Has anyone flown Lufthansa recently

Every airline posts their baggage limits and policies on their website. The answers to your questions should be available here:

https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/baggage-overview

Every airline is different.

Trouble at FRA has been in the news lately, and a new stat mentioned this past week is that in June the airport lost 9 out of 1000 checked bags, and when asked for comment, the PR person recommended using brightly colored luggage or ribbons. This response didn't go over well. This stat is double the usual number, because staffing issues are still being resolved.

At this point, you really just need to go online with Lufthansa and read the baggage policy for yourself. The luggage requirements are different for the various ticket options like first class, economy, premium economy, etc..
Lufthansa’s most basic option is two pieces per person. The overhead bin item cannot exceed 17.6 lb.s. The underseat bag must comply with 16” x 12” x 4.”

I looked up the Lufthansa Carry-On requirements for you. Here it is for Economy Class:
(1) overhead bin item: 8 kg (17.6 lb.s) or less; 22” x 16” x 9” = 55 cm x 40 cm x 23 cm.
(1) underseat personal item: 16” x 12” x 4.”
These are the two Free carry-on items allowed by Lufthansa.

We flew recently on Lufthansa (in and out of Frankfurt) and were allowed one suitcase and one personal item. I highly recommend just doing carry-on as the lines to check in at the Frankfurt Airport were extensive. No one checked the weight of our carry-ons but that doesn't mean it can't happen. Be sure to check in online so you can head straight to security.

Thanks for the replies. I had gone on and read one suitcase in overhead and one back pack at feet.. I was just checking to see if anyone had actually flown and what they were allowed to bring..we are booked in Premium economy which we have never done before.. On paper I have really cut back of what is actually needed and what are maybes.. clothing is never an issue it all the extra stuff that adds up.

@Travelnana-- did you book directly with Luthansa or with another airline?

I was trying to figure out if we had to do carry-on. There is no way I could pack 3 weeks at 17 lbs. I don't do bathroom sink washing but will take to laundry place. I did a practice run this weekend and in my carry-on I can get 29 lbs of stuff in it. So, I have a feeling my suitcase size is too large. It is 22 inch. I'm going back in forth. I thought the Luthhansa only had carry-on bag restriction for one day.

Disney, Yes I always book directly with airline.. This week I am going to try a test run.. our issue is we have so many different climates.. my toiletries always seem to out weigh my clothes by far.. Contact lens solution is a biggy.. and I know you can buy it but in Switzerland it was very difficult to find.. I had to go to a pharmacy. I am determined to pack light.

A tip I've heard of is to put heavier items (liquids, electronics, etc) into the personal item which doesn't have weight restrictions. Once onboard at your seat nothing prevents you from moving these items back into the bag you put in the overhead bin, should you choose to do so.

Thanks, my liquids are not the issue. I really paired them down and went to powdered for everything. I even found a powdered face wash. I was going to buy shampoo and conditioner and soap there. My liquids at most weigh about 2 lbs.

I’m booked on an American carrier so, I wasn’t sure when I got on my Lufthansa flight if I could use United’s luggage limits or do I have to switch to Lufthansa’s limits?

I was just with a group of almost 40 tour members who flew Lufthansa from JFK to FRA. Everyone complied with the baggage requirements listed on the website regarding size and weight thus no one had any issues. All checked bags arrived in Frankfurt and upon return all arrived safely at JFK. No one in the group was asked to weigh or remove anything. Most in the group only carried one personal item. Those with two items had no issues.

I was just with a group of almost 40 tour members who flew Lufthansa from JFK to FRA. Everyone complied with the baggage requirements listed on the website regarding size and weight thus no one had any issues. All checked bags arrived in Frankfurt and upon return all arrived safely at JFK. No one in the group was asked to weigh or remove anything. Most in the group only carried one personal item. Those with two items had no issues.

I have flown with two different airlines within Europe that take the time to inspect, measure and weigh carryon items that seem suspect at the boarding gate.

DisneyFreak:
Lufthansa can be very strict about the weight of the carryon bag.
Happened to me last trip in Florence...they said it weighed too much even though it was the same weight as when I left home, and made me check it.
Also, when you measure your carry ons to comply with whichever airline you are flying with: don't forget that the wheels are included in the overall length!

@S J --- thank you. Bummer, I thought since it was a united ticket I could comply with United rules versus Lufthansa. Back to the drawing board. I have a feeling our flight from Munich to Berlin will be cancelled.

I'm concerned how picky Lufthansa is about the size of the personal, underseat item. Is it really limited to 4 inches thick?

TravelNana, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that our My Way Alpine Europe tour was amazing, and that no one on our tour tested positive for Covid.

We flew SeaTac to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Salzburg, with checked baggage, no problem. But our return this week was hard and complicated. Here’s my post from earlier today.
“I am home, but dazed, after surviving the Frankfurt Lufthansa strike on Wednesday. My son and I finished our My Way Alpine Europe tour on July 22nd, and had tickets to fly (Lufthansa) Swissair out of Geneva 6:55am July 27, and a connecting Lufthansa flight to return home from Frankfurt to SeaTac at 10:45am July 27.

Our 2 flights were canceled a day apart, and canceled with less than 48 hours departure notice. In the end, I purchased a pair of SwissTours bus tickets out of Chamonix, a Sheraton Frankfurt airport room for $320, and I forfeited the money for a hotel night in Geneva, a Mountain Drop Offs shuttle from Chamonix to Geneva, and 2 train tickets from Frankfurt to Amsterdam. I was also on the cusp of paying $2600 each, out of pocket, for 2 airline tickets on Delta out of Amsterdam to SeaTac, because available flights to SeaTac from Europe were essentially non-existent. My son and I waited hours in the Frankfurt Lufthansa rebooking line on the evening of July 26, but the line closed for rebooking services before we could reach the counter.

For 3 days of frantic traveling across France, Switzerland and Germany, our travel agent, at Elizabeth Holmes Travel, simultaneously spent 10-20 hours on the phone with Lufthansa trying to rebook us, or find any viable return options from Europe. In the end, she swung a rebooked Lufthansa Geneva to Frankfurt flight, and then a cobbled-together Singapore Airlines and Alaska Airlines combo, to get us home from Frankfurt via JFK.

My son and I had a hard, but occasionally amazing, journey home. We felt like extras in a disaster movie. Sometimes we felt part of a urgent, mass migration. I am now definitely the number 1 fan of my travel agent; she was relentlessly magnificent, and we would be stranded in Europe if not for her.”