The long flight
Lufthansa does not skimp on quality. The ticket was only half as expensive as with Condor, but the food is 5x better: 4 dinner menus to choose from and 2 for breakfast, while...


Published: 03.07.2026
Only 9 days left to start my big journey. I keep checking the Lufthansa app and Lufthansa keeps sending me offers for upgrades: “Make us an offer.“ I won‘t upgrade to business class. Flying to Thailand is comparable and I survived rather well minus the turbulences above India which might have been worse if I had been on my own in business class.
In economy class I was sitting next to a well experienced (young) traveler who wasn’t as calm as my son, but still calmer than myself. I kept holding on to my neighbor‘s seat overhearing the captain saying “Cabin crew, be seated.“