Originally Posted by
david_oz
The current situation where booking on LH removes many benefits of status usually has me staying on UA metal even if the price and schedule are worse, which I'm sure is the exact intention from all parties in the JV. Any reports about whether things any better with the other LH group airlines across the Atlantic, or with AC when booking through a codeshare?
Not that I can remember but I might forget some. As a general rule though, most carriers grant their own *G much better own-metal benefits in terms of seat selection than they do OAL *G. It's not like UA offers free E+ at booking to LH *G either, or any other seat selection benefit relative to a general member.
The standout in my memory is that NZ treats any *G more or less identically to their own *G, all the way down to admonishing me for calling the non-elite line
