Greg’s obsession with earning and burning points and miles allows him to travel over 100 days every year, often in some of the most coveted business and first class products available.
Edited by: Kellie Jez
Kellie’s professional experience has led her to a deep passion for compliance, data reporting, and process improvement. Kellie’s learned the ins and outs of the points and miles world and leads UP’s c...
8 comments
Denise
September 18, 2018
Thank you for this wonderful account of your Lufthansa experience. Until now I was unsure of what that experience might entail, but we will be looking into flying Lufthansa for a future trip. Looking forward to reading more of your adventures.
Stephen Au
September 18, 2018
Hi Denise! We are so happy that you found our First Class Review helpful! We publish new guides, reviews, and other posts all the time, so keep your eyes peeled for this. Thank you!
butzi
September 19, 2018
Well, this excitement has been discontinued most recently. I guess most of the First Class pax are already drunk when entering the FCT 😀
http://www.bumsbude.eu/2018/09/17/warum-ich-nicht-traurig-bin-dass-das-porsche-first-class-excitement-eingestellt-wurde/
Fernando A Flores
September 25, 2018
Just arrived on a JNB-FRA-IAD segment on LH First and couldn’t agree more with your excitement and observations. The understated ‘hard product’ is more than made up for in the ‘soft product’. Pampered from start to finish. In Jo’burg, basically, hand held all the way to the SA Lounge, then to the gate. Arriving in FRA, I was a bit “on my own” to find the FCT. But once I was there, man, the machine kicks into high gear. With four other passengers on my connecting flight, I didn’t get one of the Porsches or MB sedans, but parking under the nose of the 747-8 was pretty nuts! On arrival in Dulles, they do the same, pick you up plane-side and take you directly to Customs. If I hadn’t had luggage, I would have easily been off the plane and in my car in less than 20 minutes! Again, could go on and on…am now waiting to see if my upgrades for the return come through!!!
Alex Miller
September 26, 2018
Amazing! Thanks for sharing Fernando, sounds like you’re having a blast!
Max
May 03, 2019
Yes, for sure it’s awesome in Dulles that they collect you at the plane, so you don’t have to get on that horrible people carrier that takes hours! A huge plus of LH First to IAD.
Jason
January 02, 2020
“I need to be in Europe for work at the same time each year for an exhibition, so 11 months before departure I booked a confirmed Singapore Airlines business class award seat between Frankfurt and Sydney via Singapore Airlines for 105,000 miles.
I also made sure I had another 24,000 KrisFlyer miles to cover the total 129,000 miles required for the Frankfurt to Singapore first class Lufthansa flight, so I’d be ready to use them at any time.”
A little confused, am I right to say that you booked SQ via KF on route, FRA -> SIN -> SYD, how did you managed to change the FRA -> SIN leg to LH? Does this mean your SIN -> SYD is still on SQ?
Jarrod West
January 17, 2020
Hi Jason,
I am not the author of the post, but as Greg explains, when his Expertflyer notification came through that there was award space available for his date with LH F, he called Singapore to switch his itinerary – which is why he needed the extra 24,000 KF miles. I presume the last leg of his flight was still with SQ.
Thanks for reading!
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