op ups - who's chosen first
Aug 4, 2008, 2:24 pm
#136
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
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Aug 4, 2008, 2:42 pm
#137
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: STR
Programs: LH HON->SEN, BA GGL+CCR->Gold, HH D, Hertz PC
Posts: 603
Never got one on a LH flight. Ok, only ~150 LH (incl CL, EW, C9) flights within the last couple of years. But already 2 op-ups on UA (where I've no status with and a total of ~65 flights).
Aug 4, 2008, 3:31 pm
#138
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Point Place, Wisconsin
Programs: LH HON, BA Gold, EK Gold
Posts: 14,505
One op up to date: HAM-FRA from Y -> C ... perhaps in a next life !
Aug 4, 2008, 3:39 pm
#139
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: ZRH / MUC / VIE
Programs: M&M basic / happy Wizzair+ user :-)
Posts: 6,490
I get very regularly opups 
(and sometimes even say "no, thank you...", when the new seat is worse than the original one).
The best chances are on touristic routes on saturdays and sundays - never got one on a weekday so far...
(and sometimes even say "no, thank you...", when the new seat is worse than the original one). The best chances are on touristic routes on saturdays and sundays - never got one on a weekday so far...
Aug 4, 2008, 3:50 pm
#140
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Location: Point Place, Wisconsin
Programs: LH HON, BA Gold, EK Gold
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(M&M isn't that bad, especially pre 2004 !)
Aug 8, 2008, 3:37 pm
#141
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: LAX
Programs: LH HON
Posts: 119
Wow, my first ever op-up from Y -> C with LH on FRA-ORD 
. Even more surprising as I travelled on an award ticket and I am only FTL, ie. bottom feeder.
Marc
. Even more surprising as I travelled on an award ticket and I am only FTL, ie. bottom feeder.Marc
Aug 8, 2008, 4:11 pm
#142
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 38,265
Aug 8, 2008, 4:19 pm
#143
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
Aug 8, 2008, 4:27 pm
#144
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: ZRH / MUC / VIE
Programs: M&M basic / happy Wizzair+ user :-)
Posts: 6,490
There is a simple way to enjoy biz (and you even choose your preferred seat in advance) !
Go to www.lufthansa.com , and buy a ticket
(For this advice I should get an award
).
Go to www.lufthansa.com , and buy a ticket
(For this advice I should get an award
).
Aug 9, 2008, 1:28 am
#145
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
LH gate rep told me she would upgrade all M&M (even blue) first, before any *G's, which is why I got SEN - I had *no* op-ups on LH until then...
Aug 9, 2008, 4:40 am
#146
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Munich, Germany
Programs: LH HON, DL FO/MM, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Accor Lifetime Platinum, Sixt Diamond
Posts: 6,174
That is not the norm. *G comes below LH's own FTLs, but definetely ahead of any regular M/M members. The gate agent must have been on a power trip that day.
Aug 9, 2008, 11:58 am
#147
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: FRA
Programs: LH SEN+, UA 1k, AA Plat, Solitaire PPS, BA Silver, :rolleyes:, :eek:
Posts: 2,679
There is a simple way to enjoy biz (and you even choose your preferred seat in advance) !
Go to www.lufthansa.com , and buy a ticket
Go to www.lufthansa.com , and buy a ticket
Aug 9, 2008, 1:31 pm
#148
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
I think procedure should be to use the M&M (FTL at the time) card...or suffer!
Aug 10, 2008, 6:49 am
#149
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 38,265
.Maybe M&L Blue come first, SENs definitely don't
.I know that was quite a blasphemous comment. I cannot recall to have ever purchased anything on lufthansa.com other than fare errors
...Definitely never a Biz tix.
Aug 10, 2008, 7:22 am
#150
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: MUC/LAX/SMV
Programs: LH, UA, BD, AA, NW, FB, NH, AC, Sixt, Hertz, Avis, *W, HH, Marriott, PC, Leaders Club, AMEX
Posts: 12,406
Forget LH Family&Friends, it's nothing compared to the OS Friends&More program, which I was lucky enough to enjoy just a few days ago. Honestly, this OS C experience was so much better than all my LH F, SQ F, TG F and of course UA F flights combined that I'm pretty certain I will never be able to enjoy a regular flight in F again.
I guess I'll simply have to stop flying and cherish the memories.
But it was nice knowing you all.
I guess I'll simply have to stop flying and cherish the memories.
But it was nice knowing you all.