Off to Paris

We're home for the Christmas holidays with no travel planned until our trip to Israel in January.   But I remembered our Christmas trip to Paris 5 years ago and thought it would be fun to revisit.

We've been to Paris many times but never at Christmas. And even though we're going to Spain in two weeks, we decided what the heck, with tons of miles from new Chase credit card bonuses, let's go for three nights, see the lights and do a little shopping.

-Lufthansa 447 DEN-FRA NEW First Class
-The LH First Class Terminal at FRA
-Lufthansa 1034 FRA-CDG Business Class
-Hotel de la Trémoille
-Christmas in Paris
-Eating our way thru Paris
-Lufthansa 1043 CDG-FRA Business Class
-Le Meridien Parkhotel Frankfurt
-Lufthansa First Class Terminal at FRA
-Lufthansa 446 FRA-DEN NEW First Class

DEN-FRA is generally an easy award flight and at T-14 I booked two seats into an F8 cabin. Although the flight has only been running about 50% new First, we lucked out today as refurbished D-ABVP was our aircraft. I OLCI'd at home but we stopped at the counter for real BPs and our onward FRA-CDG BP.

Pleasant agent told us we were welcome in the United Club in the B concourse. I don't think so. A crappy lounge in a different concourse from our A-41 departure gate? Come on LH. Much more convenient to use the A concourse Admirals Club, a nicer lounge and only a three minute walk from the gate. Some recycled pics from a previous trip...

At T-50, we headed out to nearby Gate A41

Boarding started at T-45, with First and Business pax, although one DYKWIA *G in coach insisting that he should be able to board with the F pax.