Lufthsansa To Italy

Connie, You might find it helpful to have a look at Seat Guru or other websites, to get more precise information on the seat pitch, etc. You could also speak with a Travel Agent. Lufthansa is a Star Alliance partner with Air Canada, and I've travelled with both of them. I've found the service between both carriers is very similar. Based on this part of their website, there appears to be three basic seating options: http://www.flightnetwork.com/airlines/lufthansa/ You could also check reviews at: http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-LH.htm Economy class seating is not going to be overly comfortable with any of the carriers. I've found that buying "Economy Plus" (or whatever each airline calls it) can be an advantage as it provides a few other perks - priority check-in, more leg room, free beverages, etc. As I recall, the Economy Plus with Air Transat was good. Good luck sorting this out!

I think comfort is related to your size. If under 5-6" and 130 lbs, you probably will find it comfortable. Lufthsansa have always been one of our favorite airlines. On our last trip was not so pleasant. I swear they had shrunk the seats and space between. It was very tight in standard economy. We now only book airlines that provide economy plus. At 6-2" and 220 I need all the space I can buy. Since I have never flown Air Canada I cannot compare but our recent experience on several different airlines is that the economy space is even more limited. I think there are now classes of airline travel - first, business, economy plus, and economy. The extra space for economy plus was not taken from business class.

I have flown Lufthansa from San Francisco and I have never liked their seats. Very uncomfortable for me. I am not overly large but have lower back issues and had to fly the whole way with pillows behind me to make the seat comfortable. Also very cramped.

Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate the recommendations and some websites I haven't used before

Lufthansa is a good airline but has rather poor economy class seats. And there is only one kind of economy seat and only one kind of economy class. They're discussing about introducing an Economy Plus product next year... but that'll take its time. On the A380 and the 747-8 they've got new economy class seats which are equal to those of other airlines. On A330/A340s and 747-400s they've got old seats that I think people wouldn't even accept on a tram ;-) Also on those aircraft there is no in-seat video. Only some old tube-screens mounted to the ceiling in the aisles... Vintage Flying ;-)

My last trip to Europe was on Lufthansa (economy, from Seattle to Frankfurt). One of my worst flight experiences ever. The seats were horrible (and I'm not a large person) - the moment I sat down I realized it was a mistake - I've been in plenty of economy seats on long-haul flights, but this was really, really awful. I was uncomfortable immediately: the legroom was nonexistent, the seat was shockingly narrow, and had lots of hard-plastic parts that dug into my arms and shoulders, etc. - and these things were immediately evident right when I sat down, not after 10 hours. I wanted out of there before they had even closed the planes doors and pushed back. Then the two babies started screaming...and did not stop for a moment until after we were in Frankfurt. The service was terrible, too. Yes, flying in coach generally sucks, but this experience really shocked me at how bad it was. Never again: this flight convinced me that from now on, I'll find a way into one of the more forgiving forward cabins for any longhaul, transoceanic flights. Seatguru.com is your friend.

I flew Seattle to Frankfurt round-trip on June 14 and July 7 in economy and I am 6'3" tall. I had no complaints about anything on either of those flights except for screaming children which are no fault of the airline. I fly often and their food was only average but if you want to drink alcohol beverages when flying, they offered lots of that. I put a pillow behind my back and a blanket on the seat for added comfort. Service was above average. I will be flying them again next year.

I wish this thread would have been available back when we booked our flight from SFO to Munich on Lufthansa. I'm now concerned that my husband & I will be very cramped for space (he's 6'7" & I'm 6'2"). Can you get the exit row seats if you check in right away like on United or other carriers or are we stuck with the expense of trying to get into business class? We mainly booked through Lufthansa because it was a direct flight from SFO to Munich and the last time I was on Lufthansa it didn't seem that bad (that was 5 years ago and the flight was from Munich to Milan).

I have to disagree with Brad's assessment of way more leg room in coach on Lufthansa's A340 vs. the 747. According to seatguru.com, the A340's (Lufthansa uses several variants) either have the same seat pitch as the 747 in coach (31 inches) or one inch more-which might be noticeable, but isn't in my mind way more. I've flown both in coach, and found both of them cramped for long trips such as LAX to FRA or MUC, or vice versa (I'm 6'1".) Also, if Brad has flown on the A350, well, he's a very lucky man, as none of them have been delivered to an airline yet.

I completely forgot about seatguru, thanks for the reminder! We usually just pay extra to sit in econ plus or in an exit row, but it looks like Luftansa doesn't have that option. We're flying back through Paris on United so as long as we get online right away the day before we leave, we should be good from there. Thanks for your responses!