Originally Posted by
goodandclassy
problem is, many people are unaware of its workings, so then you ahve to educate a prissy lufthansa woman on why she should let you board lhr-fra with a ticket that say prg-mow, for example
oddly enough, they say that the city pair must remain the same, but the carrier may differ, as long as there is an agreement... maybe that lufty lady was correct... pfff.. i still got my way :-D
The Lufthansa folks are well aware of its workings, since most Lufthansa employees have to use it as well when flying on one of their Star Alliance partners.
As for you particular case, if the underlying ticket of your ZED deal was issued by your airline (=not LH) and you change origin+destination, you need to have your airline reissue the ticket for you. Lufthansa can't do it.
No need to give Lufthansa a hard time - especially since their check-in system instantaneously clears you onto the flight if the revenue forecast has the flight departing with many empty seats. They don't make you sweat it until the gate if they don't have to, which is very nice...
Just in order not to confuse anybody - buddy pass riders are not eligible for ZED fares.
Originally Posted by
SkyTeam777
Awesome explanataion, thanks! Why wouldnt DL choose to reflect that in the seat count though....seems like it would "smooth" over a lot of feathers that way...at least non-rev wise.
Because the seat count is based on the revenue seats available. Delta will most certainly accept a paying passenger on a high fare for example, but not a non-rev traveller paying (close to) nothing... so there is no way to adjust the seat count.
As a matter of fact, some stations even have to offer VDB to paying pax in some cases to get the cargo on - despite the plane not being full...