Overview of All Lufthansa First Class Routes in 2024 & 2025

While Swiss offers a first class in all of its long-haul planes, the luxury class at Lufthansa is becoming increasingly rare. The German airline now offers first class only in three types of aircraft, while numerous Airbus A350, Boeing 747-400, and many others only offer three travel classes.

Unfortunately, Lufthansa does not provide a comprehensive overview of all first-class routes. Therefore, we went through the flight schedule for you and identified all the routes where first class is still offered. In total, there are 32 routes to 25 destinations:

Aircraft with First Class

Currently, there are only three types of aircraft in which Lufthansa has installed a first class cabin. There are 8 seats in the first class of each of these aircraft:

• Airbus A380-800
  8 first class seats in the nose on the upper deck
• Boeing 747-8I
  8 first class seats in the nose on the lower deck (unfortunately, no longer on the upper deck)
• Airbus A340-600
  8 first class seats behind the cockpit
• Soon: Airbus A350-900
  with new Allegris first class. Currently not scheduled yet. Expected from 4th quarter of 2024.

In all other aircraft (including Airbus A330, Boeing 787, Boeing 747-400, etc.), there is currently no first class.

Destinations from Frankfurt/Main

The largest first class fleet is currently being deployed from Frankfurt/Main. Primarily, Boeing 747-8Is are used, but there are also some A340-600s stationed at Frankfurt, flying to over 20 destinations:

Destination	Plane	Season	Booking
Bangalore BLR India	Boeing 747-8I	until Oct. 2024 from Apr. 2025	Price Calendar
Beijing PEK China	Airbus A340-600	Oct-Mar	Price Calendar
Boston BOS USA	Airbus A340-600	all year	Price Calendar
Buenos Aires EZE Argentina	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Chicago ORD USA	Boeing 747-8I (Jun-Sep 2024) Airbus A340-600 (Oct-Mar) Boeing 747-8I (from April 2025)	all year	Price Calendar
Delhi DEL India	Airbus A340-600	Aug-Oct 2024	Price Calendar
Denver DEN USA	Airbus A340-600	Oct-Mar	Price Calendar
Hong Kong HKG	Airbus A340-600	all year	Price Calendar
Houston IAH USA	Boeing 747-8I	until July 2024 October 2024	Price Calendar
Johannesburg JNB South Africa	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Los Angeles LAX USA	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Mexico CityMEX Mexico	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Miami MIA USA	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
New York EWR USA	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
New York JFK USA	Airbus A340-600	Oct-Mar	Price Calendar
San Francisco SFO USA	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Sao Paulo GRU Brazil	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Seattle SEA USA	Airbus A340-600	Jul-Oct 2024	Price Calendar
Seoul ICN South Korea	Boeing 747-8I	Jun-Oct 2024	Price Calendar
Shanghai PVG China	Airbus A340-600 (until Oct 2024) Boeing 748-8I (Oct-Mar) Airbus A340-600 (from Mar 2025)	all year	Price Calendar
Singapore SIN Singapore	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Tokyo HND Japan	Boeing 747-8I	all year	Price Calendar
Washington D.C. IAD USA	Airbus A340-600	until Oct 2024 from Mar 2025	Price Calendar

Sometimes flights have a first class but it isn’t sold, e.g. an A340-600 is used for flights to Detroit in October 2024, but the highest travel class that you can book is business class.

Destinations from Munich

Munich has quite a few Airbus A380 routes, which all offer first-class seats. Additionally, there are also some A340-600 routes:

Destination	Plane	Season	Booking
Bangkok BKK Thailand	Airbus A380	Oct-Mar	Price Calendar
Boston BOS USA	Airbus A380	until October 2024 from March 2025	Price Calendar
Chicago ORD USA	Airbus A340-600	Aug-Sep 2024	Price Calendar
Delhi DEL India	Airbus A380	all year	Price Calendar
Los Angeles LAX USA	Airbus A380	all year	Price Calendar
Mumbai BOM India	Airbus A340-600	until Sep 2024	Price Calendar
New York EWR USA	Airbus A340-600	until July 2024	Price Calendar
New York JFK USA	Airbus A380	until Oct 2024 from Mar 2025	Price Calendar
Washington D.C. IAD USA	Airbus A380	until Sep 2024 from Mar 2025	Price Calendar

Award Flight from 91,000 Miles (+ Surcharges)

The cheapest way to access the first class is by redeeming Miles&More miles. If you don’t have enough miles, you can currently buy them for prices starting at 1.23 cents per mile.

The cost of an award flight in Lufthansa’s first class with Miles&More depends on the destination region. Starting from Europe, the following prices apply for a one-way flight (round-trip is double the miles):

• USA: 91,000 award miles
• South Africa: 91,000 award miles
• India: 91,000 award miles (currently not bookable)
• Mexico: 101,000 award miles
• South America: 111,000 award miles
• Rest of Asia: 111,000 award miles
  (Thailand, China, Japan, Singapore)

In addition to these miles, you will need to pay taxes and fees. Starting from Europe, these are usually around €500, including Lufthansa’s high fuel surcharge.

Save on Taxes & Fees

The First Flex Plus award may also be worthwhile. With this option, you pay no fuel surcharge, but you need more miles. For instance, for a flight from Europe to New York, you have the following options:

• First Flex: 91,000 miles + €494
• First Flex Plus: 115,000 miles + €109

Here, you are paying an additional 24,000 miles but saving €385. This is worthwhile for anyone who values a mile at less than 1.6 cents. Starting from North America, the savings are often even greater.

There is another option: for one-way flights from Brazil, no surcharges apply either. Such a one-way flight in first class costs only 111,000 miles + R$55 (~€9):

Conclusion

During the pandemic, there was a time when only one type of aircraft (Boeing 747-8I) had a first class in the Lufthansa fleet. Now it looks much better, with many Airbus A340-600s and some A380s being reactivated. Accordingly, availability for award flights is currently relatively good.

However, this is not likely to last long, as the introduction of the new Allegris cabin comes with a significant reduction in first-class capacity. We expect that first-class prices will be raised further.