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Clay, sure would appreciate your feedback after the trip.

Great site, thanks. Danube is of course Donau in German.

There is a direct train every hour (at 47 mins past the hour) from the airport to Lucerne. It takes an hour and the fare is CHF 27. And being Swiss, it runs on time.

Business class does make a big difference. I face very long haul flights - with the total time being anything from 24 hours up to 36 hours as I come from Australia. One strategy is to stop-over for a day en-route. That breaks it down to an 8 hour leg up to Asia and an 11 hour leg to Europe. At places like Kuala Lumpur (which means I am using Malaysian Airlines with pretty cheap fares), there is a hotel at the airport which has comfortable beds, quiet, good food, and space.