I just flew Austrian air and learned that as of October 1st, 2015, the Lufthansa group created a new "light" flight class that doesn't allow any free luggage for Star Alliance Gold members. My group would have had to pay over 1000 euros if the woman at the check in hadn't reduced our fee to 500 euro, whereas if we had flown in September our baggage would have been free.

It says on the Star Alliance website that all Gold members are entitled to at least one bag or extra weight on top of the regular allowance of the flight class. It seems Lufthansa has disregarded the rules of the group and I'm not sure how this is legal. I've already written the airline and the Star Alliance group, any other ideas for fighting these charges would be appreciated. thanks