costs’ 105,000 miles. Via Meilenschnaeppchen, you can find specials for Business Class tickets for only 55,000 miles (plus taxes, etc).
When you consider how easy it is to earn the 50,000 miles via the Premier Miles & More World MasterCard, you automatically will earn enough miles for a Business Class ticket through Meilenschnaeppchen:
20,000 miles after first use of card + 30,000 miles after spending $5000 + 1 mile per dollar on the $5000 you put on the card to reach the spending threshold = 55,000 miles (aka Business Class Ticket!).
To me this is an absolute no-brainer!
As far as other redemption options from Miles & More, there are other attractive ways to use your miles. For example, roundtrip economy class tickets for travel originating in the USA have the following redemption schedule:
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Within the USA: 25,000 Miles.
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Within North American: 30,000 Miles.
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To Europe: 50,000 Miles.
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To South America: 60,000 Miles.
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To Asia or Australia: 80,000 Miles.
As I stated earlier, I typically do not write much about credit card offers as a normal part of LufthansaFlyer’s content but when I see a deal that I think is GENUINELY a good one, and one that I take advantage of myself, I will let you know about it. This is one of them!
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