Where can you fly the Lufthansa Allegris seat this winter?

The choppy rollout of Lufthansa’s new Allegris business and First Class is well discussed in aviation circles, although we haven’t covered it in detail on Head for Points.

In short, after officially launching in May 2024, Lufthansa had to operate some aircraft without its new First Class cabins due to supply chain delays, leaving an empty cabin at the front of the aircraft.

SWISS, meanwhile, has tarnished its environmental credentials by admitting that it needs to install a 1.5 ton weight at the back of its A330s to counter the heavy Allegris First cabins at the front.

Other oddities include the commitment to retrofit Allegris business class onto its Boeing 747-8 fleet, but only on the lower deck. The upper deck business class cabin will retain the old seats, so you will get two vastly different options on the same aircraft.

Nevertheless, the rollout is progressing with a focus on routes from Munich. For the Winter 2025/26 season, which runs from the end of October to the end of March, you’ll be able to experience the new Allegris cabins on these routes:

• Munich to New York JFK
• Munich to Newark
• Munich to Chicago
• Munich to Miami
• Munich to Shanghai
• Munich to Cape Town
• Munich to Tokyo
• Munich to Bengaluru (3x weekly only)

Unsurprisingly, Lufthansa says this is the “largest number of Allegris destinations operating simultaneously since its debut”. Funny how that works when you roll out a product!

Lufthansa will only have 10 A350-900s with Allegris cabins flying by winter, so it won’t be operating on every flight to, for example, New York. I assume it is on at least one flight daily.

Later this year Lufthansa will start rolling out Allegris from Frankfurt with the Boeing 787-9 and the aforementioned refurbishment of the Boeing 747-8 fleet.

The whole situation makes BA’s rollout of Club Suite look rather slick.

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How to earn Star Alliance miles from UK credit cards (June 2025)

None of the Star Alliance airlines currently have a UK credit card.

There is, however, still a way to earn Star Alliance miles from a UK credit card. 

The route is via Marriott Bonvoy. Marriott Bonvoy hotel loyalty points convert to over 40 airlines at the rate of 3:1.

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