Seat Reservations on Lufthansa operated flights when booked through United [merged]
Jun 14, 2016, 9:41 pm
#76
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Jun 14, 2016, 9:53 pm
#77
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Location: Colorado
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When I checked in online, daughter had the same seat we'd originally reserved, but as noted, more than once I've had LH drop seat assignments on ex-DEN TATL segments for no apparent reason close in to flight time.
Strange...but in the end a non-event. I wouldn't have even noticed had I just show up at the airport tomorrow and not been poking around the res. And would have saved some number of bytes on the internet
Jun 15, 2016, 1:55 am
#78
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Similar problem here. Booked on LX (ZRH-BOS in A) but with UA flight number on UA ticket. Can chose our seats on all other legs via LH.com but not for that one, neither on UA.com nor LX. TA is clueless.
Any point calling LX, LH SEN line or UA?
Not that it really matters a lot which of the remaining 7 seats will be ours
Any point calling LX, LH SEN line or UA?
Not that it really matters a lot which of the remaining 7 seats will be ours
Last edited by Hardy; Jun 15, 2016 at 1:56 am Reason: completed
Jun 15, 2016, 3:51 am
#79
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Jul 23, 2016, 6:25 pm
#80
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Booked an open-jaw in J, BOS-MUC/BCN-BOS on UA ticket stock. BOS-MUC LH operated, BCN-BOS UA operated. I got two record locators: one UA, one LH. I only can select seats on the UA flights. I cannot select a seat using the LH record locator on the LH website.
If I call LH, can they give me a seat assignment on BOS-MUC?
If I call LH, can they give me a seat assignment on BOS-MUC?
Jul 25, 2016, 1:11 pm
#81
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Only one way to find out ... 
Booked an open-jaw in J, BOS-MUC/BCN-BOS on UA ticket stock. BOS-MUC LH operated, BCN-BOS UA operated. I got two record locators: one UA, one LH. I only can select seats on the UA flights. I cannot select a seat using the LH record locator on the LH website.
If I call LH, can they give me a seat assignment on BOS-MUC?
If I call LH, can they give me a seat assignment on BOS-MUC?
Jul 25, 2016, 1:31 pm
#82
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Jul 25, 2016, 3:24 pm
#83
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Jul 25, 2016, 4:42 pm
#84
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Aug 28, 2016, 12:29 am
#87
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NYC
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She's absolutely right.
And you are here for so long that you have absolutely zero excuse for booking a code share - on the long haul sectors for crying out loud! Codes shares have been a disaster for seat allocation since the dawn of time and ever since the introduction if paid seat allocation they have become a 100% no go.
They might have been a few dollars cheaper than the LH stock offer and now you pay with the uncertainty of the seat allocation.
The good thing is that at T-24 one can check in to the seats available ... but even the online check in doesn't work well on code shares.
On a lighter note - grace to ASR, many people cannot and do not allocate seats and LH will plant your family in one lump on whatever seats are lefy, given that you are all booked on one reservation.
And you are here for so long that you have absolutely zero excuse for booking a code share - on the long haul sectors for crying out loud! Codes shares have been a disaster for seat allocation since the dawn of time and ever since the introduction if paid seat allocation they have become a 100% no go.
They might have been a few dollars cheaper than the LH stock offer and now you pay with the uncertainty of the seat allocation.
The good thing is that at T-24 one can check in to the seats available ... but even the online check in doesn't work well on code shares.
On a lighter note - grace to ASR, many people cannot and do not allocate seats and LH will plant your family in one lump on whatever seats are lefy, given that you are all booked on one reservation.
Adam
Aug 28, 2016, 4:26 pm
#88
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Yesterday I booked JFK-FRA-CAI in P as code shares and was auto assigned seats. Today I was able to view and modify the seat assignments using the app but for some reason I am unable to view the itinerary on the website.
Aug 28, 2016, 6:21 pm
#89
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Location: Boulder, Colorado
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Are you using the LH PNR? I've not had a problem adding new reservations to my M&M login.
Aug 28, 2016, 6:56 pm
#90
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