upgrading on flights where [*]LH is the carrier[*]LH is the flight-number[*]UA Mileage plus is your ff-account

You can officially upgrade on all paid fares, exept "W" fare (if you would have and use a LH miles&more-account you could even upgrade "W"-fares). Transatlantic flights "cost" the same UA-mileage amount as with UA as carrier (20'000 miles one-way for upgrade, it would cost 25'000 miles on a LH-miles&more account).

ONLY your UA-people can handle your upgrade-request on LH: they can clear the upgrade situation, deliver you your paper-upgrade-voucher (you can't do that electronically yet), and make the final upgraded seat reservation. Allow up to 3 weeks to get the paper-voucher outside the US - I don't know how much time it takes if you live in the US.

One more advice: you will, very probably, not been given automatically your status-bonus on that LH-flight (25% Premier, 100% Premex and 1K). Have a look into this problem at http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/Foru...ML/000802.html

[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 07-15-1999).]