Originally Posted by warakorn

Because certain clauses of the German law (BGB) cannot be circumvented by contractual terms between an airline and a consumer.
So if a passenger wants to cancel the contract, he or she owes the airline only the proven monetary damage resulting from the cancellation.
LH could of course try to present evidence of the monetary damage. However, in this case LH would have to open its books and has to give up its trade secrets in yield management.