The Last Aeroplan Hurrah: Lufthansa First Class Terminal Frankfurt, Lufthansa First Class Frankfurt to Seattle

LH 490 (SEA-FRA) doesn't always leave at 10 am. The wintertime flights leave around 11:30 local time.

And I'm a huge fan of an LH nonstop to SEA than a one stop UA flight through IAD- or even connecting in SFO (check out how often UA SFO-SEA flights get hosed by ATC ground holds to figure out why). 😉

I see someone has expanded his selection of words and phrases when describing the meal service 😉

no duck? :O

i miss Lufthansa First. I want to live there.

Damn those Delta 763 wingtips are gigantic

How many calories was that.

Ben-I'm curious. I assume you rarely pay full fare, so do you accumulate the points through your work, credit card promotions etc?
Thanks.

Ben, can you update us on the Lufthansa First Class Retrofit. Are they doing they A330 and A340's? Do you know how long it will take to complete the fleet?

@lucky - I'm surprised you didn't comment on how disappointing the IFE screens are in First.

@Brad - There is a great thread on FlyerTalk that tracks the First Class Retrofit progress [ http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles-more-lufthansa-austrian-swiss-other-partners/1318664-new-first-class-retrofit-thread.html ]

Thanks for the great summary -- my wife and I are doing SEA-FRA-SEA in F in about a week and a half. Like you, I'm disappointed that it's a morning departure. I find myself wondering how early is too early for a cigar. But I'll manage somehow. 🙂

I've never flown LH long-haul before and have heard tales of warm temperatures on board. Did you have any problems like that on this flight?

@ Will -- I accumulate the miles through credit card bonuses, flying, and taking advantage of the best mileage promotions out there to accrue miles at the lowest cost possible.

@ Brad -- I think Papa Smurf was a link to the best summary there.

@ Papa Smurf -- Frankly Lufthansa first class is almost like my second home, so it doesn't phase me anymore. As you may notice, my reports on Lufthansa focus a lot more on the soft product than the hard product, since I've gotten so used to it.

@ Frank -- The cabins are sometimes on the warm side, though I haven't found it to be too much of an issue lately. You can always ask for them to turn it down, and they're often happy to change the temperature.

Frank - don't try to pose. By the way, Lucky, how do you expect a trainee to have a "sincere smile?" She's what - 20 or 25? And she realizes she will be serving food and drinks to little shits like you for a menial salary for the rest of her career. Yeah, I'd sure be smiling sincerely!

And once again, the soul-crushing envy Frank has towards every aspect of Lucky's young life is conveyed as clearly as if a psychiatrist translated and subtitled every sentence for us.

Add to that, Frank's favorite wanking aid - which is, of course, any photo of a king-sized hotel bed - didn't appear in this post. No wonder he's extra cranky.

"Bonus" installment? Maybe a photo gallery of all of the Diet Cokes (w/limes) consumed on this around-the-world trip perhaps?

@Ben: Not to nitpick (okay, fine, to nitpick), but please see: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060727042247AAObFaP

@ sjs -- Hey, that's actually pretty useful. So these are truffles and not pralines? Who knew?

Lucky, what do the FAs usually call them when they offer them?

@ Andy -- They called them pralines.

Now you can correct them 😉

Ben- Do you ever tip the driver? Also, has Lufthansa first class advanced availability using miles improved any?

More on the Praline debate here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praline

It seems Praline is correct in German or French. The English term is apparently Chocolates, Belgian Chocolates, or Truffles (but a chocolate truffle is usually chocolate ganache filled. Praline doesn't mean the same thing in English as those other languages.

@ John -- Unfortunately it hasn't improved one bit. If anything it has gotten worse, and most of the space I see now is within a week of departure. As far as tipping the driver goes, I don't, and I've never seen anyone do it. Germany isn't really a country where tips are common, and it's also a country where people assume I'm not an American, so there's even less pressure to tip.

@ FormerAirlineEE -- See, I knew it! After all, I am German. :p

Frankly Frank, I think you are confusing her salary with your American-low-paying wages. They aren't that low in Germany and they still have better benefits like health, which is a human right (well, not in your country Frank).

One would think that on a flight of this length, in the first class cabin, Lufthansa would have had wine on offer to accompany those delicious menu options.

I took the FRA-SEA flight recently and appreciated the morning arrival so I could go to work in the afternoon.

So lucky, do you have anything special planned for your next trip yet?

Was the airplace's interior CLEAN?