PartnerPlusBenefit, previously Star Alliance Company Plus, is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British Airways On Business scheme, aimed at companies in the UK and Ireland. The biggest difference .....

PartnerPlusBenefit, previously Star Alliance Company Plus, is the Star Alliance equivalent of the British .....

23 Sep 201423 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Just a quick reminder that September 15th is the last day to enter the competition that Lufthansa is running to promote the new website and app for their JetFriends childrens club. There is an iPad .....

Just a quick reminder that September 15th is the last day to enter the competition that Lufthansa is running .....

13 Sep 201413 September 2014 by Rob Burgess

The Accor hotel group has launched a surprisingly generous promotion with Lufthansa Miles & More running until 31st December. Full details are here. If you choose to earn airline miles instead of .....

The Accor hotel group has launched a surprisingly generous promotion with Lufthansa Miles & More running .....

4 Sep 20144 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Back in May, I ran a promotion which offered 8,000 Avios points for a 1-year subscription to The Economist.  I know a few Head for Points readers took it up – I also know a few have had trouble .....

Back in May, I ran a promotion which offered 8,000 Avios points for a 1-year subscription to The Economist.  .....

29 Aug 201429 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Lufthansa may be having financial problems at the moment but most are self-inflicted.  The list of problems is long, but high up the list was their failure to invest in a fully-flat business class .....

Lufthansa may be having financial problems at the moment but most are self-inflicted.  The list of problems .....

23 Aug 201423 August 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is the last of my observational pieces from my recent New York / Germany tour.  After landing at Frankfurt Airport from my Singapore Airlines JFK to Frankfurt flight, I had a couple of hours to .....

This is the last of my observational pieces from my recent New York / Germany tour.  After landing at .....

31 Jul 201431 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Lufthansa is running a competition to promote the new website and app for their JetFriends childrens club.  There is an iPad up for grabs as the main prize.  The competition is UK-only so you have a .....

Lufthansa is running a competition to promote the new website and app for their JetFriends childrens club.  .....

28 Jul 201428 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is my review of my Lufthansa First Class flight from Munich to New York Newark. I didn’t plan to fly Lufthansa First Class to New York last week.  I knew I would be starting my trip in .....

This is my review of my Lufthansa First Class flight from Munich to New York Newark. I didn’t plan to .....

19 Jul 201419 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class lounge at Munich Airport. Lufthansa is an odd airline in many ways.  There is nothing in the least bit exciting about its economy or business class .....

This is my review of the Lufthansa First Class lounge at Munich Airport. Lufthansa is an odd airline in many .....

18 Jul 201418 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

As I wrote yesterday in my initial article in this series, I am not planning to write a traditional series of trip reports from my travels in recent days.  I am going to focus on a few particular .....

As I wrote yesterday in my initial article in this series, I am not planning to write a traditional series of .....

16 Jul 201416 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I am in New York this week.  However, as the trip is very similar to the one I wrote up in detail last Spring, I don’t intend to write too much about it.  I am planning instead to run a .....

I am in New York this week.  However, as the trip is very similar to the one I wrote up in detail last .....

15 Jul 201415 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Qatar Airways and Lufthansa have both launched new discount codes this week. Lufthansa Lufthansa has launched another of its occasional discount codes, this time for £20 off. For the next few days, .....

Qatar Airways and Lufthansa have both launched new discount codes this week. Lufthansa Lufthansa has launched .....

10 Jul 201410 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

I wrote on Monday about the imminent joining of Star Alliance by Air India.  After seven years of delays, the final decision has been taken with a surprising degree of speed and the airline will .....

I wrote on Monday about the imminent joining of Star Alliance by Air India.  After seven years of delays, the .....

2 Jul 20142 July 2014 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This interesting note popped up on the Lufthansa website this week: “The option of being able to buy the miles you are short of for an award flight with a Lufthansa Group airline will only be .....

This interesting note popped up on the Lufthansa website this week: “The option of being able to buy the .....

1 Jun 20141 June 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments