by Lufthansa Flyer | May 18, 2017 | Airports, Brussels, FAA, Featured, Travel, TSA |
After a series of meetings in Brussels, involving heads of national security for the EU and USA, as well as airline security specialists it appears that an Electronics ban on flights between Europe and the USA may not be as imminent as we had feared.
In comments made by the group, it appears that there is an increased willingness for airlines to work with one another as well as will government security specialists in order to prevent the ban.
This information sharing included confidential exchange of intelligence between the EU and the Department of Homeland Security in the USA.
Critics of the ban suggest that a ban would cost passengers $1 billion in lost productivity each year and lead to a significant drop in air traffic between Europe and the USA.
According to one meeting participant, it was suggested that the electronics ban was ‘off the table’ at this point and no plans exist for implementing one in the near term.
This same group is scheduled to meeting in Washington DC next week to expand on their discussions. We can only hope that they realize how frivolous such a ban would be and continue to avoid its implementation.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 18, 2017 | A350, Boston, Featured, Lufthansa, Munich, Passenger Experience |
Lufthansa has updated their Winter 17/18 timetable to reflect an increase of A350 use between Munich and Boston. Before this update, LH planned to send the A350 to Boston only on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
With the latest update, the A350 will now fly daily between Munich and Boston at least for February and March. So between February 3 and March 28, passengers will be able to enjoy the newest aircraft type in the fleet.
As it stands now the A350 will still fly the route daily from October 29 to December 1, but for the height of the holiday season in December and January, the A346 will do the heavy lifting on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 17, 2017 | Featured, Miles & More, Rimowa |
Miles & More is running a campaign with Rimowa that awards members a 10x miles bonus when they purchase Rimowa luggage through the Miles & More WorldShop.
As long as you purchase your Rimowa in a WorldShop store or online at WorldShop.eu you’ll be eligible for the bonus miles. According to the terms and conditions not every Rimowa model is eligible. However, when I checked the promotion’s website, it showed over 80 Rimowa models as being qualified for the deal.
You don’t have to do anything special to qualify for the promo. Simply show your Miles & More card when purchasing the piece, or enter it during check out if ordering the piece through the WorldShop website.
