Originally Posted by
milepig
This is plain not the case - I immediately pulled up a 100% LAX/FRA itinerary non-stop LH codeshare.
My experience as well. If I search SFO-MUC (no UA nonstop), the LH nonstop codeshare is listed first. If I search SFO-FRA, the UA nonstop appears first, then the LH nonstop, then connecting itineraries with a preference for UA.