Originally Posted by flysurfer
Certainly.
Refer back to post #48. You must be the only one who doesn't wish one's airline of choice improve itself, but simply spite others.
1. LH exit row on longhaul flights (especially on a A340) is much more comfortable that E+. No need for improvement here. Legroom sometimes exceeds UA longhaul C.
This is just laughable. So LH is the only airline with exit row seats?
And LH has FOUR exit row seats on 3 versions of their 747 and EIGHT on their a340 (per seatguru). There are 94 E+ and/or Y exit row seats on UA's 747.
Yep, LH should restrict all 4 of their seats to UA *G. That'll show 'em.
2. On 98-99% of all flights (check ExpertFlyer to validate this claim), LH has free exit row seats on its longhaul flights 24h before departure.
If I were a LH super elite I'd be very angry about this. Why don't they offer them to LH gold and LH "1K" level members?
3. 23h and 59 seconds before departure, every pax with access to a telephone has the opportunity to call LH (as repeatedly mentioned in the LH forum, calling the German call center is recommended), do an online check-in and reserve one of those free seats in exit row.
Some of us have other priorities and would rather have a decent seat assignment at the point of booking.
Feel free to step out of your office and make the phone call.
Conclusion: UA elites who are able to operate a telephone will sit in LH exit row with a success rate of 98-99%. This applys to shorthaul, medium-haul and longhaul flights. It applys to all LH a/c that physically feature an exit row, including the entire regional partner fleet. Of course, all this can change tomorrow, but that's how things have worked for several years.
As for LH elites flying UA: They are able to pre-assign a seat in UA exit row with a success rate of 0%, and in E+ with a sucess rate of 0%, as well. A fair deal, right?
For the record, I never defended this latest change in this, the UA or the US forum.
These are the facts. But then again, never let the facts stand in the way of your views. So carry on whining that "LH hates UA elites", that "UA can't assign seats on LH metal", that "LH puts UA elites into the very back", yadda yadda yadda. It's such a great mantra, please keep it alive for future FF generations. ^
Find me posts where I said that.
But actually you are close on one point, the hating one. But to make it truthful it needs to be updated to read "LH hates EVERYONE".