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As annoying as it was to spend 15-20 minutes resolving this, that's still actually better than if I had had it ticketed on the LH flight number than the codeshare. Especially since I booked the original itinerary online in about 2 minutes.
But how sad is it that we might even contemplate your solution, due to the airlines' incompetence?