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I am curious about your opinion about traveling as a couple later this summer from NYC to Greece. All star alliance options I am considering I’d have to connect, and I was wondering what you would prefer if you had to choose between these three options.

Lufthansa in the a350, Swiss in a a330 (connecting in Zurich or Geneva) and Austrian in their 767. I guess the intra-europe service in Austrian is better, but maybe the new plane balances it out?

Anyway interested in hearing people’s opinion

Will you be traveling in a premium cabin or in economy?

[QUOTE=”MidSouth Skier, post: 59889, member: 184″]Will you be traveling in a premium cabin or in economy?[/QUOTE]
Business … Sorry forgot to mention in original post.

[QUOTE=”cs85, post: 59888″]I am curious about your opinion about traveling as a couple later this summer from NYC to Greece. All star alliance options I am considering I’d have to connect, and I was wondering what you would prefer if you had to choose between these three options.

Lufthansa in the a350, Swiss in a a330 (connecting in Zurich or Geneva) and Austrian in their 767. I guess the intra-europe service in Austrian is better, but maybe the new plane balances it out?

Anyway interested in hearing people’s opinion[/QUOTE]

Typically transferring with LH gives me anxiety just going through their hubs (FRA/MUC), because the place is so big. The pro of that though is you could get into their business lounge, if you have your Amex plat.

I haven’t tried Swiss yet, but I have passed through with OS and I kind of like the airport compared to LH’s business. I traveled both in J and really enjoyed OS’s hard/soft product! Although you’re east bound, you probably just want to pick a good seat/bed and a good lounge to shower.

Hope that helps!

W

Austrian will have the best catering of the three. I THINK I’d prefer OS’s staggered seats versus LH’s 2-2-2 where the feet angle toward each other (or did they change that on the A350?). Furthermore, OS’s 767s biz seats all have direct aisle access

[USER=4533]@Cs85[/USER]

Welcome

LH should definitively be your last option due to the seats.

[USER=29]@David W[/USER]
Nothing has changed much with the LH and the A350, they still have footsie class in large portions of the cabin sadly.
[URL]https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Lufthansa/Lufthansa_Airbus_A350-900.php[/URL]
[URL]https://thepointsguy.com/2017/11/lufthansa-a350-business-review/[/URL]
[URL]https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2017/02/12/lufthansas-mediocre-business-class-problem-bites-on-the-a350/[/URL]

While LH are not as bad as AF (and France in general) when it comes to strikes, they have probably earned a second place in Europe lately.

While OS has direct aisle access it’s on a B767 so the seats will be narrower than on the Swiss A330.

If traveling as a couple and taking the D/G seats sitting together there should not really be a difference when it comes to direct aisle access, would be different story for a single traveler of course.

Personally I would say that it comes down to what seats are available on the dates [USER=4533]@Cs85[/USER] wants to travel.