Lufthansa Business Class, Up To 9 Seats
Lufthansa business class often leaves a lot to be desired. However, on the flight from Minneapolis, you can get a much nicer business class experience. Plus, with business class award space for nine people, it's a great family option!
Even better, there's plenty of space next summer. Seriously, book now before everyone starts thinking about summer travel early next year.
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Now, let's get into it!
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Straight To The Points
Routes: MSP-FRA
Operating airline: Lufthansa
Class of service: Business class
Dates: June - December 2024
Seats available: 2 (up to 9)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *Air Canada Aeroplan: 70,000 points
- ANA Mileage Club: 88,000 miles (round-trip only)
- Asiana Club: 40,000 miles
- *Avianca LifeMiles: 63,000 miles
- EVA Infinity MileageLands: 65,000 miles
- Lufthansa Miles & More: 56,000 miles
- Singapore KrisFlyer: 81,000 miles
- Turkish Miles&Smiles: 45,000 miles
- *United MileagePlus: 88,000 miles
*No surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person):
- From US: $5.60
- From FRA: ~$137
- With Surcharges:
- From US: ~$976
- From FRA: ~$285
- Round-trip from US: ~$1,950
Aeroplan and LifeMiles have a small partner booking fee.
Bank transfer partners:
- Air Canada Aeroplan: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott
- ANA Mileage Club: Amex, Marriott
- Asiana Club: Marriott
- Avianca LifeMiles: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- EVA Infinity MileageLands: Citi, Capital One
- Singapore KrisFlyer: Amex, Chase, Citi, Capital One, Marriott
- Turkish Miles&Smiles: Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- United MileagePlus: Bilt, Chase, Marriott
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Let me know if you book!
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Flight Experience
Unlike Lufthansa's 2-2-2 business class product, the 1-2-1 reverse herringbone business class cabin on their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is definitely worth flying. Additionally, the overall experience is quite nice - the food can be hit or miss.
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Available Dates
MSP-FRA
June: 9-11, 16-18, 20, 23-25, 29, 30
July: 1, 2, 4, 6-9, 13-16, 18, 20-23, 25, 27-30
August: 1, 3-6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17-20, 22, 24-27, 31
September: 1-3, 5, 8-10, 14-17, 19, 21-24, 28-30
October: 1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12-15, 17, 19-22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31
November: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30
December: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15,
FRA-MSP
June: 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29
July: 2, 4, 9, 11, 18, 21, 23, 25, 30
August: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31
September: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 24, 26, 28
October: 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 29, 31
November: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30
December: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17
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Best Ways To Book
Aeroplan: Amazing Deal With Chase Points
Aeroplan is a great option at 70,000 points one-way if you have Amex, Bilt, Capital One points. However, if you have Chase points, you'd only need to transfer 59,000 points thanks to the 20% transfer bonus.
If you have the Chase Aeroplan Card, you can get a 10% bonus when you transfer 50,000+ Ultimate Rewards points. Between the two transfer bonuses, you'd only need 54,000 Chase points.
You can use GCmap to calculate your total flight distance and double-check Aeroplan's zone-based chart. You can also include a stopover for 5,000 additional miles.
LifeMiles: Great One-Way Option, No Surcharges
LifeMiles is a great option at 63,000 miles one-way if you have Amex, Capital One, or Citi points. While Turkish Miles&Smiles requires fewer miles for a one-way business class award, LifeMiles won't pass on the steep surcharges.
United MileagePlus: Best West Coast Option With Chase
If your total flight distance exceeds 6,000 miles, United's rate of 88,000 miles one-way will be a better option than 90,000 Aeroplan points if you are going to transfer Bilt or Chase points.
I would only expect this to happen if you include a connection from/to San Francisco and a connection from/to Frankfurt.
If you book a round-trip award ticket, you can use United's Excursionist Perk (a free one-way flight within a single region) to see another city in Europe. Practically speaking, this is United's stopover program.
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How To Book
Unfortunately, United has removed the once useful flexible search option that allowed you to see a snapshot of award space for two months. However, you can still see a calendar of 30 days (even if it's not always accurate).
- From United's homepage, select Advanced search
- Choose to show price in miles
- Enter the origin & destination
- Select your dates or choose Flexible dates
- Select nonstop
- Select the number of passengers
- Select Business
- Show flights from "Star Alliance airlines"
- Run the search
- Transfer points (if necessary)
- Log into your account
- Run the search again
- Complete the booking
Once you know the exact dates you want, you can run the search with the program you'll be using to book. As always, I recommend confirming the program you're using sees the award space before you transfer points.
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Final Thoughts
If you need multiple seats to Europe, this is an easy option to lock in a bunch of business class award seats on the same flight. This is a particularly good option to lock in flights for summer travel, Oktoberfest or even Christmas markets.
Happy Booking!
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