by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 6, 2014 | Austrian, Featured, Lufthansa, Swiss |
Last week, the Business Traveller Awards were announced in Germany for a variety of travel related categories. Among them, SWISS, Lufthansa and Austrian took 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively in the category that awarded best ‘Business Airline for Business Travellers in Germany and Europe’. The win for SWISS was its 2nd consecutive for the category.
SWISS was also recognized by readers for ‘Best Airline For International Business Travellers‘ and was awarded a respectable 3rd place for the category.
Additionally, Lufthansa took home 1st place for “Best Website For Business Travellers“.
The Business Traveller Awards are awarded on an annual basis and are determined by reader balloting.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 3, 2014 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa is running a bit of a fare sale for travel between the US and Europe that has a couple of attractive options. The best being Chicago-Budapest for only $779.
In addition to the ORD-BUD deal, New York to Frankfurt can be had for only $939. Otherwise fares from most USA gateways to a variety of European destinations fall into the $1300-1500 range.
The fare sale runs until July 10, 2014. Departures must take place between August 24 and October 25, 2014 and return travel must take place between August 31, 2014 and January 25, 2015. Tickets must be purchased 14 days ahead of departure and a minimum stay of 7 days is required.
Please keep in mind that flights for this fare sale may be operated by Air Canada, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS or United. I mention this because the miles you earn for your frequent flyer plans can vary greatly based on which airline is operating your flight. With discount fares such as these, it’s not unusual to earn 50% of the miles travel or in some cases NO miles are earned. Please check you program’s earning charts!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 28, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
Earlier today, Lufthansa took official delivery of their newest 747-8i, D-ABYP, which also happens to be the 1500th 747 to come from Boeing. Over the last 2 days, Boeing hosted an entourage of German media at Paine Field in Washington ahead of the delivery flight that took place today.
As part of the ceremonies, a special (albeit very small) graphic at the rear of the aircraft acknowledging the fact that this particular airplane is 747 #1500 was unveiled:
Courtesy: Lufthansa
Honestly, I am underwhelmed at the acknowledgement of #1500. Considering the milestone I thought that there would be a more obvious distinction for this aircraft. Photos are sparse at this point and apparently the majority of attendees were members of German media. For some reason, Lufthansa USA was not invited to participate in the events in Seattle this weekend. I’m not sure why this was the case, but it makes little sense to not involve the ‘local’ team.
Not that I matter as a ‘piece of media’ but I received no notification etc. at all from Lufthansa Germany. The only info on the event that I received ironically came from the excluded Lufthansa USA team. You would think they’d consider inviting one of their biggest fans to the event. Oh well, it’s neither here nor there.
From the photos that I have seen that were taken by Boeing and German media, I was not impressed. Hopefully additional (and better) photos will be published that capture the moment.
Honestly, I think it will be tough to beat the shots that I took of D-ABYP last week in Seattle on a perfect day. You can tell who used a cell phone and who used a real camera 😉 .
Anyhow, as of 10:43p Eastern, D-ABYP is approximately half way home:
