Lufthansa will charge €100 extra for windowless window seats in Boeing 787 Allegris business class
September 4, 2025
Lufthansa has recently taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 equipped with the new Allegris business class product. It is a highly anticipated passenger experience upgrade that offers a variety of seating options.
However, in reviewing the aircraft’s LOPA (location of passenger accommodations), AGN found that two ‘window seats’ on this aircraft align with a closed-off window on the fuselage.
Arrival of Lufthansa’s first 787-9 Dreamliner equipped with Allegris cabin
Lufthansa received its first Boeing 787-9 with the new Allegris interior design in all classes at Frankfurt Airport on Saturday, August 30. The airline anticipates receiving up to nine additional Boeing 787-9s at Frankfurt this year.
Lufthansa first introduced the Allegris cabin design on its Airbus A350s, operating from Munich in summer 2024. The airline now operates 10 Munich-based Airbus A350-900s, which have a three-class configuration, including the Allegris first class with the somewhat contentious Allegris Suite Plus.
The two tricky windows in Lufthansa’s Boeing 787-9 Allegris business class cabin
The 787-9 Dreamliner is arranged in a two-class configuration, allowing a large cabin footprint for 28 business class suites all in a single cabin. This stretches the business class footprint beyond the blind windows, resulting in two semi-windowless window seats.
The seat map illustration on aeroLOPA shows a windowless window spot by seats 6A and 6K. What would be the tenth window from the front of Lufthansa’s 787-9 Dreamliner is sealed off.
That leaves a blind gap that aligns with the location of window seats 6A and 6K in business class. The ninth window on the fuselage aligns with the footwell on these seats, and the next open window aligns with the headrest, not the seat.
Passengers, therefore, won’t be able to see out of the window in any sort of comfortable way. They could possibly get a glimpse if they crane their necks back or lean forward to look out of the footwell window.
Lufthansa counts these as two-window seats, and they are technically right
After discovering the gap on the seat maps, we contacted Lufthansa to confirm. A communications representative of the airline replied,
“There is a window just next to the seat (6A and 6K) and another one near the footwell.”
We wondered at the discrepancy and reached out to aeroLOPA to double-check their map. They shared a link to Lufthansa’s own published LOPA, which matches their own diagram and clearly also shows a blind window location at these seats.
As a representative of aeroLOPA explained, “As you can see, seats 6A and 6K have limited visibility due to the factory-installed blocked window, but they still have two windows, as you mentioned: one in the footwell area and another behind the headrest. The presence of the blocked window is confirmed by photographs taken from the outside of the aircraft.”
The airline is technically right that there are two windows. However, the location of the two is at the far ends of these seats (headrest and footwell), not directly by the seat as the representative stated. That could prove disappointing to anyone booking these two seats for the view.
There are also blind windows on the Airbus A350’s fuselage. However, they align with a divider wall between first class and business class. As a result, all passengers in business class get windows. The airline has also divided business class on the A350 into two cabins, separated by a galley at the location of the emergency exits, thereby avoiding any window issues in the second cabin.
Which seats to pick on Lufthansa’s Boeing 787-9 Allegris business class?
The Lufthansa Allegris business class offers five different types of seating: Classic, Privacy, Extra Long Bed, Extra Space, and a Business Suite at the front, which can be separate or joined for couples travelling together.
They all offer a pleasant flying experience with enhanced privacy through chest-high walls, a 27-inch in-flight entertainment monitor with tablet control, storage space for personal items, including a wardrobe, and a personal minibar for in-flight refreshments.
Paying extra for Lufthansa’s semi-windowless business class seats
Lufthansa has also introduced separate added charges (on top of the airfare) to allow passengers to book each type of seat in the cabin. As the airline explained in its announcement of the differentiated fee structure last year:
“For bookings in Business Class, the Classic Seat reservation remains free of charge. This offers all the benefits of the new Allegris travel class. Passengers can also book seats with additional comfort (the Business Class Suite, the Extra Space Seat, the Privacy Seat by the window, and the Extra Long Bed with a reclining area of 2.20 meters) in advance via the seat reservation for an additional charge. Passengers can choose between the Privacy Seat and the Extra Long Bed from as little as 100 euros and the Extra Space Seat from 130 euros.”
The airline’s published LOPA does not specify whether the two semi-windowless seats are classified as classic, extra space, privacy, or extra-long bed. However, a Lufthansa representative has confirmed to AGN that these two seats are classified as “Privacy” seats, so they would incur an added fee of at least €100 when booking.
The type of seat may or may not make up for the limited views, depending on passenger preferences. They do offer the advertised “privacy,” in this case, even from the outside world. For those flying at night who prefer to sleep, the window misalignment may prove advantageous.
Still, the case of the two semi-windowless seats on Lufthansa’s Boeing 787-9 proves why it’s good to double-check your LOPAs before booking.
