If you have flown on Lufthansa for a trans-Atlantic flight recently can you tell us about the check-in and boarding experience? We've looked over the Lufthansa Economy rules for baggage: One carry-on at 21.6"x15.75"x9" at 17.64 lbs and one personal item at 15.75"x11.18"x4" no weight given. (con, I know that I can retrieve my Lufthansa booking number from United to try and reserve the seats through Lufthansa directly. My question is- has anyone had recent success with this? I am paying extra through United to have free seat selection as this is important to me and my travel companions., Lufthansa upgrade bid advice needed Jump to bottom Posted by ALpine on 01/28/23 07:39 AM, Anybody fly on Lufthansa or knows a flight attendant or gate agent? Are they really strict with "personal item" size? I agree with Kenko's weight assessment-- I'm petite and my carryon bags' weight, even with bags fully loaded, together I am still 20 pounds less than the average person's weight not including their bag weight., Discover Airlines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa. Lufthansa has turned some long-haul flying over to this "quality leisure airline" subsidiary, including Orlando-Frankfurt flights. As an aside, Lufthansa LOVES wholly-owned subsidiaries., Due to that delay, we missed our connecting flight in FRA and were rebooked by Lufthansa on a United flight. Lufthansa re-booked us on UAL to ORD. At the service desk, Lufthansa handed us a "Passengers Rights" pamphlet and said we are entitled to compensation under EU Regulations beyond the hotel voucher. We applied to Lufthansa on June 5th..