Originally Posted by
luv2ctheworld
Thanks for the replies. We ran off to the airport to see what alternates were available. Luckily, (or unluckily based on how one views it), US was proactive and had already rebooked us on a direct flight from MUC to LAX. The inbound PHL-MUC never made it, hence our MUC-PHL was CX.
It got us in earlier, so it seems no EU compensation applies
What was really disappointing was that we had alot of empty seats on the US flight, enough for lying out 4 across in the middle, but the rebooking on LH put is in the middle seats on a A340
All in all, kudos to their proactive approach. They offered us lunch vouchers for 10 Euros each, though the LH check in agent said originally 25, so I don't know why the discrepancy.
You were rebooked from a poor USAir to a nice LH direct flight (probably in Y which gives you great miles). You left 3,5 hours later and arrived 2 hours earlier... ok you missed 7 hours in a empty USAir middle row but saved 5,5 hours. PHL-LAX would have been packed for sure. You shouldn´t be dissapointed how it went. I was on the flight PHL-MUC that turned around after 3 hours and went back to PHL because of "oilproblem on right engine". I arrived 24 hours later in MUC which WAS dissapointing.