New "Light" Flight Class means ZERO bags for star alliance gold members

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Oct 4, 2018, 12:21 am

#151

oliver2002

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Originally Posted by charms81

UA ticket clearly shows baggage allowance of 2 checked bags.

The ticket is what matters. LH has introduced light fares across the atlantic for some markets, but not US-India.

Oct 6, 2018, 7:13 am

#152

charms81

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabo.sk

If you have free bags on confirmation, they should honor them, or at the worst case, refund your bag fees. Do you have access to the actual fare basis somewhere? We might be able to glance more of that than Brussels website does.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oliver2002

The ticket is what matters. LH has introduced light fares across the atlantic for some markets, but not US-India.

Perfect. Thank you for your replies. Yes, I was able to confirm the allowance on Brussels website too (outside of my ticket) which says US-India is 2pc system, no lite fares.

Oct 23, 2018, 11:54 pm

#153

LAX

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I apologize if this has been discussed else where. Does "light" fare class include advanced seat assignment? TIA.

LAX

Oct 24, 2018, 8:14 am

#154

athome

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Originally Posted by LAX

I apologize if this has been discussed else where. Does "light" fare class include advanced seat assignment? TIA.

LAX

Intra-European it does not include seat assignment before check-in.

Oct 24, 2018, 2:34 pm

#155

Fabo.sk

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Originally Posted by athome

Intra-European it does not include seat assignment before check-in.

Well you can pay for it, generally. Which is also not always the case.

Dec 5, 2018, 11:03 am

#156

DeadliftsnDonuts

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabo.sk

Well you can pay for it, generally. Which is also not always the case.

So I have a light fare coming up to Vienna and paid for regular seat assignments. It looks like I will have to pay for my luggage as well. Oh well

Dec 7, 2018, 11:04 am

#157

escape4

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I have a J ticket BKK-ZRH on LX and considering to buy a separate ticket ZRH-AMS (LX as well) with short layover in ZRH. Will I be able to tag my bag in BKK all the way to AMS and what if the short flight ZRH-AMS is a light fare? I am *Gold although I do not think it matters for this situation.

Dec 7, 2018, 8:37 pm

#158

chris63

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Originally Posted by escape4

Certainly LX in BKK would check your bags through to AMS on seperate tickets but if the agent picks up that your onward is light fare without a bag you would need to pay for that.
Its cheaper to pay for the bag online than at the airport.

Dec 20, 2018, 5:34 pm

#159

Granite64

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Did you guys notice this on the LH website?

And then this at the bottom of the page:

Dec 20, 2018, 11:43 pm

#160

Fabo.sk

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Yeah, that only applies for long haul, where HBO was recently introduced.
On short haul flights, there is no 0+1 in LH Group.

Dec 21, 2018, 4:24 am

#161

Granite64

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabo.sk

Yeah, that only applies for long haul, where HBO was recently introduced.
On short haul flights, there is no 0+1 in LH Group.

But what if I have a feeder flight from AMS to FRA on LH and then to BKK? Can I still check in one bag at AMS?

Dec 21, 2018, 6:43 am

#162

YuropFlyer

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Only if booked as one ticket (PNR)

Dec 21, 2018, 8:34 am

#163

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Quote:

Originally Posted by YuropFlyer

Only if booked as one ticket (PNR)

I would limit this statement to booked as a single ticket. You can have multiple tickets associated with a single PNR.

Dec 21, 2018, 9:14 am

#164

Granite64

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Quote:

Originally Posted by YuropFlyer

Only if booked as one ticket (PNR)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cas_de

I would limit this statement to booked as a single ticket. You can have multiple tickets associated with a single PNR.

It's L and T class on the FRA-BKK and BKK-FRA segments but it does not say Economy Light on the AMS-FRA and FRA-AMS segments so I think I should be good.
Anyway, thank you for your help. ^

Dec 21, 2018, 12:23 pm

#165

Granite64

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Quote:

Originally Posted by YuropFlyer

Only if booked as one ticket (PNR)

BTW, what do they allow like a small bag/suitcase + one personal item? Or is it just 1 small bag/suitcase?