Airberlin Business Class A330 Miami To Dusseldorf

Looks like they forgot to devein the shrimp on the appetizer!

Lucky,
Do you think airlines that have a two-class configuration on their longhaul fleet (business and economy) do better on their business class than airlines with a three class configuration (first, business, and economy)? Would love to hear your thoughts.

I can totally relate to the first love thing 😀
It's OS for me and i hate myself every time I have to fly a different airline 😀

Per the seat map at seatguru.com, there are two lavs: one next to the cockpit door, and one at the rear or the J cabin.
Did the FA block the one at the front, or did you missed it altogether? 😉
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Air_Berlin/Air_Berlin_Airbus_A330-200.php

"That’s mainly because the business class food is pretty comparable on most airlines between Europe and the US, perhaps with the exception of Austrian and Turkish"

Swiss usually gets good reviews for it's BC food.

From what I remember UA has 2 for 40 people, though while the ratio is the same, I'll capitulate that it is nice to have that extra.

Was that canned fruit that they opened the can and dumped into a bowl? What a joke to serve that as dessert on business class.

I had quite the opposite experience from Lucky. I first fell in love with Delta over the course of 1.5 million BIS miles, which, for the most part, was in BizElite because DL didn't have an F product. Then I started flying BA, QF and CX in F (AA doesn't really count).

I got over my first love pretty quick. My newer girlfriend is WAY better. 😉

Lucky, when will you fly Lufthansas new business class? Would really like to know how it holds up!

@ Kevin -- Yep, only one of them, oddly.

@ Andrew M -- If I do fly business class, I make an effort to do so on a two cabin plane. I do find the service is generally a bit better, though that may just be my weird imagination. But there's something to it...

@ Thomas -- I was on a different configuration, and I don't believe it had a bathroom there. On my configuration they had 5C and 6A, and not 5A and 6C.

@ Santastico -- Fruit was actually fairly good, though was still disappointed that was the only "real" dessert option.

@ bfkremer -- Yep, have a flight booked in Lufthansa's new business class next month, so will report back!

Well I guess I can emphasize with you now Ben. I flew LH F for the first time and it was absolutely phenomenal including FC termninal. How can I go back to anything else?

I flew airberlin from Chicago to Berlin in February.
I wrote about my experience here:
http://bonusfeber.no/test-air-berlin-business-class-fra-chicago-til-berlin/

It's in Norwegian... Though you'll be surprised how similar it is to German 😉

I had seat 5K and enjoyed my most private business class seat to date. Loved the seat. It was perfect for me, though I agree with you on the lack of storage space.

I was on a half full flight, so my experience will probably differ from that of a full flight.
I was consistently mentioned as "Miss Larsen" which I always appreciate. Food was very good, and the service was excellent!

The young, male purser I had, was amazing. He gave me a glass of water for me to brush my teeth with, but it wasn't just a simple plastic cup which I expected.. No, it was a glass with a stem.

That was probably the most memorable thing that happened.. Lol.

OH! And they had a separate bus for pax in business class when we parked on a remote stand in Berlin!

Did you book it with Avios? did you use BA's site to look for availability?

"Meanwhile many of Lufthansa’s planes still feature their old business class product."

You forgot a phrase. I think what you meant to say is:

"Meanwhile many of Lufthansa’s planes still feature their old business class product, but even if you get the new product, it's still extremely uncomfortable.

@ danny -- No, I used American miles, and outlined the process here:
https://onemileatatime.com/two-upcoming-trips-middle-east/

One thing that amazes me with airlines these days in business class is that the seats are so narrow, and yet there is all that "plastic structure" there that gets in the way of relaxation. Why not build a decent wide seat and compact structure. Had that issue on Emirates A380.

@ Lucky - great intro! Did you try sleeping? It's narrow but wonder if there's enough room lengthwise.

@ Ivan Y -- The bed was just long enough for me, though not much room to spare. I didn't end up getting any sleep, though.

Thanks! Will be interesting to see your review of LH new J for a more fair comparison 🙂

@ lucky - thanks for all your helpful posts.
Would you please advise me on how to look for lufthansa's new business class product. Flying ORD - DUS in July on LH on an A340 and seat guru shows it as angle lie flat. Still the old product? Thanks for your input

@ stefan -- The Dusseldorf routes now feature the new business class. See here:
https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa-new-business-class-dusseldorf-routes/

@ Lucky - just read some of your posts about LH BC and the comments of your readers. Seems I should save myself the additional cost in miles on an award ( +20,000 over economy ).
Would UA business class be better? Like UA to Brussels?

@ Lucky - Great , thank you for your quick comment with the referral to the post.

I just did AB Business class a week ago, ORD-TGL. The seats are too short lying down (and I'm only 5'10"), but moreover THEY ARE NARROW, too narrow for me to put my elbows anywhere but in an unnaturally elevated position while sleeping on my back, leading to a week here of elbow pain following the trip. No thanks: not again.

I am not a big guy, nor am I broad in the shoulders. This was probably the least comfortable J seat I've ever experienced.

@ Chris in NOLA- same! Although my first love was Emirates, a much better airline than Delta, don't get me wrong, I still love EK, I've just startes to lose interest in flying them, now I'm more interested in flying east asian and european airlines, OZ, CX, LH, LX, AF, BA, JL, NH, SQ, GA...