My Experience Flying Lufthansa

For this year’s Europe trip, I managed to find another non-stop flight from LA. Last year, it was to Barcelona, but this year, the destination was Frankfurt, Germany. And the airline? Lufthansa.

This German airline has been around since the 50s and is a well-known commodity. If you’ve never flown them before, you might be wondering if they’re any good. And if you’re American, you may wonder how this international airline stacks up against U.S. ones.

Lufthansa Check-In Process
Check-in with Lufthansa was super convenient. I was able to check in online and obtain my boarding pass through email and the airline’s official app. For the passport part, I simply had to manually put in that info. This saved me plenty of at LAX airport too. All I had to do at that point was go through security. Once I got to my gate, an airline rep just had to verify that I physically had the passport.

Are Lufthansa Flights On-Time?
This one’s kind of hard to nail down since probably every airline has delays at some point. In my case, my flight's take off time was delayed 50 minutes, but since I didn’t have any layovers it wasn’t an issue for me. I imagine if you had a tighter layover, it could impact things though.

Lufthansa In-Flight Experience
Since I was going on an 11-hour flight and have a bladder the size of an acorn, I prebooked my seat. I was in economy but selected an aisle seat on the left side of the aircraft. This plane was huge. It was columns of two, four, and two seats. While the lady next to me wasn’t pleased with the seat space, I was pretty used to it since I often fly economy or basic economy to save money. 

What most impressed me, however, was the two meals we got on the flight. I’ve been so used to not getting a meal on flights (or at the most some peanuts and ginger ale), that the idea of a meal, let alone two, on a long-haul flight felt like a luxury. I was actually able to select ahead of time if I wanted a special meal. I ordered the vegan option. Both the dinner and breakfast were good, though I liked the breakfast one slightly more. Also, did I mention I got free wine too? 
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As far as turbulence, we had a little in the beginning, but most of the flight was smooth sailing. All-in-all, I would recommend Lufthansa.