Review of Lufthansa flight from Denver to Frankfurt in First

DLH

LH - Lufthansa

Flight taken on 23 November 2013
LH447
17:25 09h 30m 10:55
Class First
Seat 83C
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Below is my trip report of my first First class flight. This is on Lufthansa's new First class on the 747 with the Bed/Seat Combo. I've also included pictures of the first class lounge, first class terminal, and my porsche rental. I tried to take advantage of everything I could.
I've been flying mostly economy up until last year. My only longhaul business class trips have been on CX, JL, and AF which were a great improvement over economy. I thought business was fantastic until I rode on LH First Class. It's a whole another world out there. This will be mainly a picture report with captions. I will try my best to answer any questions.


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Overview of Seat/Bed. The first row was empty, as was the last row.


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our area of the cabin


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View of the seat.


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In case you don't know which cabin you are in.


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Under the bed has a handy drawer to put lots of stuff in.


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All the goodies we got before takeoff including the Rimowa bag.


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Size of TV


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This is how much the seat reclines


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View of our cabin from the front.


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Bathroom is a bit tight but has a nice window view.


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Night time view of cabin


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Menu


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Starter


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Tea


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Tea


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More Tea


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Caviar Tray


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Caviar with garnishments. Not sure how it's supposed to be eaten.


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Starter with the Beef, Ravioli and the largest scallop I have ever eaten.


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I got the Beef and Scallop only


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Lobster dish. Never had lobster on a plane before. Quite delicious.


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Various cheeses


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Cheeses on a plate


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I was still hungry so I got the Tenderloin of Beef. Also delicious


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Chocolates after Dinner


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View of the seat/bed from the front.


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Felt like such a waste that 4 perfectly fine seats weren't being used.


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3 of 4 windows that each bed had.


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Cabin in the morning


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Last shot before leaving the best flight ever.


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Menu at First class lounge


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Various buffet items (at lunch time)


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Various buffet items (at lunch time)


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Various buffet items (at lunch time)


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Various buffet items (at lunch time)


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Various cured meats.


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Menu


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Specialty menu.


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Smoothie


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Pumpkin Soup


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Tom Ka Gai Soup


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Food from buffet


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Seared hare. Very good.


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Another menu shot.


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Cigar Room. Did not smell of smoke outside.


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Bar with ample supply of drinks.


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A water bar, of water bottles from various places around the world. Quite excessive.


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Water menu.


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That's where we were.


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My rental car for 3 hours.


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Trunk space in front.


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Passenger side


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Driver side


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Driver side


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On our way up to castle. I forgot the name of the castle as we found it driving around. Note the GPS did not have any preprogrammed routes so we had to wing it.


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On our way up to castle.


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Inside the porsche


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Interior view.


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View from castle


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View from castle


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Our car parked


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Driving through the town


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Town bell


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Town


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Pulling up to the First Class Terminal with the personal assistant waiting.


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Looking down from inside the terminal trying to guess which car we'll take to our next flight.


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I chose this one.


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Various candies


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Decorations


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Just like a nice restaurant.


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Water bar


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Buffet items at dinnertime.


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Buffet items at dinnertime.


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Buffet items at dinnertime.


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Buffet items at dinnertime.


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A Prosciutto slicer. Didn't know how to work it so I didn't slice anything.


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Day room. The design could be better since it was hard to sleep 2 people on the bottom bed. The top bed was hard and had no padding. Not sure what it was for.


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Bathroom.


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Looking towards the bathtub. There was only 1 room with a bathtub, the other 3 rooms only had showers. I did not have to wait, as all were empty.


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Bathtub with blue ducky!


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Shower. Had rainfall and handheld option.


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Looking towards the bar


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This ended up being delicious. I think it was rabbit.


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Dessert option


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We ended up taking the newest S Class AMG Mercedes to our next flight!


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Our driver was just as excited as we were.


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He was showing us the infared camera in the dashboard along with the excellent sound system.


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Each back seat passenger had his own TV


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TV


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The back right passenger could recline his seat, which would push the passenger seat forward as shown.

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Product ratings

Airline

Lufthansa 10.0

  • Cabin10.0 / 10
  • Cabin crew10.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi10.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering10.0 / 10
Lounge

United Club (West)10.0

  • Comfort10.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering10.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi10.0 / 10
  • Services10.0 / 10
Departure airport

Denver - DEN5.6

  • Efficiency5.0 / 10
  • Access5.0 / 10
  • Services5.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness7.5 / 10
Arrival Airport

Frankfurt - FRA10.0

  • Efficiency10.0 / 10
  • Access10.0 / 10
  • Services10.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness10.0 / 10

Conclusion

This is by far the best flight I have ever taken. The service, space, and attention to detail was something I had never experienced before. I can see why LH wants to protect this cabin and why people would pay good money for this. From the seat/bed, to the flight attendants, to the FCT, there's nothing that I would change about this. I would fly F through Frankfurt for all my flights if I could.

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Comments (19)

  • Thanks for sharing the excitement of your first report in F. Glad you had a memorable and enjoyable experience on LH.

  • Thanks for sharing this incredible product.... 1 seat and 1 bed : amazing.

  • Thanks for sharing and welcome, this is is an awesome first class product.

  • Thank you for this comprehensive report.

    If my understanding is correct, the Lounges are in FRA and the Porsche trip was during a long transfer is FRA, correct?

    Everyone arriving in FRA is welcome at the First Class lounge?

    No special lounge in DEN?

    Thanks for sharing and looking forward to reading next leg.

    • Any First class passenger transiting in FRA airport can rent a Porsche car for 3 hours.

      IIRC, it costs no more than 100 euros.

    • Yes, my layover was from 11am until 9pm on my way to Rome. Unfortunately the flight to rome was your standard European business segment so it's not very interesting.

      Arriving in FRA in First will grant you access to the first class lounge. First Class terminal is accessible if you have another onward flight only.

      Lounge in Denver was the standard UA lounge. Not much there.

      Porsche rental was 99 euros, for 150km and insurance/gas included.

  • What a fantastic report.

    IIRC, Lufthansa is the only airline offering real bed aboard its First Class cabin; other airlines offer convertible flat bed.

    I think this will my choice for my next First class trip.

  • Wow, way to make an entrance to Flight-Report.com! Great detailed reports with very nice pics. I believe you are the first to report the new LH F product on this site. I'm not a fan of LH in general, but I have to admit this has got to be the best F product out there. Having a real bed, makes a difference. The catering looks really good as well. This flight definitely deserves the 10s accross the board. Thanks again for posting!

    Welcome to Flight-Report!

    Kevin (KévinDC)

    Community Manager and Moderator

    • Thank you very much. I figured a flight this good had to be shared with others so they could look forward to it as much as I did.

  • Very good job for your 1st FR :) And welcome on board !

    very pleasant to read on a new road and a new class (usually, I read french reports and there isn't the same FR).

    I'm surprised by the excellence and the product of this first class, especially with a real bed !

    See you.

  • Awesome flight report! Thanks for sharing it!

    Did you pay the full fare or did you upgrade with miles or money?

    • I used UA miles for this trip. Full fare was over 10k so that's cost prohibitive.

  • Thanks for sharing your first FR and welcome aboard

    That was a great experience and a lot of nice memories :)

    IMO the cabin lacks of privacy

    You were really excited so that explains the rating of United Club ;)

    A tip : a report is more pleasant to read when the comments are before the pictures

    I hope to have the pleasure to read one of another of your reports soon

    G_G

  • Welcome aboard with this nice report in the LH First.

    Interesting discovery of the first class terminal and thanks again for sharing with us your trip

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