Lufthansa to Miami via Frankfurt

[rambocat1974]

Hi all

Considering some flights for next Aug with LH via Frankfurt and just wondered if anyone has any experience of this airline and route.

Looking for opinions of the service, in flight entertainment for my 9 yo and whether 1hr 45mins will be enough for the transfer.

Thanks in advance.
Rob

[debs2028]

Originally Posted by rambocat1974

Hi all

Considering some flights for next Aug with LH via Frankfurt and just wondered if anyone has any experience of this airline and route.

Looking for opinions of the service, in flight entertainment for my 9 yo and whether 1hr 45mins will be enough for the transfer.

Thanks in advance.
Rob

See more...

I can't answer your question from experience but I am doing similar route but from Manchester next summer .
I have similar transfer time and would think it should be plenty , generally getting through the airport via transfer security is quicker than checking in normally .
Bags will be checked straight through. The only problem might be a late flight ( this can happen with any flight not direct anyway )
Flights are on one ticket so we would be transferred to the next flight with availability .. Inconvenient but not a disaster ( I hope anyway )
Lufthansa is generally considered a good European airline all food and drink included , seat back TVs , modern aircraft . If it's a good price I'd go for it .

[joolsleeds]

Hi,

I do this flight fairly frequently with work.

I fly from Manchester to Frankfurt, then on to Miami, my transfer time is similar to that you've mentioned. Bags are checked through to your destination.

1'45" should be fine for the transfer, though beware Frankfurt Airport is huge, and the International terminal means you'll need to do security again in FRA as well as in the UK. I would recommend that you're as prepared as possible for when you get to FRA (know which gate you need to go to, it will be a Z gate - there's LH staff as you leave the plane to guide you, ask them!) and if you can be near the doors on the UK-FRA leg, I'd recommend it.

When you fly from FRA, you'll fly in an A380, one of my favourite aircraft. I'd recommend you do some research on seat guru for the LH A380 as some of the seats in economy have a rather large entertainment box consuming much of your leg room. If you're going PE (It's sometimes about £100 more) then you have much more room.

The food on the plane is pretty good, I've flown economy and PE, and service and food is good. Plenty of drink if you want it, plenty of crew to help.

The entertainment system is very good, but of course there's a fair amount of German content. That said I've not struggled to find something to watch. There's a full list of entertainment available on Lufthansa's website.

I don't think you'll have too many problems with a 9yo on the plane, there's plenty for them to do, and they get a great kids pack!

HTH, happy to answer any other Q's.

Jools

[Guest]

we looked at the same flight i bet, same transfer time

in the end we found it cheaper to go from MAN direct, but return via ATLANTA with Virgin ( of course the MCO to ATL is a codeshare with Delta

[rambocat1974]

Thanks all for the info, you’ve confirmed most of what I had already thought.

Originally Posted by matt987106

we looked at the same flight i bet, same transfer time

in the end we found it cheaper to go from MAN direct, but return via ATLANTA with Virgin ( of course the MCO to ATL is a codeshare with Delta

See more...

Flight I’m looking at is £1150 total for 2 adults and a child during the August summer hols, so if that’s around what you’ve paid with Virgin, I’d be very interested in those.if you don’t mind divulging, what was your cost and where did you book them?

Rob

[dave]

Been looking at same flights for next Augus too. Our 17 night for 3 of us at £357 each. Very tempted