LH First Class awards are not released to partners until 2 weeks from departure.

Also, if you intend on flying LH First using United MileagePlus Miles, you need 280K for each person, round trip. ( See the Star Alliance/Partner Awards Chart )


In order to get that many miles from just sign up bonus, both of you probably need to be approved and complete spend for around 6 cards in the next couple of months.

If you can complete 30K in spend, may be consider getting the Chase BA Visa. This way you can get a 2-for-1 voucher and fly BA First SFO-LHR-BOM.

The Residence is a Suite with living room, bedroom and bathroom on the plane. It cost about 2.5 million miles for a one way 7 ish hours flight.