Dselvan

Oh, I was not aware that they had such a line. I will look into it.
First time booking in First with LH, so all new to me. Thanks for the heads up.

chris63

Welcome, do also bear in mind that LH has drastically cut it’s F capability with the retirement of A380 & A346, the remaining B748 will be spread thinly over suitable F routes going forward

Dselvan

Hi yes,
I was aware of the lack of F with COVID retirements. We were initially on the A380 which was then changed to 747-8i and then now cancelled. The only Indian route supposedly is the 747-8i service to BLR ( So the only F route) in 2021 although the Delhi route is showing 744 which has no F, which I would have thought will not be brought back yet. Only time will tell.

oliver2002

LH canot move your final destination to BLR, but they can route you FRA-BLR-DEL with the last leg operated by AI or UK. I had a similar situation earlier this month (flight to BOM cancelled) and they offered to do FRA-DEL-BOM or FRA-BLR-BOM without hesitation. I asked to terminate in BLR and met with a resounding NO, since BLR-BOM is >249 miles.

The 250 mile rule is for within the same country by the way. FRA and AMS are in different countries. Such conuntry restriction may be waived on a short notice change (<72-24h) but not on a long term schedule change.

SK AAR

Apparently the LH call center agents I spoke to were prepared to change origin to another country as long as < 200 miles. This was for rebooking of cancelled LH flights; not IRROPS. I didn't inquire but assume that changing origin from AMS to BRU would be allowed, but until someone actually confirms having successfully relied on this "within 200 miles" rule some caution is advisable.

Dselvan

Hi
That is good to know since I would be happy to take that option of FRA-BLR-DEL. Ultimately I need to be in Delhi anyway, so if they offer it, I will take it. I will see what they say.
Was your routing change due to a downgrade or a full cancellation? My only issue was, there is still (possibly) a FRA-DEL but with no F and for the money I paid, I do not want to downgrade to J.

mikkelhk

I have a question I also asked several months ago, but it looks like the answer would be different now:
We have a round-trip Denmark-USA outbound on April 22, 2021 and inbound May 1, 2021, booked on May 6, 2021 (so under the pre-May 15 terms), all flights on LH metal and on 220 stock. These flights are in connection with a cruise, which we're considering moving to April 2022.
Until recently (?) we could get a voucher in place of our flights, where the flights had to be completed on December 31, 2021. However, when I was quickly reading through the voucher terms this evening, it now looks like we could get a voucher which has to be redeemed before December 31, 2021, but the flights can be completed until December 26, 2022 (https://www.lufthansa.com/dk/en/flightvoucher ):
I may have confused the terms/options with the "extended rebooking options", which currently state (https://www.lufthansa.com/dk/en/exte...ooking-options ):
Living in Denmark/EU, it appears I can instead use the, IMO, more favorable voucher program.Is this really true, or am I misunderstanding something? I know that our inbound flight is 1 day after the (currently) eligible flight period, but I was hoping for a goodwill acceptance of this flight as well, in order to turn the flights into vouchers to use for flights in April 2022. Have these dates been valid for longer time, and I am confusing the December 31, 2021 cut-off date with the 50€ discount voucher, or are these terms newly edited, to allow flights for the full 2022 calendar year (minus 5 days), but redemption within 2021?
Also, what are the chances that our May 1 inbound will be goodwill/courtesy accepted for a voucher exchange - or that the program would at some point get further extended, to include flights after April 30, 2021?

I greatly appreciate any answer that can assure me of my situation and options.

oliver2002

Full cancellation in my case. But in your case you should be able to move to the only F service left to India, (if they resume service under the current controversy).

Dselvan

Thanks Oliver2002. I will be ringing them in about 3 weeks to rebook. Lets see what happens. Will update.

mikkelhk

So, to answer my own question, I called Lufthansa this afternoon on their Danish number.
I asked what my possibilities were, and that I was looking at moving the bookings one year forward.
At first, I was told that new flights booked with a voucher had to be completed by December 31, 2021, which are the "old" rules, as far as I am aware. I kindly referred the CS agent to the "Lufthansa Flight Value Voucher" website, which clearly states that the voucher has to be redeemed by December 31, 2021, but is valid for flights until December 26, 2022. She then said that this was correct.
So far so good.
However, when I asked if our inbound flight on May 1, 2021 would qualify, although the current cut-off date for eligible flights is April 30, 2021, she said that this would not be a problem, since it was the ticket issuance date that was relevant in reagards to the vouchers, and since the tickets were issued on May 6, 2020, the inbound flights would be eligible too.
What?? The website states nothing about ticket issuing dates, solely dates of flight, which, as I read it, are still cut-off on April 30, 2021.

She said that I could only apply for this voucher online, and I could only book the new tickets online as well, not by phone or in the smartphone app. No problem by me, but I'm still a bit worried that our inbound flights may be denied eligible for a voucher, since they are one day after the current eligibility period. And worst-case, I would end up with "half" a booking; the outbound having been turned into a voucher and then an open/confirmed inbound flight which would be of no use to us.
Any thoughts? "Give it a go and see what happens", or something else?

SK AAR

Why do you want to rebook April/May 2021 flights now? There is plenty of time for the LH waiver/rebooking policy to be extended - and for any schedule changes or cancellation to materialise, which will put you in a different/better position. I would wait until much closer to departure.

mikkelhk

Good question, I wasn't clear about that part in my earlier post #1012 . We're flying to/from a cruise, and we're strongly considering moving this cruise one year out, due to the current situation in USA and especially Florida. This can currently be done at no cost, but the cruise line only offers this program until currently November 30. Just like Lufthansa, the cruise line may very well extend their "lift and shift" program further, but currently our "deadline" for both the cruise rebooking and getting the flight vouchers is November 30, in order to be eligible for the cruise shift. I suppose perhaps we will know more about LH's (early) Summer 2021 program by then?

NickRivas

Not sure where to ask this but if I booked an international F ticket with miles, can I move it to a week earlier or something if there are flights available? What are the requirements or is there a big fee? Not sure if they're more flexible with these weird times and all....

SK AAR

You need to contact the issuer of the ticket for rebooking; F/O class needs to be available. LH can't help/rebook you.

NickRivas

It was with LH that it was booked
not an emergency, will probably leave it as is though