Tips, Tricks, and Travel with Lucky
Let’s discuss the (temporary) good news first. The Lufthansa pilot strike has been suspended until March 8 to give the parties involved more time to “talk.” Of course this all happened after a disastrous day with flight cancellations, not to mention several days with severely interrupted schedules. I’m shocked they couldn’t reach an agreement before [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways, Lufthansa | 4 Comments »
93% of Lufthansa pilots have voted in favor of a strike which would start at midnight on Monday, February 22 and last for four days. The 4,500 unionized pilots seem to want a 6.4% pay increase and job security by Lufthansa avoiding outsourcing pilot jobs to lower paid pilots at regional airlines.
I’m betting the strike [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: Lufthansa, Unions | 1 Comment »
Lufthansa is currently offering new Miles & More members that register through this link 2,000 bonus miles. Furthermore, Lufthansa is offering the first 2,500 Miles & More members that sign up a $100 certificate good at Renaissance hotels for a minimum of a two night stay. The coupon is good for three months from the date of [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: Free Miles/Points, Great Deals, Lufthansa, Marriott | 4 Comments »
While this isn’t practical for many of us, it’s a darn good deal if you can take advantage of it. Condor is offering an “all you can fly pass” for travel between January 15 and February 28, similar to what JetBlue offered a while back. For 299 EUR you have access to all their short [...]
Posted on December 10th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Great Deals, Lufthansa | 10 Comments »
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: TPA-ORD on United
Part 3: ORD-ZRH on Swiss
Part 4: ZRH-LHR on Swiss and LHR-IST on Turkish
Part 5: InterContinental Istanbul
Part 6: Istanbul
Part 7: IST-HKG on Turkish
Part 8: InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong
Part 9: InterContinental Hong Kong
Part 10: Hong Kong
Part 11: HKG-BKK-MUC on Thai
Part 12: MUC-ZRH-JFK on Swiss
Part 13: JFK-TPA on Delta
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The first class [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Awards, Lufthansa, Swiss, Travel, Trip Reports | 4 Comments »
Through December 15, all Star Alliance airlines are offering status matches to their Star Alliance Gold levels for those with Hong Kong addresses that can prove status with another program. You also have to have one flight to credit to one of those programs. You simply have to register and send either your elite card or mileage statement [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: ANA, Air Canada, Great Deals, Lufthansa, Singapore, US Airways, United, bmi | 1 Comment »
I just got eight hours of sleep on my flight from Bangkok to Munich (and ate dinner), so I’m well rested. I’m now enjoying a pretzel in the Lufthansa First Class Lounge at Munich. Unfortunately there were some issues relating to my brother’s ticket due to his reroute, but I think it’s all straightened out [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Lufthansa, Other Airlines, Travel | 1 Comment »
I called Lufthansa this evening to select seats for an upcoming itinerary for friends, and since it was a 747 I wanted to select seats 83A and 83C, which are the exit row seats. I checked the seatmap on ExpertFlyer, and they weren’t blocking the seats like they sometimes do for their elite Senator and [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Lufthansa | 6 Comments »
Remember how I just made that post saying my mom’s “private” cabin was ruined? Well, I have to apologize, I lied. That was a misunderstanding. Apparently she did have the cabin all to herself, and it was one hell of a flight. I’m totally jealous that she experienced an empty cabin before I did!
I guess [...]
Posted on August 8th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Awards, Lufthansa, Travel | 4 Comments »
As I mentioned yesterday, my mom is off to Frankfurt today on Lufthansa in first class on an award ticket. I drove her to Orlando airport and went to the check-in counter with her. The process was complete in under a minute, and the agent asked if she wanted an escort to the lounge. She felt [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Awards, Lufthansa | 9 Comments »
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