Lufthansa First Award seats availability [for partner FFPs outside of M&M]
Apr 28, 2016, 10:58 am
#331
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If anyone is interested, F award availability MUC-YUL available on LifeMiles and is wide open from now until early next year, almost every day. I have just booked 4 dates. Strangely, I cannot see this availability on Aeroplan and it doesn't show up on ExpertFlyer searches. MUC-YYZ continues to show availability on most days 14 days out. I have flown the Montreal route twice and I was the only passenger in F both times.
Apr 28, 2016, 11:04 am
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Saw a O4 on a flight XX-FRA for today or tomorrow. Believe it was from SFO OR DEN. Was also F4. Not sure I've seen 4 award seats together before either
Apr 28, 2016, 11:31 am
#333
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If anyone is interested, F award availability MUC-YUL available on LifeMiles and is wide open from now until early next year, almost every day. I have just booked 4 dates. Strangely, I cannot see this availability on Aeroplan and it doesn't show up on ExpertFlyer searches. MUC-YYZ continues to show availability on most days 14 days out. I have flown the Montreal route twice and I was the only passenger in F both times.
May 25, 2016, 9:16 pm
#334
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How long before departure will LH release unsold F seats LAX-FRA?
How long typically before departure will LH release unsold F seats?
(We are on the 748, not the A380...but we prefer that.)
Thanks for any help!
May 26, 2016, 1:15 am
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May 28, 2016, 4:23 am
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Indeed. I'm holding 1 F award LAX-FRA for Oct 2017 plus 1 J award for my husband for the same. We are hoping to find a second F award LAX-FRA closer to our travel.
How long typically before departure will LH release unsold F seats?
(We are on the 748, not the A380...but we prefer that.)
Thanks for any help!
How long typically before departure will LH release unsold F seats?
(We are on the 748, not the A380...but we prefer that.)
Thanks for any help!
I have been watching the FRA-LAX route closely lately as I am doing a lot of paid F on that route, but always need to find A class.
FWIW there has been significantly more A (and F) availability on the A380 flight than the 747-8i flight... I would guess due to the better timing (imo anyway).
Point is, I wouldn't expect due to being on the 747-8i flight that you'll have better chance of another award seat opening than on the A380.
Jun 3, 2016, 8:19 pm
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Hi there
I have been watching the FRA-LAX route closely lately as I am doing a lot of paid F on that route, but always need to find A class.
FWIW there has been significantly more A (and F) availability on the A380 flight than the 747-8i flight... I would guess due to the better timing (imo anyway).
Point is, I wouldn't expect due to being on the 747-8i flight that you'll have better chance of another award seat opening than on the A380.
I have been watching the FRA-LAX route closely lately as I am doing a lot of paid F on that route, but always need to find A class.
FWIW there has been significantly more A (and F) availability on the A380 flight than the 747-8i flight... I would guess due to the better timing (imo anyway).
Point is, I wouldn't expect due to being on the 747-8i flight that you'll have better chance of another award seat opening than on the A380.
Holding one now for a trip next week but not cleared yet.
Jun 30, 2016, 7:24 pm
#339
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FRA - ORD F award
I currently have a F award booked with Asiana miles FRA- IAD on LH and IAD - ORD on UA that I was able to book 14 days out .
Will LH let me change to FRA- ORD direct LH flight if there's room on day of flight with agent in FCT since all changes with Asiana need to happen 72 hours prior to flight?
Thanks!
Will LH let me change to FRA- ORD direct LH flight if there's room on day of flight with agent in FCT since all changes with Asiana need to happen 72 hours prior to flight?
Thanks!
Jun 30, 2016, 9:36 pm
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I currently have a F award booked with Asiana miles FRA- IAD on LH and IAD - ORD on UA that I was able to book 14 days out .
Will LH let me change to FRA- ORD direct LH flight if there's room on day of flight with agent in FCT since all changes with Asiana need to happen 72 hours prior to flight?
Thanks!
Will LH let me change to FRA- ORD direct LH flight if there's room on day of flight with agent in FCT since all changes with Asiana need to happen 72 hours prior to flight?
Thanks!
Jun 30, 2016, 11:58 pm
#341
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I currently have a F award booked with Asiana miles FRA- IAD on LH and IAD - ORD on UA that I was able to book 14 days out .
Will LH let me change to FRA- ORD direct LH flight if there's room on day of flight with agent in FCT since all changes with Asiana need to happen 72 hours prior to flight?
Thanks!
Will LH let me change to FRA- ORD direct LH flight if there's room on day of flight with agent in FCT since all changes with Asiana need to happen 72 hours prior to flight?
Thanks!
Jul 1, 2016, 12:24 am
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See post 14 here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...2-changes.html
LH is staying within *A rules and offering a certain number of F seats to *A partner FFPs, just not at 330 days out as it used to be and not as many as it used to be when you had 16 seats in the UD. Also on certain routes they are aware that mileage millionaires are lurking in the shadows waiting to redeem at short notice (ORD and NYC are notorious for UA plats / 1Ks changing their award tickets for free to grab O seats that are released a day before departure to enable business travellers to upgrade for miles at the airport).
LH is staying within *A rules and offering a certain number of F seats to *A partner FFPs, just not at 330 days out as it used to be and not as many as it used to be when you had 16 seats in the UD. Also on certain routes they are aware that mileage millionaires are lurking in the shadows waiting to redeem at short notice (ORD and NYC are notorious for UA plats / 1Ks changing their award tickets for free to grab O seats that are released a day before departure to enable business travellers to upgrade for miles at the airport).
Jul 2, 2016, 2:31 am
#344
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LH releases some award seats in First to other Star alliance programs outside M&M 14 days before the day of departure. Be sure to check early in the morning exactly 14 days before as the tend to be grabbed quickly.
Indeed. I'm holding 1 F award LAX-FRA for Oct 2017 plus 1 J award for my husband for the same. We are hoping to find a second F award LAX-FRA closer to our travel.
How long typically before departure will LH release unsold F seats?
(We are on the 748, not the A380...but we prefer that.)
Thanks for any help!
How long typically before departure will LH release unsold F seats?
(We are on the 748, not the A380...but we prefer that.)
Thanks for any help!
Jul 2, 2016, 11:04 am
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FWIW, I just booked first on Swiss's 777 LAX-ZRH for December and there was plenty of availability. Could be because they restrict bookings to SEN and HON Circle, but so far I've been pretty happy. I got two first seats on the exact flights I want.