Originally Posted by
irishguy28
Amsterdam to Frankfurt is an international flight - Netherlands to Germany.
You are correct, it IS an international flight. I should have more accurately specified “transatlantic”.
You're probably aware that the US Big 3 airlines do not offer child fares; you might however not know that Lufthansa is in an anti-trust immunised joint-venture with United (and others) for transatlantic fares, which means that Lufthansa cannot set its own fares for transatlantic journeys. The participating airlines all coordinate schedules, set fares, and share revenue on transatlantic tickets. It would appear that United's policy of not offering child fares is what is nixing Lufthansa's ability to offer child fares on transatlantic routes.
So this is an interesting take on it. I did not think of it that way. But then IMO they really shouldn’t put that on the .com website and advertise it in that way. Or make another foot note to specify. Airlines do love their little foot notes.