by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 24, 2016 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa launched a 48 hour sale earlier today focusing on travel between the USA and Eastern Europe. Among the best deals is Boston – Budapest for only $589 with Tampa – St. Petersburg coming in at a close second for only $619. Otherwise, most East Coast gateways range between $700 and $950 and the rest of the USA to Eastern Europe runs in the low $1000 area.
Keep in mind that you can use Lufthansa’s new ‘myOffer’ feature to upgrade from any Economy Class ticket to Premium Economy. It’s not unreasonable to think that with a bit of luck you could turn these economy fares into very attractive Premium Economy deals. A successful upgrade would include earning additional miles and a free second checked bag.
Terms of the fare sale:
Tickets must be purchased by February 24 (Midnight US Eastern).
Departures need to take place between March 15 and May 12, 2016.
Return travel must take place March 15 and August 12, 2016.
Tickets must be purchased at least 21 days prior to departure.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 20, 2016 | Austrian, Brussels, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Over the last 2 days, announcements have come from LH, SN, and OS updating their timetables.
Lufthansa has announced a delay to their service between Munich and Tehran. What was originally scheduled to begin in Mid-March has now been delayed to July 4. Plans still call for 3x/week service.
Austrian has announced that it has cancelled service between Vienna and Delhi. The 1x/day service will come to an end on April 4.
Brussels has announced new service to Nantes, which will begin on June 14 with 12x/week service. ERJ145 aircraft will be used on the route. You can find more details about the new destination in SN’s press release.
The specific flight info is as follows:
| Flight |
From |
To |
Departure |
Arrival |
Days |
| SN3563 |
Brussels |
Nantes |
10h00 |
11h20 |
123456. |
| SN3564 |
Nantes |
Brussels |
11h55 |
13h15 |
123456. |
| SN3569 |
Brussels |
Nantes |
20h45 |
22h05 |
12345.7 |
| SN3570 |
Nantes |
Brussels |
06h55 |
08h15 |
123456. |
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 18, 2016 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa, Premium Economy |
Lufthansa’s Premium Economy Sale comes to an end on February 19. Some decent prices exist for several destinations throughout Europe.
One of best deals is a $969 offer between Tampa and St. Petersburg Russia. Otherwise most European destinations from the East Coast range in the $1200-1350 range and the rest of the US to Europe runs anywhere from $1500-1900. The East Coast fares are the most attractive since they rival economy fares during ‘high’ seasons.
For you money, you get a better seat, more legroom and an overall better experience than Economy. I’ve ‘tested’ the Premium Economy seat on flights between Frankfurt and Johannesburg and even after 10 hours each way, had very little to complain about and would do it again.
As far as rules go, departures must take place by March 17,2016 and return travel must be completed by June 17. Tickets need to be purchased 14 days in advance of departure. A $60 weekend surcharge may apply for Friday / Saturday / Sunday travel.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 13, 2016 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa, myOffer |
Lufthansa is running a 3 day deal where they’ve loaded more ‘Light’ fares for travel within Europe as well as from Europe to destinations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
As far as the intra-European portion is concerned, most tickets range between €99 and €129 for departures from Germany. Be mindful that these fares are booking into the ‘Light’ fare class so checked baggage would come at an additional cost.
For the ‘Intra-Europe’ part of the sale, tickets must be purchased by February 14. Departures must take place between February 12 and June 30 while return travel must take place between February 19 and September 30.
For the international part of the sale, there are some great deals to take advantage of. For example, Frankfurt – Johannesburg can be had for only €579, Bangkok for €549, Hong Kong for €549 and Delhi for €499. There are a lot of other deals to be had for international travel.
The rules for the international fares are as follows: Tickets must be purchased by February 23 and departures must take place between February 19 and June 30. Return travel must take place between February 19 and September 30.
Remember that you can now use the new myOffer upgrade program on eligible international flights to upgrade from an Economy Class seat to Premium Economy. For details and steps, please visit the myOffer webpage.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 6, 2016 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
To make it even easier for you to leave your Euros behind when traveling, Lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport have teamed to make shopping even easier.
As of now, passengers who visit most of LH’s lounges inside Terminal 1 will be able to use lounge iPads to shop virtually all of the stores located at the airport. If you purchase anything, it will be delivered to you at the lounge within 30 minutes. From what I gathered this program will not be available in the First Class Terminal, which has its own dedicated shop.
During the first quarter of this year, the program will continue to expand to provide other options as well. For example the next phase of the program will allow passengers to use iPads located at check-in areas where they will be able to order food from the airport’s various restaurants and have the meal brought to them at their departure gate so that the meal can be enjoyed during the flight.
Another expansion of the program in the near future will allow you to shop while aboard long haul flights and have your order waiting for you at your gate when you de-plane. I suspect that this may be expanded to medium and short haul flights once all the aircraft are upgraded to the same inflight entertainment and communication systems.
