Originally Posted by
daron4000
In general, these are the two LH operated IAD-FRA flights. LH 417 is an A340 that leaves early in the afternoon at 4:20, arriving into FRA at 6:00 AM. LH 419 is a 747 that leaves later at around 6:00PM, arriving into FRA at around 7:30. So in terms of timing/aircraft, which F provides a better service in your opinion?
Specifically, when I plan on flying, I am connecting on to GVA leaving at 9:15. If I take the early flight, I will have a 3 hour connection which may give me enough time to go to the FCT. If not, I can always relax in one of the F lounges, which would make up for lost sleep in board due to the earlier departure so I would be less tired, but also allow me to eat breakfast if I overslept the last portion of the flight. LH 419 would arrive later and I still might be able to use the F lounge but less likely. Since so much of LH's great F prodcut lies in their ground services at FRA, which flight do you suggest to take? Thanks for the help and advice
Regardless of the flight, if you are flying Lufthansa First on a B747-400 (all LH 747s have 16 F seats), you will not enjoy the experience if F is full. Should this be the case, the cabin crew will take a very long time to serve all 16 passengers. Trust me, this has happened to me several times on MIA-FRA-MIA flights. In fact, once, it took the cabin crew 5 hours to complete the first meal service and they were literally still picking up trays from the second service 2-3 minutes before landing.