Review: Lufthansa First Class Lounge Boston Airport (BOS)

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It's borderline racist to keep this poster and, decision of all decisions, bring them back after a ban.

Enough!

@ Loretta Jackson -- Thanks for the heads up. He was never unbanned, so I'm not sure how he's posting again, even using the same email address. I now also banned him in a different way, so it shouldn't be an issue anymore. Sorry about that.

A few years ago, when Lufthansa unveiled its rather boring livery, it also made references to the rebrand being tied to a focus on being seen as a premium carrier. The ground experience, wildly inconsistent premium cabins, and the overall service on LH couldn't be further from a truly "premium" experience. It's all fine, but nothing extraordinary.

LH lost its way. As Europes largest carrier.. it cares about $$$ first.. passengers last. And that soup looks like it was poured from a can,

I do believe you can board gate E11 directly from the LH lounge at BOS as well. The gate is next to the entrance to the toilets.

Aw, Ben, thank you. Now I feel kinda bad for double commenting it, please feel free to remove 🙂

Thanks for a great review btw.

Do you get access arriving on First Class connecting to a domestic flight?

Just curious, did you pay tips for this meal given that it's in the US.

When I'm in such a situation, I will tip based on the service. It is an expression of appreciation to the workers.

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Great to have this review! I’ve flown LH F out of JFK and loved the F area there (and out of ORD, where LH has no special ground services for F) but had no idea they also had an F lounge at BOS. I believe that at EWR and IAD they have a roped-off area in their lounges for F passengers but I’m not sure if there is anything beyond that, like escort to the gate, which I also experienced at JFK.

"with seating for 18 people"

Isn't it 19 people? 5 + 8 + 3 +3 = 19. Not a huge difference, but still...

With regards to differentiating things for different people, Lufthansa passengers can also board the plane from the lounge at Dulles too, no?

Air France does at least escort it's First Class passengers past security and boarding lines at outstation airports, so there is that.

LH has no lounge at ORD.

LH at Dulles has a separate first class section … but it’s separated by flimsy ropes and all of the amenities are in the Senator lounge.

One other thing, does this area have it's own bathroom?

Ben, is there a reason you refer to airports by the wrong name? There's no such thing as 'Boston Airport'. It's Logan. Likewise, there's no such thing as 'Seattle Airport.' It's SeaTac.

I'm just curious if there's a practical reason you're mis-naming airports that overrides the misleading confusion caused by calling a thing what it isn't.

Do you really think that anyone is confused by @Lucky referring to the Boston Logan Airport as the Boston Airport or the Seattle Tacoma airport as Seattle? Sure, locals call one SeaTac and the other Logan, but neither city has another major airport. Nor is there another major city with the name of either of those cities. It's not like he's referring to Dulles as the Washington airport, which would be confusing since that could refer to DCA, IAD or BWI. But I also bet that I could call DCA National airport, which I still do, even though the name was changed decades ago and you'd be the only person who was confused. It seems like you're just looking to stir the pot.

Last time I flew F out of Dulles on AF one agent handed the other agent a "new" boarding pass for me. Only it wasn't mine and I was escorted to the wrong F seat, mixing up the cabin and resulting in one of the upgraders getting first choice of meal and didn't have a main course that I could eat. I was the only paid passenger in F (they had two op ups due to oversold J) and when they figured out the mess they'd made I thought the purser was going to have a heart attack.

So, yeah, they do escort you, but with them no longer scanning your boarding pass, I'd recommend looking at it and not leaving it to the staff to get it right.

Are you the same guy who posts as Endre? The one who likes to keep reminding us in every post you make that you're a paid passenger, and not flying because of points and what not?

Also, your case sounds like an outlier and not a regular occurrence.

"so you’ll probably feel uncomfortable if you have to make a phone call, or something."

Everybody making a phone call in a First Class Lounge should feel uncomfortable. This is a major disturbance to other guests.
Unfortunately nobody feels uncomfortable about this or uses the provided work units at Frankfurt or Munich. Everybody takes it as their right to bother others by forcing them to listen to their conversations. It's called a lack of manners.

I was going to mention this but the space has an ala cart menu. Last time my wonderful server was way frequent with Champagne. BTW is you have time and Priority Pass try some nice champagne at the Air France lounge. Can also get steps in walking among the Lounges on offer. Skip the Turkey lounge

At IAD First are escorted to jetway with dedicated walkway from lounge
But LH used to drive First Class across the tarmac to immigration. Not now. Sad 😉

Great review, didn’t realize LH had a First Class lounge in the US. For the Senator lounge, is it possible to access the LH lounge if your Star Gold flying on a domestic United ticket? Can you get from the secure side if you go in at United’s terminal?

This is for SEO purposes to make it easier for folks searching for info like this about lounges, etc. When most people google this they will type Boston Lounge vs Boston Logan Lounge. Same with Seattle, etc. Ben will typically make a more clear delineation if it’s a city with multiple airports like NYC. Hope that helps.

@Leo you don't pay tips on Lounges

we just flew this same itinerary, and we gave her a tip, I don't normally tip in Lounges, but she was amazing, and made our rather long stay in the lounge (we had a 4 hour layover which we spent entirely in this lounge) extremely pleasurable

No, the bathroom is in the business lounge

this is not a First Class lounge. It cannot be compared to any First Class lounge in Zurich
or Geneva. Very disappointing. People walking in and out (there’s no door) and people sitting down only to be told that they can not be in the first class lounge. Disappointing