Lufthansa has this week started offering passengers in economy class on certain long-haul routes the option to book an entire row of seats for a surcharge of between
€159-€229.
Passengers can book the ‘Sleeper’s Row’ upgrade at check-in or
the gate but advance reservations are not possible.
Passengers will be given a row of three or four seats to
themselves along with a “pillow, blanket and mattress topper of business class
quality” and a special seat belt to ensure safety. Passengers booking the upgrade are also allowed to
pre-board.
The airline is offering the Sleeper's Row upgrade on long-haul
flights of approximately eleven hours or more, for example on routes to the Far
East, the United States’ west coast, Central and South America, or southern
Africa. A maximum of three Sleeper's Rows are offered per flight.
Lufthansa tested the Sleeper's Row on the Frankfurt-São Paulo route
at the end of last year.