My United Airlines plane for my flight from Minneapolis to Chicago arrived on time, but apparently needed it’s tires pumped, and that delayed our boarding time to Chicago by 45 minutes. My flight from Chicago to Frankfurt was originally supposed to depart about 1 hour 55 minutes after my MSP to Chicago flight, but due to circumstances beyond my control, that turned into 55 minutes between flights at one of the worst airports for delays. Uh-oh.
Sure enough, our flight taxied up to the terminal in Chi-town about 5 minutes before the Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt was supposed to depart. Luckily, the two gates were literally 4 gates apart. I ran. I got there. They said the gate was shut. Now what? Well thanks to the amazing people at Lufthansa, the plane didn’t taxi yet so they opened the doors, gave me a boarding pass and sent me on. My luggage didn't make it and is still MIA after 3 days (thanks United Airlines).
Once aboard I started heading back to the economy section where I assumed my ticket was supposed to be. But lo and behold, I am in row twelve, BUSINESS CLASS!!!! Apparently since it is a Sunday night, not many business people are heading to Frankfurt, and since I arrived so late, they knew no other business people were coming and upgraded me. My pictures hopefully give you an idea of what all Business Class in Lufthansa is all about. I had two seats to myself! By the way, if all that food and television were too stressful, all one needed to do was hit the massage button on the control (or one of the other four seat adjustment buttons) and worries would melt away. The meal pictured here was "Vorspeisen" or the "appetizer."
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