Lufthansa A340 Business Class Review: CHEAP BUSINESS CLASS UPGRADE!
Here's my Lufthansa A340 Business Class Review, from Astana to Frankfurt onboard an Airbus A340-300. I bought this flight the day before and got a cheap business class upgrade saving over £2,000 over the standard fare!
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Airline: Lufthansa
Flight: LH649
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300 D-AIFD
From: Astana (TSE)
To: Frankfurt (FRA)
Departure: 05:54
Arrival: 06:31
Flight Time: 5:37
Seat: 1K
Пікірлер: 207
Need a version in which every time he says Astana it gets faster...lol
@HenrysAviation
5 жыл бұрын
Wojciech Maruszewski...yes
@davdenm
5 жыл бұрын
I even considered counting the number of times he repeated ‘Astana’ 😂!
@krishmathur5566
3 жыл бұрын
I have done it
Not sure if I would pay 800 pounds for a business upgrade on such a short route, what was definitely worth it was Premium Economy upgrade for 150EUR on route Hanoi Moscow with Aeroflot, now that's value. I would also argue calling 800 pounds cheap.
@AristoCat221
4 жыл бұрын
My car is worth 800 pounds
@GeorgiaOverdrive
4 жыл бұрын
Noel is a little out of touch when it comes to what’s cheap and what’s not. That’s the only criticism I have of him.
@messi9991
4 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgiaOverdrive 800 for an upgrade to business class is cheap. As in normally it could easily be 2000 more.
@diogopinto9462
4 жыл бұрын
KZread fans pay all this for him ...
@siripfreely
2 жыл бұрын
For an aviation youtuber that's just cost of doing business.
The main reason I started liking and viewing Noel's videos is because of his narration just got the perfect voice tone for this.Find him relaxing.🥰😁👍👏
Time for LH to refurbish their Business cabin, it's one of the worst ones out there, absolutely no privacy... Great report! Thx
@HP_Lordi
Жыл бұрын
Now they have. They have next year suites in First, new business, new premium economy and new economy
I've been to Frankfurt airport once. Stuck there for 6 hour layover in the middle of the night. At least the food was good
I really enjoy your appreciation for what's underneath you and outside that window. Some of your videos have breathtaking scenery. This may be the closest (me included) any of us watching get to such amazing places. Rock on Noel, I dig that Queen shirt too.
Fantastic Trip Report mate! Liked
Great vid as always Noel,
Really enjoyed the look around the seating area - another quality production.
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks John!
Congrats to 100k man
Big fan of yours mate. Could watch all your vlogs all night if I didn’t have work tomorrow morning
Another fantastic Report! You deserve one million follower! Thank you!
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Philipp :)
Great video. I hope to take Lufthansa one day. They are a great airline.
Love it!
Excellent video. Your videos have been helping with my own flying fear. Due to fly in June. Almost had a heart attack when i flew in March... fingers crossed the next ones easier!!
Borat is very proud of Kazakhstan the greatest country in the world
@diogopinto9462
4 жыл бұрын
Bruno !!
Love the videos keep them up
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
I’d love to hear some pilot announcements always helps put me at ease.
@chrisblackler4202
Жыл бұрын
Why lol
Great video! That hotel must have been great :D This is one of my favourite reviews I have seen of your channel! (I binged watched a lot haha) Again, Brilliant video Noel! I can’t wait for your next upload! 😁🛫
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! The hotel was wonderful. Thanks for watching
@Aviatial
5 жыл бұрын
inflight Video No problem! Thanks for uploading lol
interesting video! I love flying Lufthansa
Great video
Nice to see you on a LH long haul flight
Took a 13 hour flight from UK to -South Korea with Lufthansa - great flight
@betrousaltaweel
5 жыл бұрын
Did you have to change planes at Frankfurt?
Excellent review! Your neighbour hardly moved !! Must visit Astana!!
Really enjoy your videos, I'm a nervous flyer and by watching your videos it makes me that bit more relaxed when I fly. 😉😊
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, hope they help :)
@bryonyj27
5 жыл бұрын
@@noelphilips certainly do I still get on my flights but very nervous I want to enjoy it as much as you I dont want my children to keep seeing me so anxious every time we fly. Anyway happy flying and once again great content 😊
I enjoy watching your videos 👍
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
All flights to and from Europe leave or arrive into Kazakhstan at an ungodly hour. I flew many times on the (now discontinued) Almaty to Kyiv Ukraine International flight, which was a 0400 or 0500 departure from Almaty depending on the season!
Super Video. Daumen hoch :)
guess im moving to kazahstan lounge so i can finally download gta 5 jesus christ
@rbauer961
4 жыл бұрын
In general Kazakhstan has fast and cheap Internet
@sidewalk__
3 жыл бұрын
@@rbauer961 Many “developing” countries, especially in Europe, have fast internet because of their low population and therefore low demand. I’m pretty sure countries such as Estonia and Moldova are known for having quit fast internet.
@itez_jxn
3 жыл бұрын
@@sidewalk__ laughs in German
@sidewalk__
3 жыл бұрын
@@itez_jxn But Germany/Austria/Switzerland are Central Europe. Plus they’re all pretty developed and Germany had the biggest economy in Europe.
@itez_jxn
3 жыл бұрын
@@sidewalk__ Yeah, but the Internet is Just expesive in Germany compared to other countrys
Nice review!!
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Patrick!
Thanks !
Thank you for the excellent video
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Sorry I missed that - did you say you were in Astana?
@sebby324
5 жыл бұрын
Ulstana now
@Alex-se4tk
5 жыл бұрын
Nursultan
@tavasp
4 жыл бұрын
ye nur-sultan now
@joeyw9574
4 жыл бұрын
Not sure if he ever said. 😂
Still my favorite passenger aircraft after 25 years
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
It's a very comfortable aircraft to ride on.
Can we talk about the nice animation on the Cabs car screen? xD
Lufthansa’s Business Class isn’t very nice but if you enjoyed the flight that’s all that matters. It’s really cool that you got to fly on an A340 though!
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
It's not as nice as BA or Virgin for instance, but it was pretty decent for a 5 hour flight. To be honest it was more the fact that I could sleep that helped.
Astana - counter shot through the roof :)
Your channel is amazing, brilliant to watch! You love your white wine 😇😊
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Reece - haha I am drinking a glass right now, I guess you're right!
I’ve got a good one for you! Fly into Boston then take a Cape Air up to Maine or northern Vermont!
@matthewmartin7639
4 жыл бұрын
He has videos on here of taking Cale Air. Although not in New England. In the Midwest area.
Nice video! I do like those A340s. So much better proportioned than the A330s. :)
@KaiCheetah
4 жыл бұрын
but a fuel guzzler
@bitrexgm
4 жыл бұрын
@@KaiCheetah Something about "The A340 is a gas tank with wings that carries passengers as a hobby"
@deltafox757
2 жыл бұрын
@@KaiCheetah cool sona
Awesome video as always! I didn’t see the staple mounted GoPro, so I’m guessing no full video of this one? :)
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Nope no full flight of this (it was dark for almost the entire flight).
I Love Luthsana,British Airways,Qatar,Emirates and Turkish airlines(my favourite)
Just want to say I love your vlogs, really personal and detailed. However please use your GoPro on medium or linear mode as then the footage won’t look fisheye and amateurish. 😀🙌🏽
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion James - I quite like how much you get in the shot with the wide angle mode. I'll have a play ;)
Good on ya 4eyes
Love your videos! Keep ‘em coming! Do Air Malta 🇲🇹
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Air Malta is filmed and will be released next week ;)
@richtaylor5689
5 жыл бұрын
Great, thanks!!
Everyone else binging Netflix, I’m binging Noel Philips. 😁
I would love to hop in BC..... so I'll try that trick. I'll buy a regular ticket then go to the counter and asked for upgrade/pricing. Question: Does this trick only work for Lufthansa or can I do this with any airline? I have miles on American and United. Also; does this also work for United and Americans partners like Iberia and such.....asking because I'll be traveling to Egypt in June and I have to fly Americans partner British Airways. I would love to fly BA Business Class.
Thanks for the vid But decent biz class must have all seat aisle access as standard surely.
That's still super expensive though! 46p per mile, but you're going a mile every 7 seconds!
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Yep it's not the cheapest, but booked the day before as an emergency 'get me home' wasn't bad.
Id love to know how you find all these cheap flights.
Bruh the internet is almost 3 times as fast as my home internet
Can you review Sund Air?
I’ve been wondering how do you create the route map of your flight like at 6:07?
@jessikawahlstrom8201
5 жыл бұрын
you can find those online
what happened for the feuerwehr to come?
Where in Kazakhstan were you flying from again? Don’t think I caught it.
Im not clear, are you in Astana?
Nice shirt!
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
:)
👍
Where is full flight videos?
Nur Sultan is a cool City
Where are you? Almaty?
wow you have been there ages now
Astana looks very nice
@sebby324
5 жыл бұрын
Why is your profile pic him
I like the engine sound actually it’s like those PW2000s
@noelphilips
2 жыл бұрын
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting, they used to use an A330-300 in that route. I guess they decided to change!
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I had no idea what aircraft they used as I hadn't even planned to take this flight - I was kind of surprised that it was a widebody though as I'd been on narrowbodies all the way over - it made me realise how far I'd travelled!
Were you being sponsored on how many times you could say ASTANA in this video? I counted 19 times in total, 13 in the first 2 1/2 minutes 😂😂😂😂
Great bizz for Hilton for I bet they pay their staff over there £80/ monthly
When’s the next full flight video???
Can u do a video from London Heathrow to Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦 on BA85
This flight goes from almaty to Frankfurt. Via Astana, where LH has the right to pick up revenue passengers.
I read somewhere that Lufthansa is supposed to be the premier airline in Europe. What’s your take on that Noel?
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Lufthansa group (LH, LX, OS) are all excellent. For Euro airlines in business class I'd put the top 3 as 1) Lufthansa 2) Swiss 3) BA. In economy/coach, I'd swap 2 and 3.
Everyone else is talking about the capital or flight while I'm spotting a Queen shirt :)
Astana has been renamed Nur-Sultan recently
@itsdelex4902
5 жыл бұрын
OPA! Simmer that’s what I said .привет
@roadrunner6224
5 жыл бұрын
Why bother renaming it in the IFE, if they change the name of the city 3 times in a planes life span
@itsdelex4902
5 жыл бұрын
What would happen to air Astana would be called air nur sultan
@TijmensAviation
4 жыл бұрын
Its Delex Astana means capital in Kazakh so Air Capital seems somewhat logical i guess
@tavasp
4 жыл бұрын
@@TijmensAviation im pretty sure nur-sultan was the name of the president that died
Astana is nice ive been there im noyan
It didn’t look very private in that seat.
I think Hilton hotels is the best looking hotel in Astana.
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
It was incredible.
@tally1604
5 жыл бұрын
You should try the st regis on the riverfront. Would have cost you about 10 times more though. But they have a choice of 20 different pillows for your king sized bed.
Think i lost count of the number of "Astana's" after 30 :D
i fucking love your videos
Wait I think I saw you at an airport at some point
That was the Astana drinking game he was playing....
You must be loaded!
Do you get paid for doing this
Is that how they solve the icing problem?
@AceCrickey
5 жыл бұрын
res20stupid yes
How does he find out the history of the aircraft?
@dziadek1287
5 жыл бұрын
You check by the aircraft tail number
Astana is no longer called Astana. Nice.!
7:07 - your seatmate is able to watch a movie and wear eyeshades at the same time! I guess that's the new equivalent of wearing sunglasses inside all the time.
I flew on this exact plane in this seat to Philadelphia once! That's so weird
Do you know that LadBible used one of your videos?
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Yep thank you :)
@caseyherron4440
5 жыл бұрын
@@noelphilips just thought I would let you know because it's LadBible and they take people's videos without letting them know :)
@sebby324
5 жыл бұрын
What is LadBible
@caseyherron4440
5 жыл бұрын
@@sebby324 A Facebook Page.
Astana has just changed its name last month to NURSULTAN
Take a shot every time he says Astana
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@cabripilot
5 жыл бұрын
You can always support the channel through facebook fan subscription or Patreon
I just paid 4.99$ to join in on your channel
@noelphilips
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gary, appreciate the support!
@garyjeffries1041
3 жыл бұрын
@@noelphilips you should try Canadian airline sunning flair also try get to Toronto and Vancouver
News Flash: having watched this video the Airbus Board of Directors unanimously agreed to change the name of the company to Astana-bus.
Hi, Full flights past time, return alguns, Full flights in Channel, bye
Do we're going to just gloss over the fact he got a Hilton hotel room for basically 100 bucks a night 😭 here in the US that's at leas6a could hundred a night if not more
Was it worth the extra £800? That is the question🤔
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. If only for the fact I was able to get some decent sleep on the flight.
@luckyme4136
5 жыл бұрын
@@noelphilips I suppose you're right. You can't put a price on good health.
£1,200 is still inaccessible to most of us.
No privacy at all on that flight!
They have live football matches?? Really??
@erikschmidt-bergemann8434
5 жыл бұрын
Yep! It's great
Astana has been renamed it’s called ulsaltan
@noelphilips
5 жыл бұрын
Yep they renamed it a week after I left! Didn't think I was that bad for the city :D
@rbauer961
4 жыл бұрын
Nursultan
@sultankamysbayev1937
4 жыл бұрын
@@noelphilips this month they also changed the airport code from TSE (which stood for TSElinograd, the city's name during the Soviet times) to NQZ (stands for Nur-Sultan QaZaqstan)