Nov 5, 2019, 4:16 am
Last edit by: oliver2002
Rebooking waiver issued November 5, 2019 for the strike to occur on November 7-8, 2019
LH advises you what do in case of irreg cancellations here: https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-disruptions
UFO has called on its cabin crew members for a two-day strike on 7 and 8 November. Lufthansa condemns the UFO's call for a strike in the strongest possible terms and is considering legal steps to prevent the strike. We are currently working at full speed on a special flight plan for Thursday and Friday which will be published on Wednesday. We apologize for any inconvenience that may arise.
Please check this website regularly, leave your mobile number in your Miles & More profile or in your booking and you will automatically be informed about the latest changes.
Your flight has not yet been cancelled, but you still want to change to another day or the train?
In order to give you planning security, we now offer you a free rebooking in the following cases
If you are booked on a domestic Lufthansa flight, we offer you a free exchange of your flight route for a train ticket on this page.
If and when a particular strike begins and flights are actually beginning to be cancelled/automatically rebooked, you can call or use facebook messenger ( https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/chatbot ) and ask for a rebooking/rerouting. If your ticket was issued by a travel agent or different airline, you are advised to contact the issuing office.
LH usually rebooks to other LH Group carriers, any star alliance carrier or other IATA airline it has an interline agreement with. The preference to do so is in the same order and done only if the preferred alternative doesn't have any free seats in the class of service (not booking class). Award bookings are treated the same way, although you may be requested to contact the issuing carrier for reissuing the ticket. LH issued tickets are usually reissued using the ATC irreg system. Because of the ATC in place, any travel agent who originally issued the tickets can rebook using the rules and reissue the tickets automatically without any intervention required by Lufthansa.
Details of the LH irreg invol rebooking policy is here: https://aviacenter.ru/en/news/2019/04/29/lufthansa-group-airlines.-flight-irregularities-policy-(in-case-of-schedule-changes)/
More details on irreg procedures here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufth...interview.html
LH advises you what do in case of irreg cancellations here: https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-disruptions
Information on the announced strike of UFO
UFO has called on its cabin crew members for a two-day strike on 7 and 8 November. Lufthansa condemns the UFO's call for a strike in the strongest possible terms and is considering legal steps to prevent the strike. We are currently working at full speed on a special flight plan for Thursday and Friday which will be published on Wednesday. We apologize for any inconvenience that may arise.
Please check this website regularly, leave your mobile number in your Miles & More profile or in your booking and you will automatically be informed about the latest changes.
Your flight has not yet been cancelled, but you still want to change to another day or the train?
In order to give you planning security, we now offer you a free rebooking in the following cases
- You are booked on a Lufthansa Group flight to and from Frankfurt or Munich with departure on 7 or 8 November.
- Your ticket was issued on and before 4 November.
If you are booked on a domestic Lufthansa flight, we offer you a free exchange of your flight route for a train ticket on this page.
If and when a particular strike begins and flights are actually beginning to be cancelled/automatically rebooked, you can call or use facebook messenger ( https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/chatbot ) and ask for a rebooking/rerouting. If your ticket was issued by a travel agent or different airline, you are advised to contact the issuing office.
LH usually rebooks to other LH Group carriers, any star alliance carrier or other IATA airline it has an interline agreement with. The preference to do so is in the same order and done only if the preferred alternative doesn't have any free seats in the class of service (not booking class). Award bookings are treated the same way, although you may be requested to contact the issuing carrier for reissuing the ticket. LH issued tickets are usually reissued using the ATC irreg system. Because of the ATC in place, any travel agent who originally issued the tickets can rebook using the rules and reissue the tickets automatically without any intervention required by Lufthansa.
Details of the LH irreg invol rebooking policy is here: https://aviacenter.ru/en/news/2019/04/29/lufthansa-group-airlines.-flight-irregularities-policy-(in-case-of-schedule-changes)/
More details on irreg procedures here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufth...interview.html
UFO FA Strike [at EW/4U/CL/SXD on 20OCT19, LH 7-8NOV19 & 4U 30DEC-1JAN20]
Nov 6, 2019, 12:10 am
#109
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Tell’s you a lot about LH priorities & that’s clearly not the pax
Nov 6, 2019, 12:31 am
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Nov 6, 2019, 12:59 am
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The hearing in court about the legality of the strike is at 9.30am today.
https://arbeitsgerichtsbarkeit.hesse...e-lufthansa-ag
https://arbeitsgerichtsbarkeit.hesse...e-lufthansa-ag
Angekündigte Arbeitskampfmaßnahmen bei der Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Am Mittwoch, dem 6. November 2019, 9:30 Uhr, wird vor dem Arbeitsgericht Frankfurt am Main unter dem Aktenzeichen 15 Ga 146/19 ein Eilantrag der Deutsche Lufthansa AG gegen den Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation e.V. auf Untersagung von Arbeitsniederlegungen verhandelt.
Am Mittwoch, dem 6. November 2019, 9:30 Uhr, wird vor dem Arbeitsgericht Frankfurt am Main unter dem Aktenzeichen 15 Ga 146/19 ein Eilantrag der Deutsche Lufthansa AG gegen den Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation e.V. auf Untersagung von Arbeitsniederlegungen verhandelt.
Nov 6, 2019, 1:19 am
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I'd be really surprised if the courts stop this strike. The right to hold strikes has been valued highly by the courts in the past. Not that I necessarily agree with that, but that's why we have legislative and judicial branches (besides the executive branch, of course).
Nov 6, 2019, 1:20 am
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Does anyone know what cities are on this list of flights that are or are not operating? I keep getting told that I have to wait and that no other options are available right now.
Nov 6, 2019, 1:22 am
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We are currently working at full speed on a special flight plan for Thursday and Friday which will be published on Wednesday. We apologize for any inconvenience that may arise.
Nov 6, 2019, 1:23 am
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I called the hotline this morning. I only called once but the info I had was they hadn’t received a timeline as of yet.
I presume this is a lower Court? I would imagine UFO lawyers would appeal right away if they lose, just like LH would?
I presume this is a lower Court? I would imagine UFO lawyers would appeal right away if they lose, just like LH would?
Nov 6, 2019, 1:54 am
#116
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They are waiting for the court decision, the plan is ready and seems to be available on the intranet. GDS and flights will be updated only when the decision is made.
Nov 6, 2019, 3:03 am
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This is a painful wait.... Check in is open for my flight tomorrow but I don't want to check in until they announce if they strike or not and if my flights will be affected. I suppose it's easier to make changes if you're not checked in yet.
Nov 6, 2019, 3:33 am
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The court just gave the go ahead for the strike: https://www.ffh.de/nachrichten/hesse...source=Twitter