Lufthansa First Class to Munich

Another Lufthansa disappointment as this airline continues its slide into the ranks of mediocre.

Although Lufthansa has joined the airines participating in PreCheck, your OLCI self-printed or mobile boarding pass doesn't say TSA PRECHECK.  LH requires you to stop at the check-in counter to get a boarding pass that says TSA PRECHECK.   So we did, where our stop at the check-in counter was a little bizarre with the First Class agent acting like he was doing us a favor.  Perhaps it was the award ticket but that has never mattered before.   We declined counter to lounge escort but I did request lounge to gate escort, mostly to test the service, since last month the escort was a no show.   We indicated our preference to board first and our Personal Assistant confirmed our desire when she visited us in the lounge about 30 minutes before boarding.   Boarding was announced and she was AWOL, just like last month.  As we gathered our things to head to the gate, she arrived claiming that they were about to board.   Uh huh, first to board my butt.

... especially since our gate was far away Gate 157.

Naturally, by the time we arrived, boarding had been underway for 10 minutes.

Back to the Romena amenity kit tonight...

... with the same old, same old meh.

Once at cruising altitude, the crew finally finished their gossiping and started service.   Yo, how about closing the curtain to the galley??

One of the battle-ax attendants finally came around and asked if I wanted something to drink.   I asked to see the wine list to which she responded "oh, did I not give you the menu?  Sorry." 

I went with another glass of the always excellent Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle.

The disgusting amuse-bouche which I forgot to warn Mrs. SFO777 about.   Flight attendant seems surprised when I declined.

Showtime, LH style.  Still very nice, but it was all downhill from here.

I passed on the caviar again tonight. 

Serving 1DG.  And still no use of the curtain to block light from galley.  Obviously, that would involve too much work opening and closing each time. 

Despite my warning, Mrs. SFO777 accepted the starter trio and the salad.

I took 2 of the 3 starters and the salad.  I use the word "took" as our lazy attendant reached over Mrs. SFO777 and handed them to me.  I think she got the message when I hesitated to take them and rolled my eyes.

Yo, where are the galley curtains?  Seriously?   

We both had the beef as it was delicious last month.  Tonight was terrible.  Tough cut, undercooked and the au gratin potatoes had no au gratin.

Not even close to the same dish I had last month...

Still no curtain.

And still no curtain, prompting me to finally ask "are you ever going to close the galley curtains?"   And her response, "uh, oh we usually do it after service."   Maybe you do it that way, but that is not the way any other crew does it or the manual says to do it. 

With only 4 passengers, we each had our own "seat and a bed" and I moved over to 2A and Mrs. SFO777 to 2K.   Ambien was again my friend tonight and I slept for nearly 6 hours.

I didn't want to eat much as I was planning on having the Weiner Schnitzel in the MUC Lounge.

So just a little scrambled eggs and bacon.

We arrived on time which was one of the few bright spots about this flight.  Mrs. SFO777 declined Ambien and didn't sleep well as the bed/mattress was not that comfy.  Add in the mediocre service and we decided that we've both pretty much had it with Lufthansa.  You were once great, but you've regressed and much of the world has passed you by.