Review of Brussels Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Brussels in Business

the why of this routing

I had been made aware of a special promotion with Lufthansa that happens usually once a year, but not always and not from all airports : the "Fly with me" offer.

If you buy one ticket in business, the second one is free of charge.
As I go every year to Jordan with my mother, this was the perfect occasion to go twice for the price of one trip :)

For this promotion, the airport of departure was only BRU. The price to AMM from BRU was at 750€, meaning 375€ per person. Super good deal.

I added flights with SN from BSL to BRU and since they were re-opening the line after Covid, there was a special business class offer for 180€ per person. Bringing the ticket to Jordan to 555€  per person in Business.

Later on SN decided to cancel the flights, and we were rebooked through FRA, not bad, it meant more miles :) The only downside was an overnight in BRU on the way to Jordan, paid with my Marriott Rewards.

a little surprise from lufthansa

We had a pretty short layover and stayed only a couple of minutes in the lounge. As we were heading to our gate, I received a text message from LH that our flight is cancelled. Cool to receive such a message at 3:52 for a flight leaving at 04:20.
I went to the lounge deck and asked about it and the agent told me that we have been rebooked onto Brussels Airlines but at 09:30P, meaning a roughly 5H+ delay. She also said that we should be lucky since most of the passengers will only fly a day later as the flights are all fully booked.

Senator lounge schengen gates a50

With plenty of time available, let's have a look at the buffet:

Dips:

Soups:

Desserts:

We started with an aperitive drink:

And as we had plenty of time, made a special mix of tagada and vodka:

My afternoon dinner :)

It was really good.
Eventually the time flew, between calls, internet checking and eating :)
Our flight was leaving from the B gate, we then had a bit of a walk

the flight

FRA was messy that evening, lots of people at the service desk:

This way for us:

Second surprise of the day, the pilot did not park the plane right, and it was impossible to get fuel this way. They had to reposition the plane with a push back, meaning an additional 30 minutes delay…

Our plane:

321neo:

Our boarding screen never showed the delay:

And boarding …. at least!

Aircraft door:

The welcome was pretty nice, no need to wear a mask onboard SN! Cool!

My first time aboard a Brussels Airlines bird:

Seats are similar to LH, the major difference is that there are no curtains between J and Y.

The pitch is ok:

Safety Card:

The BOB for the coach class:

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I didn't find it specially interesting.

Boarding completed:

We left 45' late:

Take off 20 minutes later:

I was pretty curious to see what would be on offer on this flight and this is it:

A snack basket with items from the BOB is offered, you can either choose salty or sweet but not both. Very, very premium indeed :(

The only thing that was premium was .. the glass.

Thanks God it was a super short flight and we had dinner at the lounge, but how come an airline can sell this as business class??

We landed 20 minutes behind schedule in BRU, the flight time was really short so we could make it up a bit.

Leaving the plane:

And the way to the luggage hall pretty long:

We arrived at 11:09 at our belt:

And at 11:25 still no sign of them …

We got them after another 20 minutes wait and then made our way as quick as possible to the exit and to the Sheraton which is just in front of the terminal:

Here we are:

Nothing special, the only advantage is being in front of the terminal :)