Review: Lufthansa First Class Terminal Frankfurt

Unless you have dated just one person in your entire life who themselves have dated just you, being worried about taking a bath in the same tub as other people is hypocritical.

This is a general comment about self professed hygeine fiends and not specific to you.

Ben seems like the pictures on this review have missed your regular quality benchmark

Love the terminal. Enjoyed the daubed room & showers. But most fun sampling gins at the Bar. Monkey 47.

I'm confused. Their lounge access page is worded to say that the FCT can only be accessed *before* their FC flight, or if they're connecting to it from another city. The fine print specifically says it's not permitted for arriving passengers. What are the "real" rules with regard to access?

"First Class boarding pass for an arriving/departing LH/LX flight on the same day"

"Access to the First Class Terminal at Frankfurt Airport is only possible with a confirmed same-day departing First Class flight on Lufthansa or SWISS. HON Circle Members may access the First Class Terminal with a same-day departing flight on Lufthansa, SWISS or Austrian Airlines. Access to the First Class Terminal is not permitted for arriving passengers.
Your First Class boarding pass on a Lufthansa-operated flight on the same day will give you access to the First Class Terminal. Passengers who are catching a connecting flight to their First Class flight have access to the First Class amenities provided that their First Class journey was a through booking."

The FCT is one of those bucket list things you have to try (like the showers on Emirates)!!!

If you are a connecting passenger though, make sure you have enough time. I did the FCT once with a 60 minute layover and it was not enough time. I did it, but it was a race. For shorter layovers staying in the main terminal may be the better idea?

The LH first class lounges in the main terminals at Frankfurt don't carry quite the cache, but they are not bad for connecting passengers. The design and layouts are similar to the FCT, and all the same amenities are in place in terminal. Staying in terminal you don't get the car ride and the private security (you are already passed security), but the menus are the same and the PAs are there to serve you.

PS, last time I was in the LH first class lounge in the main terminal I get to hang out with Gene Simmons from Kiss for a couple of hours! That's cache! Rock on all you other old dudes!

Happy holidays to all!

@ Tennen -- You can use it if you're connecting to another Lufthansa flight in business class same day. The point is that you can't use it if you're arriving and don't have a connecting flight on Lufthansa/Swiss/Austrian.

@Lucky, does that also apply when you connect to an international long-haul flight with first class cabin? Suppose I arrive in first class and connect to another LH flight in business class (eg FRA-JFK), can I still access the FCT?

@yyc,

Yes, any time you arrive in LH F (or even if you had an earlier F segment into MUC or on LX into ZRH and then connected MUC-FRA or ZRH-FRA) and have any LH Group connection (LH/LX/OS) in any class of service, you can use the FCT.

The other day I flew BHX-FRA-JFK in F. The BHX-FRA arrived at a remote stand so I was picked up in an S Class. The driver at first said she would bring me to the B concourse, but I told her since I had a long layover I'd like to go to the FCT. So she drove me right to immigration in A where my passport was stamped and then I exited the airport and walked the 2-3 minutes to the FCT. Fantastic service.

I do wish LH would be more seamless like AF for their F passengers.

That's good to know. Thanks!

If I arrive in SQ F but then connecting with LH F to SIN, will I still have access to the LH FCT? What if I arrive in LH F, but connecting with SQ F to SIN?

I had a good laugh at the bathtub comment...how can you even sleep in a hotel bed given that the pillow and the comforter have most probably not been laundered for weeks? The casings are fresh, but beneath...and dont even start thinking about the mattress. Or the carpets. Or glasses and cups in the room. (Youre welcome indeed. I do carry desinfectant wipes for certain items in hotel rooms). 🙂

What type of water did your order? I think I would have gone with Voss. Surprised to see there isn't an Icelandic option. I sound like a water snob...yuck

I know you say you are a germaphobe, I am as well. I am wondering if you carry Clorox wipes with you and wipe down the seat and tray table when you get on an airplane. I always do and think it is a reason why I don't get sick on planes

How good is the selection of cigars?

When I was in the FCT nov 27, there were no complementary cigars were offered nor had been for a few months because the FCT was renegotiating the contract with their supplier, all this is according to my attendant.

To the FCT's credit, they tried to get me a complementary cigar from duty free, but to no avail due to "tax reasons"

Hope they fix their cigar situation soon. Otherwise, the cigar lounge is a colossal (literally, it takes up so much space in the terminal) waste of space.

I gave my sister a ticket in LH's F to return to europe next week, although as it was booked with Avianca Brasil's Amigo I couldn't add a second segmente in business to get to Lyon, so she will go by train.

Can she spend a few hours at FCT, even that her LH ticket finishes at FRA?

Thanks Lucky, another nice report

Wait...dozens of bottles of Scotch, Bourbon, and Rum, all retailing at $100/$200 a bottle at the bar, along with great DO&CO food, and you just had a glass of water and a coffee? Not even a pretzel? I've been reading this blog so long I remember when you wanted to live in the FTC full time. Now it seems you just briefly stopped by to pick up another duck.

Last visit we had one of the best omelets we've ever had for breakfast, then a fabulous Filet Mignon for lunch. And being there for half a day, I got to try several, and I do mean "several", of those afore mentioned spirits. Can hardly wait to do that all over again next September. 🙂

OK, so you are trying to "be healthier and drink less when traveling in general"; so skip the squares of cheese and the Bud Light in the Admirals Club. But hey, this is the FCT ! And it's guaranteed that the food in the FCT will be SO much better than what you will get on the plane. Skipping all of the wonderful food and incredible spirits in the FTC is like flying SQ Suites and passing up the Dom and the Book The Cook in favor of some crudités and a Diet Coke. What ever happened to the wonder and awe this blog used to inspire us with? Sigh......

What in the FCT makes it worth the trek on a connection, rather than just using the FCL?

I'm flying LAX-FRA-MUC next week, and I'm just not sure I want to make the walk outside and over again.

@Robert, he was only there for a connection, and so probably wasn't there long enough to eat a full meal.

Hi Ben

Would like to see an updated review comparing the FC lounge between terminals. From these photos they all look similar. One of the inside terminal lounges has a spa the other does not. They all give out different ducks everything else looks similar.

My biggest frustration as Ben said, when you arrive at a gate you do not really know where to go. I walked for a long time before I found the proper lounge. You really need an education of where to go. Last, i thought the Lufthansa 1st class lounge was one of the nicest I had been to until I stopped at LHR Concord lounge in Terminal 5.

So they are not picking me up from the plane with a car and take me to any lounge, if im connecting there??