by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 17, 2014 | Business Class, Lufthansa |
Starting this Saturday, both USA bound flights from Düsseldorf will be flown by A340-300 aircraft that will feature Lufthansa’s latest Business Class cabin. The DUS-USA routes have always been a quiet little ‘secret’ when compared to flights from Munich and Frankfurt. DUS usually gets overlooked when one thinks about routes between the US and Germany.
Aircraft D-AIGT and D-AIGV are the dedicated 2-class A343s that are based in Düsseldorf and will serve as the workhorses between DUS-Newark and DUS-Chicago. Keep in mind that there always exist the potential for other aircraft to be substituted due to flight planning or maintenance issues, though these instances should be fairly rare.
Flight information is as follows:
Düsseldorf – Newark (Daily Service):
Flight 408 departs Düsseldorf at 12:05p and arrives in Newark at 2:35p.
Flight 409 departs Newark at 4:25p and arrives in Düsseldorf at 6:05a.
Düsseldorf – Chicago (Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday Saturday):
Flight 436 departs Düsseldorf at 12:45p and arrives in Chicago at 3:00. Flight 437 departs Chicago at 5:35p and arrives in Düsseldorf at 8:50a.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 9, 2014 | Business Class, Featured, First Class, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa has announced a new First Class amenity kit that will begin to appear on long haul flights in mid-April. They also announced a limited edition kit coming to Business Class for May and June.
The First Class kit, made by ESCADA will replace the different variations of kits that passengers find onboard currently.
A nice feature of the new kit is that the case is designed to be used as tablet cover once it has served its purpose as an Amenity Kit.
Beginning in May and running for a VERY SHORT TIME there will also be a new Business Class Amenity Kit that will celebrate Germany’s World Cup Team. That kit will only be available for Long Haul flights departing Germany in May and June.
Here is a photo showing the new First Class kit:
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 3, 2014 | Deals, Featured, Lufthansa |
After yesterday’s brief surprise ‘fare sale’ that was giving away Business Class travel between the USA and Europe for only $1500 R/T , it looks like the deal is back in a limited manner.
Last night you could have booked travel to most of Europe from non-major US gateways for $1500 or less in some cases. The fares were basically bought up within 6-8 hours after being released but it now looks as though a limited number of opportunities has re-emerged.
As of an hour ago or so, I noticed that Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels, Air Canada and United are once again offering business fares that are equal to or below economy fare tickets. This time though the options are fewer and further between and primarily focus on most of Italy and France. There are however a few pockets available to London and Amsterdam.
The key to finding this unadvertised special is to book travel from non-hub cities in the USA. In other words, you won’t find these fares as easily from places like NYC or ORD. Its not to say that you won’t but the odds are not with you.
Visit the new look of Lufthansa.com’s booking engine to book this great opportunity!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 1, 2014 | Business Class, Featured, Lufthansa |
Photo Courtesy Of Paddy-Hagelthorn.com
I first wrote about this a few weeks ago before coming back to BoardingArea.com, but seeing how many new people have discovered ‘LHFlyer’ I thought to revisit what amounts to being a great business class fare opportunity.
In late February we began the process of booking our Safari trip to South Africa for later this year and part of that was to take care of the Airline tickets. I was expecting to have quite a bit of ‘sticker shock’, but what I found was actually a pleasant surprise.
Lufthansa (and a few Star Alliance partners) are offering fares between US gateways and Johannesburg for as low as $5030, which in some cases can be $2000-3000 less than competitor prices. The $5000 fares are widely available from most USA gateways but there is one catch. In order to get this low pricing you must book your ticket to originate and return to a gateway city. If you add a domestic connection, your fare may blossom by over $2000! For example when I booked our tickets, Chicago to Johannesburg via Frankfurt, I wound up paying $5030 per ticket. Had I booked the trip from our home airport, GRR, the fare would scoot up to $7500 per passenger.
Sometimes to take advantage of the best deals you need to be flexible in your travel planning and in our case a minor adjustment saved us thousands. To resolve getting to ORD, I can simply book a couple of round trip tickets for a $400-500 or just redeem some miles to get to and from ORD. I went with the miles option in this case. Renting a car is of course an option but the thought of driving 3 hours after spending 25 hours in transit just sounded like a terrible idea.
Another nice aspect to this fare deal is that the tickets book to ‘Z’ Class which is referred to as ‘Discount Business’ which typically credit 150% of miles flown towards elite status qualification for most Frequent Flyer Programs. I say that this is a nice touch because there is a ‘Deep Discount Business Fare’ known as ‘P’ fares, which would only credit 100% of miles flown. So in this case, both the fare and miles earned are attractive propositions. Make sure you refer to your Frequent Flyer Program to confirm the amount of miles you would earn since there may be minor variances.
Additionally, these fares are flexible to the point that you can build in a stopover for a day in Frankfurt in either direction and the fare remains the same in most cases.
The fares are widely available throughout most of the year except between June and August where limited options exist at these price-points. However from September onward, it’s wide open.
If you are considering booking this fare (or any other), make sure to get Lufthansa’s voucher that will reduce your ticket by $50. The voucher offer ends on April 3 and is valid for travel booked for late April through mid May.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 31, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
The latest update from Lufthansa now indicates that 33 out of 100 aircraft have the new Business Class seat. Specifically, 7 A340, 10 A330 and all 14 747-8i have it installed. Additionally the first A380 with the new seats enters service tomorrow (April 1) followed by a brand new A380 a few days later which also has the new seat. Specifically by aircraft registration:
A380: D-AIMB, D-AIMK.
A340-600: D-AIHN, D-AIHR, D-AIHQ
A340-300: D-AIGM, D-AIGS, D-AIGO, D-AIGT
A330-300: D-AIKP, D-AIKQ, D-AIKR, D-AIKN, D-AIKE, D-AIKM, D-AIKD, D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKI
Boeing 747-8i: All Aircraft.
35 more aircraft are scheduled to go through the conversion between now and year’s end which will bring the total up to 68 aircraft, or two-thirds of the long haul fleet. Included in this plan is the 747-400 which will begin to see the new Business Class in the 4th quarter this year. 100% of the fleet should have the new seats in place by July 2015. To see if your upcoming LH flight will have the new Business Class cabin, please visit this handy site .
