114K views 1 year ago FRANKFURT Support ME and. Also, the presentation wasnt great, but thats pretty standard for these airplane casserole-style dishes. Therefore my advice: 1) If you can fly BA instead, better fly BA economy than Eurowings business and you will be treated much better 2) If you cant avoid flying with them . I was watching the map for the entire flight. There was then supposed to be the choice of caramel cheesecake on raspberry coulis, or a cheese plate, including manchego and gorgonzola cheese with grapes and crackers. Good to learn that Eurowings business is best avoided unless it's an incredible deal. Eurowings Discover Business Class Kabine A330 Lizenz: Nutzung in Medien Copyright: Eurowings Discover Dateiformat: .jpg Dateigre: 2731 x 1821, 2,81 MB Download Kategorien A330 Unser Produkt auf der Langstrecke Pressekontakt Leonie Bueb Somehow there was no water in the lavatories for the last three hours of the flight, so if anyone wanted to wash their hands, they had to use bottled water. SWISS business class is similar to what you'll find in the Discover A330s used to fly for Eurowings. The catering looked nice and even better than Lufthansa, especially the hot breakfast option now. Unfortunately I found the Eurowings Discover experience to be underwhelming. Saudia A330 flies mainly to high density regional destinations. This is obviously best if you're traveling with a partner, and not great for solo travelers. Then again, And you're right, it's nice that Eurowings Discover at least has a "real" business class, and not just premium economy. We arrived at our gate at 10:35AM. Does anyone know if the bulkhead seats in biz allow you to move/swivel the ice screen like it does in all of the non bulkhead rows? By the time the meal was done, we were around 6hr35min from Frankfurt. A week before that I reviewed my trip on Turkish and SAS, and had good ratings across the board. Presumably the J pax are German holidaymakers finishing up a week of golf or suntanning. In terms of amenities, Eurowings Discover business class was also mighty similar to Lufthansa business class. Unfortunately the airline lacks operational reliability, experienced crews, and Wi-Fi, which can greatly impact the experience. The Eurowings Discover A330 had three lavatories, two in the galley behind the cabin and one in front of the cabin. Wich amused me a lot is the french dressing wich is more a mix between Greece and Sweeden than french.dont talk about the spanish proposal with cranberries. Visit our. Business class will include: 30 seats. The sight of the 777 right there on the corner always makes me smile. So Im not sure if it just hasnt been turned on as a cost saving measure, or what? I then went back through pictures from my travels, and saw I had taken a picture of this plane prior to a SEA-FRA flight. Again . I have taken a few flights since the start of the Pandemic, but never had that happen. On the plus side, it's nice that a leisure airline has the same business class as a full service airline. Worst of all, Lufthansa is losing ground to competitors. Auch die Premium Economy wird in der Gre wachsen. Boarding was scheduled to start at 7:40PM at gate F87. Brussels Airlines A330 (in Eurowings livery) Much to my surprise, boarding did in fact start at 9:35AM, with business class passengers being invited to board first. And I can tell you that as much as I'd love to believe that Lufthansa is a great global airline (I am a bit biased, since I have an emotional connection to the airline), it's not. It is unsure whether the older Saudia A330s will receive an update of the cabin so there may be 2 variations of cabin offering . Use airplane seat map to find which ones are more comfortable and which should be avoided. I could see the A3400-300 a few gates over as we began our pushback. The offer must be booked by 12/31/21 for the following city pairs and travel dates: Fort Myers RSW to Frankfurt FRA, from March 28, 2022 My main course was the cajun style sauted shrimp with cream sauce. Frankly, your taste has always been different than mine but I didnt note a tone in this post. The meal as such was solid, and 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. But often I think it is not as bad as described here. I used to pan fry them with spices (after steaming them first). By the time the meal was done, we were in Germany. These are the best publicly available offers (terms apply) that we have found for each product or service. Thank you for that review. While there was a Wi-Fi portal, you could just use it to view the buy on board menu (for economy), and to read some electronic journals. Airbus A340-300. Business class was full, with the exception of the four other seats in row five. Then the crew came through the cabin to extend each passengers tray table and place a tablecloth on it, and then nothing happened for 45 minutes. @ echino -- I am, but since I didn't get started when I was young, I feel like there's no point in starting now. 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). They were operated but Brussels, but with a Eurowings livery. Those were the two biggest gripes. Some of the Airbus A330-300s, however, were previously used by Edelweiss. Can I expect to collect my miles as a member of United MileagePlus?? I was curious to check out Eurowings Discover, which is a new long haul leisure airline. Yay! I couldnt help but reflect on how this was my first long haul flight straight out of Tampa in over two decades, even though Ive taken hundreds of flights out of the airport over the past many years. Shortly after settling in, each business class passenger was offered an amenity kit. . Hi Ben, In unserem Eurowings Discover Airbus A330-200 sind 22 Sitze in der Business Class, 17 in der Premium Economy und 231 in der Economy Class verbaut. I rated the flight highly, and said it was a good experience overall. available classes for the second part of this route are Economy and Business Class. I'm booking for my family of 4, so sorta need to take what i can get. Unfortunately Lufthansa also has an incredibly underwhelming business class, so I still wouldnt call these seats great. The Eurowings Discover business class was very similar to the Lufthansa business class. While Eurowings Discovers livery isnt all that exciting, I liked the cockpit sunglasses.. 64: 20.5: 1-5: 30: Economy Premium. Search. I'll be contacting the airlines. The lowest roundtrip business class fare from Tampa to Frankfurt is around $4,400, and it goes way up from there. Re the branding & service: Eurowing Discover (not related to Eurowings, which is also part of the LH group and flies the "non-premium" routes in Europe) is a low-cost way for LH Group to gobble up market share and profit on leisure routes, hence the not so well trained staff, the mixed branding, and the ageing fleet. The Eurowings Discover experience was disappointing. For some reasons, LH has downgraded its catering on its transatlantic business class with a combined starter/entree course, and a reduced pre-arrival meal offering. In terms of the ability to get rest, this flight felt like this Great British Air flight, minus the force-fed truffles, of course. For those not familiar, Eurowings Discover is Lufthansas new long haul leisure airline, so I was curious to check it out. After boarding through the second set of doors, we were met by a young and friendly crew and taken to the business class cabin. The whole Airline is massively problematic. 2-2-2 seating actually works great with kids and i prefer it to 1-2-1. This depends on the stopover airport of your choice though. Fully reclinable single seats, tons of legroom, a free beverage and food service to your seat. Airbus A340. The shrimp were pretty decent, but the rice was way overcooked, to the point that it was chewy. Economy has 189 seats in a 2-4-2 config; Business class has 21 seats in a 2-3-2 config; this is pretty standard for these aircraft. Every flight I have taken, and that includes Southwest, has had Crazy, Rich Asians on the IFE. Id also note that there just generally seemed to be a lot of confusion with the service. Thanks, It is more difficult to fix these kinds of issues on small leisure airlines because crews are paid less and don't have much experience. I decided to get up and do some work on my laptop. When the plane was flown by Lufthansa, it had wi-fi. It's not that their prices are cheaper than other airlines so i'd only fly them if i had no other options. Seating About an hour after takeoff drinks were served. I just booked FRA-CUN and CUN-MUC on LH in Premium Economy. It was a mediocre meal. . The airline plan to complete the upgrade of the cabin by end of 2023. Condor, which Eurowings wants to imitate, is so much better with catering and service. At 8:10PM, it was announced that boarding was complete, and a few moments later the main cabin door closed. Ein Airbus A330 der Eurowings Discover hngt in Windhuk fest. To save space, the ottomans for the seats are to the side of the seats in front. Aircrafts flying from LAN to REC. We also serve you our warm Discover cookie and other snacks during the flight. From there we had a roughly 10 minute taxi to our arrival gate. @Lucky perhaps! The map shows an A340-300 (based on the four engines), but thats not even a plane the airline flies. The entertainment system of Eurowings is similar to that of Lufthansa. Rating this 2.5 and the recent domestic "first" shocker 4/5 just does not make any sense. The plane we were flying, D-AIKB, is a roughly 18-year-old Airbus A330-300 that flew for Lufthansa until 2021, before being transferred to Eurowings Discover. I was able to book the following in business class for 70,000 Aeroplan points and a fee of $72.58 per person. The captain informed us of our flight time around this time. And you cant beat the gorgeousness of the Boeing 747-8! Many thanks! There was a small fully enclosed storage compartment near the ottoman, though its not really big enough to be practical. Discover the benefits of the Eurowings BIZclass fare like priority boarding, catering or an empty adjacent seat. The breakfast service started very early. The Eurowings Airbus A330-200 features 310 seats in a 2 cabin configuration. German holidaymakers are used to a lot worse than EWD is offering, since Condor and Tuifly offer vastly inferior long-haul products on leisure routes plus lack the ability to earn or use miles&more miles for those so inclined (although Condor does sometimes allow this). Air Canada is offering west coast to Frankfurt or London J for 69K, so I may well see if theyve improved any since your flight. So disapointing. Eurowings Discover Business Class A330. . Lets get right into the review. The cabin looked similar to what you would find in business class. Starting with the reliability, the poor hard product, the slow service on night flights, etc. Oddly Eurowings Discover cant even seem to get that right. It will use them on five routes to the US and Canada, with the first taking off in just a few days. The Eurowings Discover check-in experience in Tampa was rather chaotic. Security took 30 minutes. Review: EUROWINGS DISCOVER A330 in BUSINESS CLASS! Sensational! I was able to book the following in business class for 70,000 Aeroplan points and a fee of $72.58 per person. Video Finnair Unveiled New Business Class and Premium Economy Interview with Finnair CEO Topi Manner Sam Chui The walk to the door of the plane was incredibly long, which I always like since it means I can get a head start by walking really fast, and can get good cabin pictures. Which would also match the one on your screen with no mention of Discover as that brand wasnt born yet back then. 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