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Here's my trip report for my flights from AMS to FRA and then to TLV, enjoy.
The night before this flight was New Year eve, and the flight was very early - 7AM, I couldn't really celebrate it, went out to a nice rest and came back at around 12ish to be able to wake up normally at 4:45.
Woke up at 4:45, and left the Hilton at 5:05 on my way to the airport.
I changed my ticket from the evening flight that day to the morning flight, I had to be back home earlier then expected, and the M&M agent told me to be at the airport at around 5:20, and then go to the ticket sales to pay a small fee, I arrived at the airport at 5:20, went to the ticket sales, and for my surprise no one was there, and there was a nice queue of 6 people in front of me, waiting for the lady to arrive, but no one came, 5:30 came and no one was there, 5:40 and suddenly she appeared, I really got angry, because I could've wake up at 5:00 and leave at 5:15 to the airport, instead of waiting 20 min for her to arrive, also the other passengers were upset... I told her that next time, to come on time and not to be late in 20 min, she was very sorry and blabla.... Okay, at 5:50 I went to the checkin desks, took them about 10 min, they had some issues with my ticket, couldn't print the boarding, and then they succeeded... Then I was off to the lounge...
Flight info:
LH4689 Amsterdam - Frankfurt
Departure - 07:00AM
Arrival - 07:50AM
Type - B737-300
Class - Business Class
Seat - 2F
I went to the lounge, and for my surprise it was closed! I started looking around and saw no one in there, and got really angry, before I went down to the boarding area, I saw someone was opening the lounge door, didn't really talk with him, was quite upset, went in, to tell you the truth, the GlobeGround lounge is quite simple, no WiFi, no PC's, only some drinks and some snacks, like any simple lounge....
Boarding started 5 min before time, I went to the gate, quickly boarded, and also the ground agent gave me my boarding card to TLV, which made me happy not to go to the Transfer Area in FRA....
Boarded the plane, cabin was quite empty, 5 people out of 10, we then pushed back and took off from runway 24.
After the seat belt sign went off we were offered b'fast, Not too bad, nice short flight b'fast, Some Bread with cheese on it, Pastrama, and a nice Yoghurt, and of course coffee or tea and some good orange juice.
In mid flight, a young girl, that was drunk after new years evening, came to the business class gallery, and asked for some water, the stewardess gave her, and she almost fell off, then went in the toilets to throw up I guess and then went to her seat in economy, she was quite stinky I must say hehe.
I then looked out of the window to see the very nice sunrise, was quite nice, we then started our decent to FRA, flight went quickly... We landed on runway 25R at Frankfurt and parked at gate A24.
Pictures:
Upon my arrival I went to the train, passed to terminal B and went to the Senator lounge, was quite packed due to flights to India, but quickly it was getting empty, I had some good cereal, some orange juice and refreshments, then I went to check if someone is sitting next to me, and nope, was all alone.
Flight info:
LH686 Frankfurt - Tel Aviv
Departure - 10:55AM
Arrival - 03:00PM
Type - B747-400 | D-ABVL
Class - Business Class
Seat - 1K
Then I left the lounge to the gate, had to go to the C area, and all the flights to the states were leaving, so I had to do the US Security and then the Israeli security, hehe too long
Well I arrived to the so called "cage" in Frankfurt, Gate C21 (C11 for the plane) and waited for the boarding to start...... had to sit there for 20 min, and then boarding started, I was quite surprised they didn't call for Business and First first, only Families with childrens or the disabled ones, and then all the passengers, usually they call for the childrens and disabled ones and business/first first and then for the rest... wonder what happened...
Well I arrived to the plane, Old business class of course, ah well nothing we can do about it, went ot my seat 1K, and for my surprise (well sort of) cabin was empty, 9 people out of 64! Economy was packed, but business was empty! All the back section was Empty! and I really liked it, I rather sit in an empty cabin then a full one.... much nicer IMO.
Okay, so we left right on time, crew WAS very VERY friendly, I actually flew with one of the stewardess before, a few times in the route TLV-FRA-TLV, and she was always nice!
Okay, we reached to our cruise alt, IFE started, boring movies were shown, ah well, I had FlyNet so no biggie about that...
I received my menu, and I found out they have a Chinese festival, so I was quite happy and the food was simply great this time!
Starters -
Meat with vegetables [cold dish]
Chinese chicken with vegetables [cold dish]
Main Course -
Meat with some kind of noodles and vegetables
Chicken with Rice and vegetables
Sea food with rice and vegetables
Desert -
Fruit Salad
Choclate Cake and Choclate
Cheese plate
I took the Chinese chicken to start with, which was great! then I took the Chicken with Rice and vegetables, which was also great, and for desert my normal Fruit salad, with some tea. Sorry for not taking pictures of the food, next time I will!
Okay, after lunch was done, crew went to the galley, and left of course some drinks and peanuts in the bar [so called] and of course came every 15 min to see if anyone wants something, most of the passengers were sleeping...
Then we started our decent to Tel Aviv, weather was cloudy, we landed on runway 12, and parked at gate C5 in Tel Aviv and then I was off home
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Pictures:
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[photoid=5654649]
I hope you've enjoyed the report!
Royi
Here's my trip report for my flights from AMS to FRA and then to TLV, enjoy.
The night before this flight was New Year eve, and the flight was very early - 7AM, I couldn't really celebrate it, went out to a nice rest and came back at around 12ish to be able to wake up normally at 4:45.
Woke up at 4:45, and left the Hilton at 5:05 on my way to the airport.
I changed my ticket from the evening flight that day to the morning flight, I had to be back home earlier then expected, and the M&M agent told me to be at the airport at around 5:20, and then go to the ticket sales to pay a small fee, I arrived at the airport at 5:20, went to the ticket sales, and for my surprise no one was there, and there was a nice queue of 6 people in front of me, waiting for the lady to arrive, but no one came, 5:30 came and no one was there, 5:40 and suddenly she appeared, I really got angry, because I could've wake up at 5:00 and leave at 5:15 to the airport, instead of waiting 20 min for her to arrive, also the other passengers were upset... I told her that next time, to come on time and not to be late in 20 min, she was very sorry and blabla.... Okay, at 5:50 I went to the checkin desks, took them about 10 min, they had some issues with my ticket, couldn't print the boarding, and then they succeeded... Then I was off to the lounge...
Flight info:
LH4689 Amsterdam - Frankfurt
Departure - 07:00AM
Arrival - 07:50AM
Type - B737-300
Class - Business Class
Seat - 2F
I went to the lounge, and for my surprise it was closed! I started looking around and saw no one in there, and got really angry, before I went down to the boarding area, I saw someone was opening the lounge door, didn't really talk with him, was quite upset, went in, to tell you the truth, the GlobeGround lounge is quite simple, no WiFi, no PC's, only some drinks and some snacks, like any simple lounge....
Boarding started 5 min before time, I went to the gate, quickly boarded, and also the ground agent gave me my boarding card to TLV, which made me happy not to go to the Transfer Area in FRA....
Boarded the plane, cabin was quite empty, 5 people out of 10, we then pushed back and took off from runway 24.
After the seat belt sign went off we were offered b'fast, Not too bad, nice short flight b'fast, Some Bread with cheese on it, Pastrama, and a nice Yoghurt, and of course coffee or tea and some good orange juice.
In mid flight, a young girl, that was drunk after new years evening, came to the business class gallery, and asked for some water, the stewardess gave her, and she almost fell off, then went in the toilets to throw up I guess and then went to her seat in economy, she was quite stinky I must say hehe.
I then looked out of the window to see the very nice sunrise, was quite nice, we then started our decent to FRA, flight went quickly... We landed on runway 25R at Frankfurt and parked at gate A24.
Pictures:
Upon my arrival I went to the train, passed to terminal B and went to the Senator lounge, was quite packed due to flights to India, but quickly it was getting empty, I had some good cereal, some orange juice and refreshments, then I went to check if someone is sitting next to me, and nope, was all alone.
Flight info:
LH686 Frankfurt - Tel Aviv
Departure - 10:55AM
Arrival - 03:00PM
Type - B747-400 | D-ABVL
Class - Business Class
Seat - 1K
Then I left the lounge to the gate, had to go to the C area, and all the flights to the states were leaving, so I had to do the US Security and then the Israeli security, hehe too long
Well I arrived to the so called "cage" in Frankfurt, Gate C21 (C11 for the plane) and waited for the boarding to start...... had to sit there for 20 min, and then boarding started, I was quite surprised they didn't call for Business and First first, only Families with childrens or the disabled ones, and then all the passengers, usually they call for the childrens and disabled ones and business/first first and then for the rest... wonder what happened...
Well I arrived to the plane, Old business class of course, ah well nothing we can do about it
, went ot my seat 1K, and for my surprise (well sort of) cabin was empty, 9 people out of 64! Economy was packed, but business was empty! All the back section was Empty! and I really liked it, I rather sit in an empty cabin then a full one.... much nicer IMO.Okay, so we left right on time, crew WAS very VERY friendly, I actually flew with one of the stewardess before, a few times in the route TLV-FRA-TLV, and she was always nice!
Okay, we reached to our cruise alt, IFE started, boring movies were shown, ah well, I had FlyNet so no biggie about that...
I received my menu, and I found out they have a Chinese festival, so I was quite happy and the food was simply great this time!
Starters -
Meat with vegetables [cold dish]
Chinese chicken with vegetables [cold dish]
Main Course -
Meat with some kind of noodles and vegetables
Chicken with Rice and vegetables
Sea food with rice and vegetables
Desert -
Fruit Salad
Choclate Cake and Choclate
Cheese plate
I took the Chinese chicken to start with, which was great! then I took the Chicken with Rice and vegetables, which was also great, and for desert my normal Fruit salad, with some tea. Sorry for not taking pictures of the food, next time I will!
Okay, after lunch was done, crew went to the galley, and left of course some drinks and peanuts in the bar [so called] and of course came every 15 min to see if anyone wants something, most of the passengers were sleeping...
Then we started our decent to Tel Aviv, weather was cloudy, we landed on runway 12, and parked at gate C5 in Tel Aviv and then I was off home
.Pictures:
[photoid=5654650]
[photoid=5654649]
I hope you've enjoyed the report!
Royi
!
j/k
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