Originally Posted by YuropFlyer

This is some of the most crazy rule EVER..

Basically, if this becomes the norm, what will happen is:

Airlines will stop offering any kind of non-full-flex ticket on the German market/travel agents etc. (ie, everything that would be under this new "rule") -> everyone who wishes to book non-flex (ie, affordable) tickets would have to do so at a foreign OTA.

Result: German travel agencies would go out of the market for good*. Besides, not changing much.

*They would probably set of foreign daughter companies and just forward everything there ;-)

I doubt this rule will be uphold - any sane judge will see what the result will be.

Besides that, LH already does offer tickets with coupons that you can fly in any order you want - they're obviously sold at big extra costs, but they're acting within the law.