Review: Lufthansa First Class Vancouver to Munich

Was your friend traveling in US Air miles as well - long-sell LH F?

Should nobody know the name of the song: since I'm sure you'll be flying Lufthansa in the near future, why don't you install Shazam on your iPad? You don't need an internet connection at the moment you're recording the song: you can save it and do it later. Put your headset on the iPad's microphone and it'll tell you the name of the song.

@ Simon -- He was flying on United miles.

@ Jorg -- Great idea, will definitely do that if no one else figures it out soon. Just have no immediate plans to fly Lufthansa, and not sure how long I can live without the music. 😉

"But I totally forgot we were in first class" -- really, Ben? What other class do you fly?! 😉

You may have mentioned it in the lead-up posts, but did you book 2 weeks out when LH F opened up? Man, I wish I had that much flexibility!

It was my experience that re-configured LH cabins still had the old [slimmer] selection of entertainment--just on a newer HD-style screen.

I did new F on 744 and 4 days later did a 747-8 and the latter had probably 5 times more movies and TV choices.

The soundtrack is from the album "Tomorrow's Harvests," by Boards of Canada. The track listings are:

1. "Gemini"
2. "Reach for the Dead"
3. "White Cyclosa"
4. "Jacquard Causeway"
5. "Telepath"
6. "Cold Earth"
7. "Transmisiones Ferox"
8. "Sick Times"
9. "Collapse"
10. "Palace Posy"
11. "Split Your Infinities"
12. "Uritual"
13. "Nothing is Real"
14. "Sundown"
15. "New Seeds"
16. "Come to Dust"
17. "Semena Mertvykh"

You mean the LH signature tune? Its available as a ringtone here: http://mobile.lufthansa.com/moc/list.jsp;jsessionid=858BB7BE4DC4178267ADAC85A2E6C121.portal14b?folderid=48771&l=de

Shazam only works if you have a network connection, bummer if flynet is off 😉
The 748 33P and new 33Q should have the same IFE content.

I'm actually quite fond of parrot feathers. 😉

I'm with @scottrick, a dessert of "eldelflower soup with chickpea puree and parrot feathers" sounds just delightful -- in a Henry James novel.

Yuck!

Baileys? With that selection?
You're still a First Class flyer, Economy drinker. Step it up!

I'm surprised they even bother using a cart in First with only four pax max to serve.

Nice to see you're drinking a bit more these days though, although I don't think diet coke really goes with champagne 🙂

does LH now have Bogner Amenity Kits instead of the nice Rimowa mini-Beatycases? Or does that differ from flight to flight?

and @Oliver2002 : nowadays you can "save" tags with Shazam and send them to their servers later when you have internet again.

@Oliver2002: your link has a session ID, so it won't work for anyone else 😉

Thanks to my dear friends at Google, this should get you to the right page: http://mobile.lufthansa.com/moc/start.jsp

Thanks for the link, I'm ready to download my Klingeltöne now (why on earth does it automatically switch to German? I'm Dutch!)

I don't know how often the IFE themes get updated, but Lufthansa's main theme is derived from (I believe) White Light's Symphony of Angels.

youtu.be/ZtxYWNnZ3XQ

I had a couple of times that flynet wasn't working, and I asked the purser to get it ON, and they made it work somehow. Once he had to involve the captain, which got instructions through their tech support center.

@ Andyandy -- I actually only booked about two days before departure, given that I was waiting for return award space to open up as well.

@ Justin -- My experience is the same. A380 seems to have best selection, though.

@ Dave -- Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@ Till -- Yep, no Rimowa nowadays as far as I know, unfortunately.

@ Steven L -- Like Symphony of Angels as well, but it's the Boards of Canada stuff that I LOVE.

My prayers are with the pour souls who suffered in Business Class on that flight!

30 € Champagne in F class ???
Well... I remembered you mixed Sekt and Champagne while in Vienna and you drink coke and "Champagne" during the same meal but you should really try other airlines offering much better "Champagnes" if you want to improve your knowledge about it LOL
Or you should convince LH to put a bit more money per bottle and put much better brands on their wine list 🙂

Yeah, isn't LH supposed to serve Krug? Jacquart and Krug don't go in the same sentence.

@ Travelista -- Hmmm, don't think they've ever served Krug in first class. At least not in the past five or so years.

Okay, so I just downloaded the "Tomorrow's Harvests" album from iTunes and while the music is relaxing, don't think any of it is the same as the main track playing on Lufthansa. Anyone know which song it is specifically?

I see apart from the caviar which is very generous portion , I am dissapointed with the food. Especially your friends.

It seems they are gettting away with caviar !

Rgds

Yes the sound track is boards of canada , enjoy

Do you have a report on their biz class product on the A330?

@ Geoff -- I'll have that soon, though best I have as of now is as follows:
https://onemileatatime.com/how-opinions-change-when-you-realize-lufthansa-planes-have-more-than-eight-seats/

Ben I´m really disappointed at you. You have been a member of flyertalk for so long and still you don´t know how to enjoy the old LH C....shame on you 😛

I also would love to know what's that music on the flight? It sounds really relaxing.Lucky, could you pull some strings of your German background to find out?

@ Sean -- Am still trying to find the one I liked the most, but this was one of the ones that played, I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWLYzW5MWX8

If I figure out *the* song I loved, I'll post it here.

The Jon Hopkins's album is much closed to what I heard than the "Tomorrow's harvest". Thanks Lucky! Hope you have good news soon.

How do you manage to take all those pics during take-off/landing?

@ Kevinsac -- I use my camera, it's not too tough to do discreetly.

When I used Shazam to identify the music after the 90 secs in the video, Shazam said the song was "Dayvan Cowboy".

That was simply *the best* 1st class review I have ever read, thank you and kudos. So well presented with just the right amount of detail and photo documentation. I thoroughly enjoyed the read and feel like I know exactly what to expect, should I ever be so lucky.

thank you for posting

Ben, can you confirm RichV's comment if it's the music is Dayvan Cowboy?

Hey Lucky!

I just booked a LH first class ticket from SFO - MUC on A340. All seats are currently open! Any ideas on choosing the best seat in the cabin?

Thanks!

@ Noah -- Personally I like 2A and 2K so I have a bit of an "overview" of the cabin.

Eau de Citron or Rose is apparently the scent LH uses on their hot towels, but I don't think thats what it was. If anyone finds out, please post. Thank you. 🙂

Lucky,
Mero helped us set up our trip to Europe. Got the F product for our return. Still trying to decide whether to go row 1 or 2. Row one "appears" to be kind of close to the bathrooms and flight attendents preparing stuff. Is it? We had that row and I expressed my concerns to Mero and he kndly changed them. Was that a mistake or is either row good for two traveling together?

Oh... and on the MUC to YYZ do we get PJ's? It's a day flt. Probably not I guess.
Thanks

@ Patrick -- To be honest both are great. I slightly prefer row two since it feels a bit more private, but you can't go wrong either way.

On a daytime flight you'll typically get a top (light sweater) but not the pants.

Since it's a daytime flight, can the seat still be "made up" into a bed? (Pillow, blanket, etc) or are they not equipped for that?

Lucky
So just so I am clear. You paid the the approximately $1000 fuel surcharge on this flight or is there away around it?

@ Tugg -- There's no way around it. Roundtrip fuel surcharges are ~$850.

So if there are only four people in F (all in the center section) would they make up the beds near the windows so you could have a "sleeping" seat and a non sleeping seat?

@ Patrick -- Sure, if you ask.

Thanks!!

Hi Lucky, found your blog just some days ago and I'm really impressed what you've experienced so far and HOW you write. Simply awesome and congratulations!

I'm a big LH fan like you are and it's kind of funny - I was also looking for the song you liked so much for quite a long time. On their 08/14-01/15 inflight entertainment they had it again and on a flight with LH to AUH I finally identified it. It's the song "Lotus Eater" by Kinobe. That must be the song you're looking for. Isn't it? Please tell me if this is the song. 😉

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WKxjCsZBGQ

By the way I also love Berchtesgaden, one of my favorite places in the world... You have to go to the Obersee, a breathtaking site.

Best regards from Germany