jk2

I have a question. I am checking award availability for July on LH to FRA from US (MIA, IAD, JFK) in F, but if F is available, it is always US-MUC-FRA (no direct flight to FRA), business class is available everyday. Is it norm? I prefer to fly to FRA directly (to use a FCT). Does Lufthansa keeps F seats to FRA until last minute?

TheBOSman

FRA generally (not always, I flew alone in F XXX-FRA once, XXX-MUC same day was sold out in F at F0) has higher paid F demand, so LH generally holds most of the FRA seats a little closer to the vest in terms of releasing them for awards.

whiskey_sk

you can use FCT with same day F BP even if you arrive/depart in F via MUC.

jcooldude

Expertflyer pinged me when a seat opened up. I checked United's site - it found a seat.

I checked Lifemiles - not there. On two separate destinations. How do I understand if these seats will be released to Lifemiles or not right now - i'm trying to run down these points since I have only 500 M&M points left.

Otherwise I'm not really sure how to book with Lifemiles if they don't get the same availability :/

Madone59

Yes. Not just to FRA but all F routes. Also they are ranked by aircraft so A380 routes are the harder to find than 748i routes which are harder to find than Airbus routes.

babiko

LH 418 for Friday March 25? F

Madone59

I see F award "O" space available on that flight on UA.com and EF say's the flight is F5A3 so i trust it.

babiko

Looking for 3 seats, but only showing 2 for me

athome

I have LH never seen opening up than 2 seats at the same moment. Pick it and hope you also can get the 3rd one at Check-in.

A3 does not mean 3 award seats.

MercedesSL600Man

I'm sure this has been answered before but my searches didn't result in me finding the answer.

I have booked in June BOS-FRA-MUC-BKK-HKG with the BOS-FRA and FRA-MUC portions in LH, the rest on TG. The entire trip was booked with United miles for "First Saver Award" of 130k miles each. The LH portions are booked into Business (I) and the LH portions are in First (O). I know LH doesn't release O to partners until last minute, but checking this routing for the next week or so, it shows O class available for the BOS-FRA flight, at the same 130k mile "price" for the entire BOS-HKG routing.

My question is, if (IF!) O becomes available closer to my departure date, how can I request to be moved from Business to First, since I've already provided the 130,000 miles per person that is required for First when it is available. I hope United doesn't force me to pay the award change fee, because no flights are changing and I wouldn't be using any more or less miles, just moving from I to O if it becomes available. I hope my question is clear.

The unusual routing is so I can get as many 747 flights in as possible

oliver2002

United has to update/reissue your ticket after changing the booking class, no way around it. LH will not touch your ticket and transport you in I irregardless of the underlying O fare.

PDXjets22

I have a few questions about some issues I've had while looking for space on the Aeroplan site. ( I know it becomes avail T-14 days out)

First, I was looking for space between ORD-FRA on a certain day and no space showed available, I then searched ORD-MUC and space showed available from ORD-FRA-MUC on the flight I was originally looking for between ORD-FRA. why would this be?

Second, I tried comparing space between the United site and the Aeroplan site and space was showing available on United but not with Aeroplan for the same day. If I understand correctly from other posts space opens to partners between 9-9:30pm pst but that still would not explain this discrepancy?

Finally, I looked for space for one person and it didn't show available, then I ran a search for two people and it did show available. Why would this be?

Again this is all on the aeroplan site. Thanks in advance for your help.

TravelingRabbit

I'm planning to use M&M to fly LAX-FRA/MUC to fly Aug 2017 (yes a long ways off). I'm looking at Apr 10th, LAX-MUC a seat open in first... checked expertflyer, and it doesn't show.

Is expertflyer useless for award bookings still?

NewbieRunner

Are you planning to use M&M miles for an award but don't have enough miles to check award availability?

I can't see any F award for LAX-MUC on April 10th on M&M though I can find one F award seat on April 11th.

ExpertFlyer doesn't show F award on either 10th or 11th.

FCTraveller

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.