Originally Posted by
daron4000
While I don't know who is "at fault" here, I would blame LH more than UA for excluding UA when it is LH who may be "forcing" its passengers onto UA operated flights and then denying them access to the FCL's. The same argument can be said of earning HON miles on UA transatlantic flights.
The fault lies with UA, who don't want to pay LH for access to the F lounges or HON miles. UA miles used to count for HON, until few years ago. It is a bit the same as UA not crediting code shares on LH with GS BIS miles. There is enough blame to go around.