Originally Posted by
twohundredfifty
A data point: checked in w/LH in SOF, 23 hour stop in FRA before a UA flight to to the US, no problems checking luggage through (at least this time). Couldn't get UA boarding passes til in the air (was surprised united.com works on LH wifi).
Originally Posted by
jsloan
LH has different rules than UA.
Yes, but I had an experience at FCO last year where LH was unable to check through on 12+ hour connection to UA because the system wouldn't recognize the second segment, and others have reported similar.
So if this has changed, that's a big plus.