I tried, but it just didn't work out... I was going to review the SWISS First Class Lounge A couple of days ago I wrote about my plans to make a Lufthansa first class review more interesting on my current trip to Germany with my parents. In addition to crossing the Atlantic on the Lufthansa…
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Can you please elaborate how did you snag four first class LH first class award tickets on the same flight? How long before the date, and with which program? Thanks!
You’ve still done an amazing job (4 seats in F!) for your parents and I’m sure you had an unforgettable time. These things happen! But this is why your commitment to your work is unparalleled. Enjoy the flight to Boston and simply enjoy ze ambiance!
He says in this article that he booked the tickets through Aeroplan. Not sure about dates tho
Look at flight radar: LX1111 is frequently cancelled (Air Baltic doesn’t have spare planes at ZRH)y
Two out of my three flights were cancelled. And with the current frequency of evening thunderstorms, you did choose a risky option anyway.
You could’ve taken the night train or bus from MUC to ZRH to have enough time at ZRH.
Anyway, safe flight. (Interesting that you are posting live which flights you’ll be taking later on today. )
A lot more could have went wrong. You’re still making the LH F flight with your family from Frankfurt.
No one cares to put it bluntly. But enjoy. Safe travels.
The MUC-BOS LH a380 usually has good last minute availability, up to like 4 days before departure. All the other ex-EU LH F seats haven't been opening up until like 24-48 hours before departure
Ben, if ZRH-MUC-BOS was issued on a single ticket, the compensation is calculated based on the distance of ZRH-BOS, not just ZRH-MUC. If your arrival at BOS isn’t impacted (only the first segment was changed), you’ll get 50% of the compensation amount.
Alternatively, you can ask to be rebooked on other dates or get a refund for your ticket. Your claim is against SWISS, not Aeroplan, and you can demand to be rebooked on any date (no need for award seats to be available), and you can also ask for a cash refund of the entire booking ZRH-MUC-BOS (value of the points / value of the revenue ticket, not sure how Swiss courts rule in cases like this).
@ Chocolate Factory -- The cancelation happened on a ticket that was booked FRA-MUC-ZRH, so it wasn't the long haul ticket.
@ Alex -- We booked about five days in advance. The flight was F7 (so only one seat was booked), and there were actually five award seats, so we could have brought someone else.
@ Santos -- Yes, so beyond grateful to have a whole row of first class seats on the Lufthansa A380 to us. What a treat to be able to spoil my parents in this way, so we're very happy campers.
As a rule i try to never book the last flight of the day on short haul. I've had flights on LH/LX cancelled atleast 3times and since then i always try to make sure that there's at least a later flight on schedule that i could take.
Imagine if you were travelling with checked luggage and had to collect it, then check-in again! Nope.
Aeroplan currently is unable to view or book any Swiss space.
Aeroplan IT is abysmal.
I suppose a (really dark) silver lining to this is if you wanted to collect lots of EU261 compensation money you could intentionally book those flights...
I make this mistake every time I book. AA has so few flights between LAX and SFO, and I earn so many more miles and LPs flying them than AS.
Usually it works out but I've had at least 5 long waits on the SFO tarmac as they wake someone up to connect the jetbridge after 11pm.
I was in the Swiss non- Schengen First class lounge at Zurich a few weeks ago. In my opinion, as an infrequent First class traveller, it is not as good as the Lufthansa First Terminal at Frankfurt but better than the BA Concorde lounge at Heathrow.
Based on the timing, I think this was posted either from the MUC-BOS flight, or from the lounge just before departure...
Hypothetically, if this were a flights from LHR to ZRH and back wouldn’t it be more troublesome to fly the same plane having to clear immigration?
Since it’s all schengen you can do this.
There's no need to clear immigration if you arrive from London and depart to London. Both arriving and departing flights are non-Schengen, thus there's no immigration involved (unless you have bags you need to collect and check-in).
I’m curious what you think about SWISS first class international versus Lufthansa? I flowing Swiss first from Zürich to Boston multiple times, but have never flown in Lufthansa from either Munich or Frankfurt to Boston and I’m thinking of a trip to Germany this summer.
But you do have to clear security if connecting in the UK, irrespective of where you come from.
Pete was asking about a connection at ZRH (flying LHR-ZRH and back). Zurich is not in the UK.
I agree. I’m SFO based and Aeroplan only offers Air Canada itineraries when I search for trips to and from Europe/Middle East. Seemingly Turkish, TAP, Lufthansa. Swiss and Emirates don’t fly out of SFO according to Aeroplan.
I had a similar situation where I had to fly from FLL to ATL to Gulfport MS only to get back on the same plane in Gulfport and go back to ATL for a connecting flight to MSP.
That's a little late for an easy train ride but I would have rented a car to get to that terminal.
I feel your pain. I had booked myself on Cathy on BKK-HKG-PVG last week so I could spend 3 hours at the Pier First lounge but plane could not leave BKK due to technical issues. At least you’ll still head out in First, I had to take an economy flight on Shanghai Airlines in a 737….
Technically, you could rent a car and drive to ZRH overnight, but it's too crazy...
The same happened to me with Swiss Air. I began with the first segment of my flight starting in Palermo. I was told my 7pm longhaul flight from Zürich to Johannesburg was cancelled and I had to stay in Zürich until a plan could be made. In Zurich I was told my flight now leaves the next morning. They provided overnight accommodation without an explanation of what happened. Upon return in SA
, I claimed the compensation. But they refused and said the plane was damaged because of a flight of birds. They also refused to give me any information of the alleged happening, and cut down our conversation.
Hey Ben,
I am flying back with my wife and infant on LH F from FRA to EWR. I snagged two award tickets via Aeroplan, but wasnt able to get an award flight to FRA from where I am currently at. So I had to add a paid positioning flight. Can I call LH for them to link the paid ticket and Aeroplan ticket? Will they let me check 3 bags per person on the positioning flight since I am connecting in First? Thanks.
Lufthansa has excellent customer service agents located at several locations in the terminals at both MUC and FRA and they can work miracles including “offloading” you off flights you no longer need. I’ve had to do this several times flying both First and Business though both airports.
You didn't miss much at the swiss first class lounge E.
I've flown thru Zurich a few times this summer it felt like it was 27-28C in there
Spoke to the staff and they said there was nothing they could do.
Swiss obviously knows there's something up since they have specifically told the staff they don't need to wear the mandated jackets of their uniform in the lounge. It was cooler at the gates than in the lounge.
Passengers would come to lounge and leave after a bit since it was so hot.
Disappointing, since I always looked forward to enjoying my stay at the Swiss Zurich lounges