6am touchdown after a very pleasant flight. Can’t say that we are exactly refreshed as it is 1am DC time; but we were able to take advantage of the seat/beds to get a few hours of rest. Lisa zonked out entirely, whereas I really just dozed due to turbulence and the fact that the bed is about a foot too short for me to really stretch out.

As nice as the pod seats and all the accoutrements were, the absolute best thing about the Polaris Class was the outstanding service from the flight crew… very much like hanging out in a 5-star hotel or restaurant.

In any case, we made it through all the immigration, baggage claim, and custom hoops and are now camped at a Lux Lounge for a few hours.

Likely we will be kicked out of here in a few hours. We have an 11-hour layover and can’t check in for our 9:30pm flight until after 5pm. It will be a bit of a pita because lounge choices outside of security are scarce, even in a huge airport like Frankfurt. May have to slum it with the masses until check-in if we can’t sweet talk the Lux Lounge host into letting us hang.