The Last Aeroplan Hurrah: Lufthansa First Class Lounge Munich, Swiss Business Class Munich to Zurich

Great post, lucky!

Always interesting to read how other people experience a route one often flies...

...I'm already curious to read the next part and find out why you wrote the "supposed" in italic/cursive characters 🙂

it does seem kind of crazy to put 4 engines on such a little plane

the nickname of the Avro is "Jumbolino" for that matter.

"The RJ100 is unique in that it’s in a 2-3 configuration, so if you’re seated on the “2” side you don’t get a blocked middle."

So do people on that side get a discounted price? lol I mean, if someone is next to you, it defeats the purpose of it being business class...

A Business class bus. It's clear from the photo that you were in classy company.

Good post.

Aren't you supposed to get a private ride when you arrive / depart or connect in F class on LH and LX in ZRH ?
Cause that was the case for me when arriving at a remote stand in MUC, connecting to a F flight to SFO...

@ Andy Bluebear -- Funny enough the last time I flew this route I sat on the "3" side and they didn't even block the center seat. So it really is a scam, since the blocked middle seat is the main benefit of intra-Europe business class.

@ vincent -- Typically they only drive you to the plane and don't pick you up. Was your inbound flight late when they picked you up and you had a tight connection, maybe?

@vincent & @lucky
I was flying CDG-FRA-YVR yesterday and my dad and I were picked up on a 3+ hour connection. Maybe they had too many cars?

@vincent @janyyc - LH does at FRA and MUC. LX doesn't at ZRH.

@ janyyc -- Odd, I can honestly say I've never had that happen with Lufthansa.

@lucky / @janyyc In November of last year I was flying ZRH - FRA - KIX and getting off the flight at FRA there was a car with my name on the board. It was also waiting for a HON Circle member and his wife. I don't know if the car was for him or for me (I suspect it was for him) but nonetheless we all enjoyed the ride to the terminal.

@ Brian -- I've seen it for HONs, though am surprised to hear this as I've transited FRA a dozen times in Lufthansa first class and have never been picked up.

Hi, I have a question, if you are flying first class united, are first class lounges free or we still should get 1time use access? Thank you

@ Seva -- If it's domestic first class you don't get lounge access. If it's United international first class you can access any Star Alliance first class lounge with the exception of Lufthansa first class lounges (they're the only ones that are excluded).

@lucky One more data point. My mom was flying a day after me CPH-FRA-YYZ also in F and they picked her up too. Two guys waiting for one lady! 😉 She was driven to her aircraft from the F B lounge too (it was on a remote stand).

Wow, food on a 30 minute flight! I've flown a few Lufthansa flights within Germany and I usually sit right behind the business class row, but I've never seen them serve food. That's a pretty good deal.

@ janyyc -- Amazing. Clearly I'm the unluckiest guy ever.

@ SkiCat Travels -- As far as I know Lufthansa serves food in business class on all flights.

Come to think of it, the carrier was Contract Air. ..or I just wasn't paying attention, I tend to put on my Bose and zone out on those quick flights.

No picture of a pretzel in the lounge? Otherwose, great job swiss!