But the flight hits most of the things I prioritize: 1. Yay! I don't know what happened to The International Club lounge which BA used to use (it was terrible). I think there is absolutely a market for this and the experience is about what I expected it to be though maybe it should be rebranded as 'Discover Premium'. Lizenz: Nutzung in Medien. I've taken this flight multiple times and its always a breeze. As a result I'm very fond of them. The A330neo business class cabin is beautiful, with 1-2-1 seating using Recaro CL6710 business seats (just like TAP Air Portugal) and muted colors. Warm towels were distributed around 45 minutes after takeoff. The ottomans for the seats are simply to the side of the seats in front, in order to save space. So I just watched the moving map for much of the flight. Unfortunately Lufthansa also has an incredibly underwhelming business class, so I still wouldn't call these seats great. Yes, I get that the price is in line with most normal business class but as you said they were almost full so seems that they are pricing right. The lowest roundtrip business class fare from Tampa to Frankfurt is around $4,400, and it goes way up from there. Also, you haven't taken the BA flight to London from Tampa. At one time did they change this to business from premium economy, Should you wish to contact Lufthansa as a customer or business partner, please phone our hotline in Germany on +49 69 86 799 799. There was a lot of confusion with the service. For me, the problems with operational reliability would rule out Eurowings already. Technical specifications: passenger capacity - 150-180 people, flight range - 6,150 km. The rest looked very similar to classic Lufthansa to me, which is fine. Staffing is "young,cheap and inexperienced" all along. This is why I stopped reading TPG and I hope to not stop reading OMAAT. (I couldnt help but take one of the Nutella packets, since I find them to be so cute). Until August 31st, the aircraft had completed 78,461 flight hours (equating to 8.95 years in the skies) across 13,220 flight cycles. Presumably the J pax are German holidaymakers finishing up a week of golf or suntanning. Direct aisle access at every seat. Each passenger was given a menu for the flight. Fully reclinable single seats, tons of legroom, a free beverage and food service to your seat. Flight from as close to West coast to europe as i can get (i hate flying to east coast for a europe flight); 2. While Eurowings Discover didnt offer lounge access, we lucked out in that theres aPriority Pass restaurantin the terminal, which isCafe by Mise en Place. We had a taxi that took us to our gate. Aeroplan points are easy to get, as the program partners with American Express Membership Reward, Capital One, and Chase Ultimate rewards. Eurowings Discovers website suggests that some planes have Wi-Fi, but I guess this wasnt one of them. Most Star Alliance points can't be redeemed for travel on the airline because Eurowings Discover isn't a full Star Alliance member. My Eurowings longhaul aircraft was the Brussels Airlines-operated, Belgian-registered A330-300, OO-SFJ. Thanks for flying 4Y so we won't have to. We headed to the Senator Lounge prior to our flight to Venice. Some jets come with the same business class that is already known from Lufthansa and Eurowings. Haven't done the BA flight out of Tampa, though. I'm considering booking YYC-FRA-BJV (bodrum) on Eurowings and LH and plan to go ahead. Actually Ben I also think that you are biased but in a different way. I am surprised to see a hot breakfast offered. The actual food catered looks pretty decent considering it's a 'low cost' carrier and all - on par with an average biz class service offering pre COVID, I guess being a leisure route the 'arrive rested' / maximize sleep part seems to be less of a management focus, I'm not sure I can take you seriously, @Lucky, after now reading to reviews wherein you share that you've eaten Brussel sprouts before a long flight!!!! Most Star Alliance points can't be redeemed for travel on the airline because Eurowings Discover isn't a full Star Alliance member. Staggered Business Class: good, not great The Airbus 330-200 we flew on was old, but the newly refreshed cabin made it seem quite modern. Unfortunately Lufthansa also has an incredibly underwhelming business class, so I still wouldnt call these seats great. They don't need to arrive rested and refreshed to make an important business meeting on arrival. Euro Disco was supposed to have less of these as it was streamlined more into the main LH brand as with Edelwise and LX. 30-3417: 16-46: 225: Reviews. It is nice that a leisure airline has the same business class as a full service airline. Huh? Airbus A330-900neo. I completely forgot about it until this Brussely subject came up. I don't know if it's the route or the season. Your vacation can get off to a relaxing start as you wait for your flight in one of our lounges. A week before that I reviewed my trip on Turkish and SAS, and had good ratings across the board. Considering that even LH's Y product is nothing to write home about, I wouldn't expect anything good from a subsidiary. You're totally right, as a kid I frequently flew out of Tampa on Condor. Our flight the previous day was supposed to feature those seats (and I was looking forward to trying that seat, since its different), but unfortunately that flight got canceled. Eurowings is equipping all its Airbus A330 aircraft with business class By Andr Orban - 12 February 2020 0 2886 When Lufthansa took over the commercial and strategic responsibility for the Eurowings long-haul network, it decided that all of the planes would get a business class. Zum Start des Sommerflugplans stattet Eurowings Discover neben der Business Class und der Premium Economy Class, . Ugh, why not? Key perks and features of the travel experience with Eurowings Discover include: Honestly sounds a lot like Lufthansa, slow meal service included. And you cant beat the gorgeousness of the Boeing 747-8! That flight is still on my bucket list :). Shortly after settling in, each business class passenger was offered an amenity kit. BIZclass is a Business Class cabin that features 30 seats that transform into fully flat beds. The Eurowings Discover experience was disappointing. On the plus side, it's nice that a leisure airline has the same business class as a full service airline. It was a shockingly gorgeous spring morning in Germany, with sunny skies and warm temperatures. I love how many airline partners Aeroplan has. Some of the Airbus A330-300s, however, were previously used by Edelweiss. - YouTube 0:00 / 14:55 Review: EUROWINGS DISCOVER A330 in BUSINESS CLASS! I selected the yellow beet carpaccio with smoked salmon and french cocktail sauce, which was pretty good. Thanks for this review, I think that asfor Lufthansa we will avoid the "litle sister". . . Eurowings Discovers entertainment system is similar to Lufthansas, and thats not good. But I think it's important to point out the biggest difference between Eurowings Discover and Norwegian or La Compagnie, and that's pricing. This depends on the stopover airport of your choice though. Each passenger was also offered a menu for the flight. Finnair newly refurbished A330/A350 will be flying long haul from May. It was another 20 minutes or so until the main courses were served. I should note that EWD is not the first time LH has tried to enter the leisure travel sector, with Condor, Cityline and others preceeding EWD, including EW Europe. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of the bank, credit card issuer, airline, hotel chain, or product manufacturer/service provider, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities. This isnt a low cost carrier offering value for customers, but rather its obviously just trying to offer more value to shareholders, in the form of reduced operating costs. I just booked FRA-CUN and CUN-MUC on LH in Premium Economy. Here's Lufthansa's business class for comparison: A Eurowings press release said they are the first budget carrier to offer fully flat seats, which is incorrect. The comments on this page have not been provided, reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any advertiser, and it is not an advertiser's responsibility to ensure posts and/or questions are answered. Anyone know why this and sometimes Munich does this? We headed to the Lufthansa Senator Lounge, prior to our Lufthansa Airbus A321 business class flight to Venice. Airbus A330-300. Id also note that there just generally seemed to be a lot of confusion with the service. Eurowings Discover's business class is very similar to Lufthansa's business class. Eurowings Discover has major operational reliability issues, and on top of that, the crews aren't trained to provide premium service. Why not? Airbus A330-200. I ordered the South African sauvignon blanc plus a sparkling water. Eurowings uses two different business class configurations. A lot of bloggers like to talk about the Halo Effect surrounding EK, but why do they leave out LH? The Eurowings Discover A330 had three lavatories, two in the galley behind the cabin and one in front of the cabin. I agree with the sentiment of most comments. Pre-Covid I was able to snag steerage tickets for under 400 rt. This was basically like flying with British Airways Mixed Fleet crews back in the day, when they first started being hired. James, I have never been bothered by FAs on flights to Europe due to not wearing a mask (basically I take it off after take off and do not put it back on till landing). The Eurowings Airbus A330-300 features 262 seats in a 2 cabin configuration. Good to learn that Eurowings business is best avoided unless it's an incredible deal. Airbus A330-200. Of course these business class seats were familiar to us. So disapointing. The catering looked nice and even better than Lufthansa, especially the hot breakfast option now. Seat looks nice, cabin and plane looked nice and clean, food and drinks look nice. what's the problem? The guy working our aisle would ask the flight attendant working the other aisle if she had a chicken dish, and she would do the chicken dance with his arms. Quick question here. LH has a bottom-tier J product, Y is fairly standard and no frills, but they have an admittedly great F product. While Lufthansa and Eurowings often is without alternatives in Europe I will definitely avoid Discover. Thanks for catching it! The seat controls were easy to use and located on the center console, which is where you can rest your arm or hand. No wonder LH wants to stop letting DE to use its domestic connection flights. The manual safety demonstration was performed. Eurowings Discover offers three travel classes: Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class. Die Economy Class verfgt in der ehemaligen Edelweiss Maschine ber 244 Sitze. Business class is all about being able to arrive well rested, and the speed of service on an overnight flight is a big part of that. Why don't we finally call a spade a spade? 64: 20.5: 1-5: 30: Economy Premium. It was pretty good, I chose the yellow beet carpaccio with smoked salmon and french cocktail sauce. I was looking forward to trying that seat on the flight the previous day, but it was canceled. Eurowings Discover exists to shuttle Germans to/from sunny holiday destinations with lower overhead costs than mainline LH, thats it. Those werent the only issues, but those were my two biggest gripes. Our 10:15 pm from Toronto years ago finished meal service at 1 am. Our first three flights all ended up different configurations (including the staggered Swiss layout), though the last 3 all had the 5x6 layout. Honestly I feel like your tone in recent articles (this, senators lounge, United from Kona) have really felt exceedingly entitled and is unlike your previous tones and coming off exceedingly entitled (very the points guy, whom I've stopped reading). 12 . @ John T -- I hear you, and largely agree. Eine Maschine der Fluggesellschaft Eurowings Discover wurde bei der Landung am Zielflughafen beschdigt. Thanks so much for your review! ;). But they also had no clue what they were doing. Ive always had a strong emotional connection to Lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport, so whenever taxiing at the airport, my eyes are glued out the window. The window seats are facing the fuselage. Lol. Signature Suites are only open to Endre and other paying customers . Ford said his dish was revolting and that the chicken was pink. The meal consisted of greek yogurt with muesli, fresh pineapple, orange, strawberries, and grapes, smoked ham and cream cheese, and scrambled eggs with chive, tomato, and mushrooms. . Eurowings . The tray table could be folded over in half. Aeroplan has many airline partners. Ein Airbus A330 der Eurowings Discover hngt in Windhuk fest. Eurowings Discover A330 business class entertainment controls There is a small storage compartment near the ottoman, but it is not big enough to be practical. So, after take-off simply lean back and enjoy your break above the clouds. Our BIZclass is the premium fare and offers maximum comfort at an attractive price. Standard seat. Discover the advantages of the Eurowings BIZclass fare like priority boarding, catering or an empty adjacent seat. Choose from numerous current movie and TV-series highlights as well as world-famous classics and, on our long-haul flights, enjoy your favorite program on your personal HD screen. As a matter of fact, I had flown this exact aircraft before, back when it flew for Lufthansa. Enjoy a relaxing flight to your holiday destination in our Business Class. Both Eurowings Discover (Lufthansas leisure airline) and Edelweiss (SWISS leisure airline) had flights from Tampa at around the same time, and shared one check-in area. This was your first long haul flight out of TPA? There is a departure time of 8:20PM and arrival time of 10:30AM on March 25th. The map shows an A340-300 (based on the four engines), but thats not even a plane the airline flies. Great service and comfort above the clouds, As soon as you arrive at the airport, Eurowings Discover Business Class offers you many benefits: for a convenient start to your vacation use our priority check-in, the Fast Lane at security and priority boarding. The cheapest roundtrip business class fare right now from Tampa to Frankfurt is ~$4,400. Outside of banner ads published through the Boarding Area network, this compensation does not impact how and where products appear on this site. I asked the agent to add our Known Traveler Numbers (KTN) to our reservations, since I wasnt able to do so online during the process (this would get us TSA PreCheck). Thank you for being honest I was looking at this route/carrier for a summer trip. To me, none of this sounds too bad. On top of that, in the United States theres the newAeroplan Credit Card(review),which is pretty lucrative. They were young and clearly so enthusiastic to be working as long haul business class cabin crew. Its interesting to note that the cutlery was Lufthansa branded. The sun was setting and it was beautiful. The worst part of Eurowings Discover is that this reduced service is offered at standard Lufthansa pricing. This was similar to flying with British Airways when they first started. @ JB -- Indeed, over the years TPA has had mainline and Cityline, but now Lufthansa exclusively operates Eurowings Discover from Frankfurt to Tampa. @ Nate nate -- I don't track registration codes as closely as others, but for whatever reason the code sounded familiar when I saw it. There were also a couple of Eurowings Discover A330s. I appreciate that much like Lufthansa, Eurowings Discover serves coffee in large cups, so you actually get a decent amount. 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