Originally Posted by
brando09
... but the feedback from them was that GPU's are only valid on Lufthansa mainline flights which I'm not so sure is correct. ...
The rules state
Global Premier Upgrades on Lufthansa-operated flights ...
And
Wikipedia states
PrivatAir is a Swiss airline operating business jets, headquartered at Geneva International Airport in Meyrin
...
In April 2015, it has been announced that Lufthansa reduces their affiliation with PrivatAir as the route from Frankfurt to Dammam will be shut down by the end of October 2015.[5] PrivatAir also used to operate flights to Libreville,[6] Pointe-Noire,[6] Accra[7] Bahrain,[8] and Tel Aviv[9] on behalf of Lufthansa but these routes were all terminated a few years earlier.
Appears PrivatAir does wet-lease flights for LH.
Originally Posted by
GreekDeno
Thanks again. The other hang up that I got from UA 1k desk is that it's operated by Privatair (LH 591). From my searches I didn't see if those can indeed not be upgraded with a gpu or miles. Do you/anybody know? Obviously if not, I want to reduce the fair from B to cheaper fare.
edit for future people searching: Just talked with the second agent tonight on this and they called LH to also confirm. It is not upgradeable since it is not operated by LH. And from ua.com I now see (missed it before): "Global Premier Upgrades on Lufthansa-operated flights are valid for one-segment, one-cabin upgrades on any multi-cabin international flight operated by Lufthansa."