Hi LH Lurkers,
Welcome! Great to see you here collecting feedback. As a new FTer myself, here's my story:
- Based in FRA
- Mostly TATL flights for work, almost always in S or W. Very very seldom in C.
- Very seldom TATL flights for pleasure, preferred Z.
- FTL the last 4 years or so (~70,000 miles p.a. from S/W since joining my current company), very recent SEN promotion
Current insights (aka thinly veiled complaints)
- overrun lounges in FRA - admittedly, my first SEN lounge visit won't be for another two days
- non-existent op-ups from S/W to Z -once in about 40 TATL flights in the past as FTL, low hopes of change after viewing this thread
- expensive mileage upgrade from standard eco to business
I've always been satisfied with the LH experience as a semi-FTL. Now that I fly TATL more often, the above list has me close to convinced that I should book with UA starting 1 Jan 2013. *G is easier to reach, which means connecting flights in NA are always op-up as I understand, and mileage upgrades are much more affordable.
Cheers
Low End