Originally Posted by bostonpilot

As a fellow BOS based guy who flies to EU often (monthly-ish), I pretty much agree with everything above. The only color I'd add is:

-The BOS-LHR was great and I miss it a lot
-If at all possible, I do the daytime flight to LHR via EWR to avoid the red eye, spend the night at a LHR hotel and then catch an early am star alliance flight from LHR to wherever I need to be. Works well and I get a full day of work on the plane and a hotel night of sleep
-For everything else, I'd agree, take the direct out of BOS vs connecting, especially if you can use PP's to upgrade to LH F on the MUC flight - the connection is a pain and takes a lot of time
-The only reason not to is if it leaves too early in the evening to get any real sleep, so avoid the early FRA flight and look more towards MUC/ZRH
-That said, I end up doing the connections 99% of my flights now thanks to needing to drive spend to UA for GS, which is a big reason I miss the BOS-LHR flight