Hello OMAAT readers, let me introduce myself briefly: my name is Daniel and I run a YouTube channel about airplanes and airlines. If you’re interested in either, I'm sure you'd love my channel! I’ve long been a Lufthansa admirer, much like Ben. Since 2009, I have flown them more than any other airline, partly thanks…
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I have also taken the Lufthansa premium economy of the same aircraft (Airbus 3401600) from Frankfurt to Bogotá and the experience is the same as the one you mention in your review. Even though I had to pay a bit more since it's a 11h flight, the service and food is great!! I found the leg room was a bit short (maybe because I am 6 foot tall or I was in the first row) but in general I was very happy!!!
My standard paid flight to Europe is IAD-FRA in Lufthansa's premium Econ on their 748. I've flown it many times since they started adding premium Econ. My experience matches this review. It's a very solid option for an affordable price.
Amazing, I'm so pleased Daniel has joined the OMAAT team - he's going to be a real asset to be blog, Ben's lucky to have him it seems. Great report, looking forward to the next post.
While I realize you want to monetize your reports, one link to your Youtube video is enough 😉
Otherwise, it's a good report. I am curious, though, how much did the cost of buying a seat in PE compare to the total cost when paying for an upgrade?
Welcome onboard, Daniel. I'm sure you'll be great addition.
Once you have Asian contributor for travel review and deals, OMAAT will be a global blog, Ben.
It's unrelated to above sentence, I'm now just waiting for AndrewB to be next contributor
Welcome Daniel, excellent review! I remember the days when a meal like Daniel showed in his review was given to everyone in economy too. Along with refills on beer and wine. And free seat selection. And free bag check. And a free deck of playing cards (OK, that one goes back over 30 years....I still have a deck of American Airlines playing cards)....
Welcome, Daniel. Thank you for the fantastic trip report. If all of your reports are like this, OMAAT is lucky to have you. Looking forward to reading the next one.
PS - check the sunrise picture, it looks to be upside down.
My daughter just flew from JNB/Frankfurt/Toulouse her return flight was supposed to be
Toulouse/Frankfurt/ JOB
I have never been so disgusted in my life and will never book another Lufthansa flight again! If it's the only airline I will rather stay at home. Her flight was booked and confirmed, they overbooked it, told her it was cancelled she must 're book it, then they put her in a plane with a two and a half hour delay to Frankfurt promising her connection to Johannesburg would wait for her and other travellers. Hahahaha she was stuck in Frankfurt without luggage and toiletries. She had to 're book a flight on another airline that went to Kuwait then to Doha where she had a four hour stopover, three of those hours Spent with military police because Lufthansa never gave her the correct boarding pass. She is a minor and was so traumatized and anxious, the Lufthansa staff were rude and totally unhelpful. Imagine a first time international traveller stuck in a queue from 10:30pm until 1:30am then told to find a taxi and get to the hotel with these vouchers and be back at the airport by 10:30am the next day! Never again she missed three days of school and two exams because of Lufthansa's incompetence.
Welcome Daniel!!!! Will Daniel be the frugal member of the OMAAT crew bringing experiences on flying Premium Economy and plain coach class to readers here? Not that I don't like your reports on first and business class but you have to agree that you live in a bubble that is not accessible for normal people with normal lives with normal schedules and normal income. It will be a great addition to your blog if you add some more real life travels like this one.
As opposed to business class upgrades, which at the cost of €500 each way, would give you a “real” premium experience, upgrades to premium economy start at half that amount.
Can you explain more how that works? I assume you mean the cost to upgrade at the gate?
Anyone else spit out their coffee when they saw 'Premium Economy Review' in the headline? Was worried the site had been hacked for a second...
Nice review @Daniel! OMAAT could definitely use a good YouTube presence to really take it to the next level.
Nice debut!
And great to see something besides F and J reviewed.
As I approach my retirement I realize that I will soon be turning left upon boarding...
Welcome! Always good to hear from another person around my age (20). Very interesting seeing the comparison between this and WTP on BA, which I generally fly. Have you done premium economy on any other airlines? I actually prefer Y in Lufthansa over it on BA, but cannot justify stopping in FRA/MUC and have since become a OneWorld FF. If their PE product is that much better, though, things might start to change. Again - welcome and thank you for a very well-written report!
Some things to mention:
1:You obvisously do not get lounge access when flying premium economy. You are allowed to BUY access to Lufthansa Business Lounges (for €25 or 35 i think). Of course they do not give people flying PE access to senator lounges, which even people flying business will not get... You get access to the senator lounges if youre star alliance gold, but would get that also if flying Y...
2: The food in Lufthansa PE is the same as in Y (yes, exactly), it is just served on porcelain, with metal cutlery (and of Course you get to chooose first).
3: Service is usually quite good/nice in PE
Overall the "quality" of LH PE is also a bit dependant on the plane. it is not so great in the 747, where PE is mostly located in between to Y compartements, definitely better in the airbusses, best of Course in the a380, where it is an own compartement and feels like a seperate travel class. Great for day flights, although i think the seats recline to little to sleep in them. Worth the premium? Hard to say, the seats are cheap sometimes...
"Transferring in Munich is a breeze, especially now that the new satellite has opened, since there are far less bus gates than before."
As somebody who only flies LH in F, I completely disagree. We arrived recently from NAP - which was almost always a bus gate previously - to a regular gate. Then we went to the FCL and were told we needed to go to the satellite FCL - where our flight departed - not that lounge. I asked if we could clear immigration there with their private officer (basically just walk upstairs) and was told no. This meant going through immigration with the masses - unusually long line that day - and barely getting any time in the FCL after the train to the satellite.
Previously, I'd arrive, get a car to the FCL, clear immigration in the lounge and then walk to the gate for my US bound flight straight from the lounge.
Damn Daniel!
So glad to read this, looking forward to more from you!
Big fan of your YT channel!
This surely looks very similar to the BA premium economy class which I have used for Delhi - London - Mexico and the return . I have flown that on the 777 as well as the 747 for BA and the Lufthansa product looks very similar to them.
It surely looks better than the Cathay Pacific premium economy class I have flown out of India to the US and back in 2014 and 2015 . They have closed that out of India recently .
The best premium economy class which I have used is on Air France which is the best in terms of seats and food ( menus always offered ! ). It also allows you to use "Sky Priority" boarding along with Business class passengers , elite Sky Team members , as well as elite Flying Blue , Club 2000 and Flying Petroleum members.
The best part is that using Premium Economy allows you "Sky Priority" lane access at Paris airports which is basically fast track immigration and security.
They do not have lounge access and no option to access the "Sky Lounge" even upon payment.
Personally I don't understand the lover affair from LH acolytes. Bad experiences each time I fly LH - from rude unresponsive staff to food dumped on me (in business!). Unfortunately booked r/t business to HEL in November with LH. Could very well be my last LH flight.
I took the same flight last week and was shocked how good the hard product was, the soft product could be improved. also the flight attendants were not very attentive. did not offer drinks outside food serving time
Love this review. A more Fresh kind-of-approach to a trip report. I then realised Lucky was not the author - so in that case, I wish to welcome 'Daniel' to OMAAT! Your writing is great, I'm sure the travel review sites are queuing to sign you! Ben, loved your recent post on Saudia too. Residence next? 😉
You can get your premium economy miles for cash upgrades easily by contacting the miles & more service centre - keep your boarding pass and receipt handy, just in case. You might have to fax both to the service centre.
I went for a cash upgrade on LH498 from FRA to MEX Economy Q to Premium N, in my case the difference was some 3,000 bonus and status miles (2,975 to 5,949), for roughly EUR 350.
The same goes for cash upgrades at the check in counter, e.g. Austrian Airlines OS72 Toronto-Vienna (YYZ-VIE) from Economy V to Business Class C was 2,163 vs. 8,652 miles. (some EUR 600.-) Corrections were pretty straight forward, just a quick call.
Bear in mind, however, that cash upgrades at the gate itself (and even on board) are only possible from Eco to Premium Eco. For Eco to Business cash you need to contact a service desk or ask for options at check in, otherwise only mileage-upgrades are possible right at the gate.
Best,
M
A review added 4 months after this route was cancelled doesn't seem especially useful or relevant.
Hi Daniel, and thanks for a great review. I was recently on this same aircraft from Munich to Newark, but unfortunately upgrades from economy to premium economy were over $250 Euro each, putting us at almost $600 USD for two. It might have been worth it to me if I had been able to confirm that premium economy on this plane had footrests. Some of Lufthansa's marketing materials show a footrest being used by people in premium economy, but no one was able to confirm the presence of same on this aircraft. What was your experience?