Damian in der luft


Lufthansa is ready to kick off its A380 service, LH once reported that FRA-JFK would be first to see the A380 in LH colors, but it will be the FRA-NRT route on June 11. There are some reports that the A380 will be used for a few Frankfurt Munich flights at some point in June.. Here is some more details from Lufthansa..

"Passengers bound for Tokyo can now book tickets to be among the first to experience Lufthansa’s new flagship aircraft, the Airbus A380. Lufthansa ...

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So I do international mileage runs from my home base of Frankfurt all the time.. well this time.. I’m stuck, stranded, and out of pocket.. I did get a real good deal FRA-BWI on Air Canada for ~$450.00 USD with the following routing last Thursday FRA-YUL / YUL-YYZ / YYZ-BWI. It was a very good flight over the ocean but about 2 hours into the flight we made a sharp turn at 40,000 ft. The Maps were no longer working, then the first officer told us that the Volcano in Iceland just blew ...

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I’m blogging from the Lufthansa SEN lounge in Munich.. Today started early to get my 0650 flight from FRA to MUC on LH. Got to Munich and walked right to the SEN lounge, welcomed by a very nice LH lounge agent… I asked her to take a look at our seats for our Lufthansa CityLine flight to SJJ Sarajevo wanted to know if my UA*G status would block the middle seat. She told me the flight is full.. Oh my! Sir! the flight is oversold by many people. Me like a kid said,…. ...

I had a bit of time on my hands, and found that there is a ton of new Hilton Family Hotels opening in Europe this year and next. Here is a little list I made for you Hilton Fans out there..

Germany:
Hilton Frankfurt Airport - 4th qt 2010 or 1st 2011
Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport - 4th qt 2010 or 1st 2011
Hampton by Hilton Frankfurt Airport - Late 2011
Hampton by Hilton Berlin - Late 2010
Waldorf Astoria Berlin - Mid 2011
Hampton ...

Thanks to a UNITED reward ticket for 25,000 miles I was able to fly up to Northern Finland for a week of fun in the Snow. Got to fly Blue1 a part of the SAS group and also a member of the Star Alliance. When booking this reward ticket I had a hard time getting multiple United agents to book a reward on Blue1 as a part of a Star reward, they kept telling me that Blue1 was a partner but not part of the Star Alliance. After 4 or 5 calls got an agent to look Blue1 up.. and she said, “our ...

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Lufthansa owned BMI is now set to take over more of its parent’s UK routes. Starting on March 28th, BMI will be responsible for Lufthansa’s three times a day service from London Heathrow to Cologne.

BMI will also be operating an additional service for Lufthansa between Heathrow and Hamburg. Lufthansa will now operate four times a day on this important route. BMI will keep operating all three daily flights on behalf of Lufthansa between Heathrow and Berlin Tegal. I'm told ...