Longhaul cash upgrades to LH E/C/F [upto 6 weeks in advance]
Jan 5, 2016, 6:33 am
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Longhaul cash upgrades to LH E/C/F [upto 6 weeks in advance]
LH joins the club of airlines that allow cash upgrades at fixed rates in advance:
https://www.lufthansa.com/online/myp...l=en&cid=18002
Books into N/Z/A:
Its quite expensive:
Conditions:
https://www.lufthansa.com/online/myp...l=en&cid=18002
How to book your long-haul upgrade at LH.com
Call up your travel itinerary under My Bookings. There will be an automatic check on which flights in your itinerary can be upgraded. Confirm your choice for the flights that you wish to upgrade. You can, of course, book upgrades for other flights at a later time (up to a maximum of 4 hours before departure). If you have sufficient award miles in your account and are logged into your LH.com profile, you can decide whether you want to pay for the upgrade with money or miles. Unfortunately, a combination of both means of payment is not possible in one booking procedure.
Finally, enter your payment information and confirm your purchase. A booking confirmation will be sent to the email address you have provided.
Call up your travel itinerary under My Bookings. There will be an automatic check on which flights in your itinerary can be upgraded. Confirm your choice for the flights that you wish to upgrade. You can, of course, book upgrades for other flights at a later time (up to a maximum of 4 hours before departure). If you have sufficient award miles in your account and are logged into your LH.com profile, you can decide whether you want to pay for the upgrade with money or miles. Unfortunately, a combination of both means of payment is not possible in one booking procedure.
Finally, enter your payment information and confirm your purchase. A booking confirmation will be sent to the email address you have provided.
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Possible upgrades Valid for From Economy Class to Premium Economy Class (N) All Economy fares except X From Economy to Business (Z) All Economy fares except X, K, L, T From Premium Economy Class to Business Class (Z) All Premium Economy fares except R From Business Class to First Class (A) All Business fares except I
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The cost of upgrades is dependent on the route and the original travel class: Price range /Route From Economy Class to Premium Economy Class From Economy Class to Business Class From Premium Economy Class to Business Class From Business Class to First Class Munich-Los Angeles EUR 299 EUR 999 EUR 699 EUR 1499 Munich-Seoul EUR 299 EUR 999 EUR 699 EUR 1499 Frankfurt-Toronto EUR 249 EUR 899 EUR 649 EUR 1399 Frankfurt-Shanghai EUR 299 EUR 999 EUR 699 EUR 1499 Frankfurt-New Delhi EUR 249 EUR 899 EUR 649 EUR 1399
Upgrades are obtainable under the following conditions, subject to availability in the upgrade booking class:
For confirmed bookings (no waiting-list bookings)
Only possible in combination with an already issued ticket
For flights operated by Lufthansa (LH flight number)
Upgrades via LH.com are only possible for all travellers in a booking. If you want to purchase upgrades for only some of the travellers in your booking, please contact a Lufthansa Service Centre.
Upgrades are not possible in the following cases:
For flights for which you have already checked in
For journeys for which paid-for add-on services have already been booked but no payment has yet been received and the corresponding service documents have not been issued
For journeys for which additional services have already been booked which exclude an upgrade, for example, if you are taking your pet with you into the cabin.
For confirmed bookings (no waiting-list bookings)
Only possible in combination with an already issued ticket
For flights operated by Lufthansa (LH flight number)
Upgrades via LH.com are only possible for all travellers in a booking. If you want to purchase upgrades for only some of the travellers in your booking, please contact a Lufthansa Service Centre.
Upgrades are not possible in the following cases:
For flights for which you have already checked in
For journeys for which paid-for add-on services have already been booked but no payment has yet been received and the corresponding service documents have not been issued
For journeys for which additional services have already been booked which exclude an upgrade, for example, if you are taking your pet with you into the cabin.
Jan 5, 2016, 7:13 am
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In case the link in the 1st post doesn't work: http://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/Upgrade-for-fixed-price
Jan 5, 2016, 7:18 am
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**STAR ALLIANCE CONVENTIONS PLUS ON GGAIRLHCONVENTIONS **
*** FOR STAR ALLIANCE RTW * SEE FQD XYZXYZ EG FRAFRA ***
LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R
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05JAN16**05JAN16/LH FRADEL/NSP;EH/TPM 3804/MPM 5144
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34+HRCDE 1000 H + - - + + + 12M R
35+QRCDE 800 Q + - - + + + 12M R
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05JAN16**05JAN16/LH FRADEL/NSP;EH/TPM 3804/MPM 5144
LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R
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05JAN16**05JAN16/LH MUCSEL/NSP;TS/TPM 5298/MPM 7948
*** STAR ALLIANCE ASIAN AIRPASS FQD QMXQMY/R,U***
*** FOR STAR ALLIANCE RTW * SEE FQD XYZXYZ EG
LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R
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11+Y77OW 4100 Y - - - - - - M
12+J77RT 8149 J - - - - - 12M M
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15+CFFDE 6369 C - - - + - - 12M R
16+ARNDE 6169 A 410+ - - + + 6+ 1M R
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05JAN16**05JAN16/LH MUCSEL/NSP;TS/TPM 5298/MPM 7948
LN FARE BASIS OW EUR RT B PEN DATES/DAYS AP MIN MAX R
17+G77RT 5849 G - - - - - 12M M
18+Y77RT 5849 Y - - - - - 12M M
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27+PXRCDE 2329 P + - + + 3+ 12M R
28+BFFDE 1950 B - - - + - - 12M R
29+ERCDE 1880 E + - - + + + 12M R
30+MFFDE 1630 M - - - + + + 12M R
31+PRNDE 1528 P 250+ - - + + 6+ 1M R
32+NRCDE 1380 N + - - + + + 12M R
33+ULRCDE 1340 U + S16SEP 31MAR+ + + 12M R
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35+QLRCDE 910 Q + S16SEP 31MAR+ + + 12M R
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Jan 5, 2016, 7:20 am
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Does the ticket have to start in Germany or other markets would suffice?
For example if I buy my P ticket starting in DUB to LAX via MUC, can I still bid for the upgrade to A for the MUC-LAX sector?
For example if I buy my P ticket starting in DUB to LAX via MUC, can I still bid for the upgrade to A for the MUC-LAX sector?
Jan 5, 2016, 8:10 am
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I hope there are not too many takers for €1499 for a one way F upgrade, otherwise eVouchers will become quite useless.
Edit: is the cost for oneway or return?
Edit: is the cost for oneway or return?
Jan 5, 2016, 9:00 am
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Jan 5, 2016, 9:35 am
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Jan 13, 2016, 11:17 am
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Hi,
I am currently booked on 6feb16 FRA-TPA in Premium Economy. I phoned LH today but in order to upgrade I also need to pay a reservation change charge or Euro200 on top of the upgrade.
Are there different charges towards departure? (As economy can also bid to be upgraded to PE)
I am currently booked on 6feb16 FRA-TPA in Premium Economy. I phoned LH today but in order to upgrade I also need to pay a reservation change charge or Euro200 on top of the upgrade.
Are there different charges towards departure? (As economy can also bid to be upgraded to PE)
Jan 27, 2016, 3:15 pm
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Hi,
I am currently booked on 6feb16 FRA-TPA in Premium Economy. I phoned LH today but in order to upgrade I also need to pay a reservation change charge or Euro200 on top of the upgrade.
Are there different charges towards departure? (As economy can also bid to be upgraded to PE)
I am currently booked on 6feb16 FRA-TPA in Premium Economy. I phoned LH today but in order to upgrade I also need to pay a reservation change charge or Euro200 on top of the upgrade.
Are there different charges towards departure? (As economy can also bid to be upgraded to PE)
I was trying to upfare from S-class to Q-class on a ticket I had booked within 24 hours of doing it on the LH website, but the agent (US line with Canadian agent) said that she would have to charge the change fee - even with the *same* flight, *same* day - so I told her to cancel the ticket. (Free within 24 hours. She had to check to see if she could do it for free, even though I told her 2 other of her colleagues confirmed that this was possible!)
I then couldn't find an option to book with the precise fare classes I required, so I called back to the US line (apparently Indian agents cannot ticket any longer - only can purchase on the website - ridiculous!) and paid the $20.00 per pax, which saved me the fare difference from the H-class the website wanted to book me in.
Now, on to the other reason for posting in this thread.
I now see that we can put a "bid" for an upgrade from Y to C online when on LH.com - lowest bid is $765 or thereabouts.
I don't think that there is a particular thread for this option (I see for PE upgrades, not for biz), so I thought that it might belong here.
Question: Would your fare basis remain the same if you "bid" for the upgrade (which is equivalent to using miles @USD 0.015/mile) or would you move into a revenue biz fare? I gather we would not.
This upgrading semi-fiasco almost warrants one buying the P-fare for almost the same amount of equivalent value - which was available a week ago, but I had some upgrade instruments available...
Jan 28, 2016, 1:40 am
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Hi,
I am currently booked on 6feb16 FRA-TPA in Premium Economy. I phoned LH today but in order to upgrade I also need to pay a reservation change charge or Euro200 on top of the upgrade.
Are there different charges towards departure? (As economy can also bid to be upgraded to PE)
I am currently booked on 6feb16 FRA-TPA in Premium Economy. I phoned LH today but in order to upgrade I also need to pay a reservation change charge or Euro200 on top of the upgrade.
Are there different charges towards departure? (As economy can also bid to be upgraded to PE)
Jan 28, 2016, 1:43 am
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I now see that we can put a "bid" for an upgrade from Y to C online when on LH.com - lowest bid is $765 or thereabouts.
I don't think that there is a particular thread for this option (I see for PE upgrades, not for biz), so I thought that it might belong here.
Question: Would your fare basis remain the same if you "bid" for the upgrade (which is equivalent to using miles @USD 0.015/mile) or would you move into a revenue biz fare? I gather we would not.
This upgrading semi-fiasco almost warrants one buying the P-fare for almost the same amount of equivalent value - which was available a week ago, but I had some upgrade instruments available...
I now see that we can put a "bid" for an upgrade from Y to C online when on LH.com - lowest bid is $765 or thereabouts.
I don't think that there is a particular thread for this option (I see for PE upgrades, not for biz), so I thought that it might belong here.
Question: Would your fare basis remain the same if you "bid" for the upgrade (which is equivalent to using miles @USD 0.015/mile) or would you move into a revenue biz fare? I gather we would not.
This upgrading semi-fiasco almost warrants one buying the P-fare for almost the same amount of equivalent value - which was available a week ago, but I had some upgrade instruments available...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufth...pgrade-pe.html
Jan 28, 2016, 1:10 pm
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Plusgrade is for PE and C nowadays. The booking class changes to P/Z when you win the bid, but fare basis stays the same. So you earn more miles, but stay in the same restrictive fare corridor.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufth...pgrade-pe.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufth...pgrade-pe.html
Thanks for your replies. I think I am booked in N class which is not entitled for upgrades at all. When I try to upgrade via the plus grade page it doesn't allow me to bid for an upgrade to business class.
I can see business does have 6 seats left. Will trying to buy an upgrade at the airport be the same procedure as now with the call centre?
Last edited by Oslo Dutch; Jan 28, 2016 at 1:16 pm