No more F on some LX flights (ZRH-PVG A333)
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No more F on some LX flights (ZRH-PVG A333)
Just had a reservation to PVG in December get downgraded to J. Called SWISS and they told me they don't have an F cabin on this flight anymore. I see F is available one day a week on the A340 but not other days on the A330. The flight was originally supposed to be an A340, so looks like an equipment change. But I thought all A330s have an F cabin and did not know anything about LX taking away F cabin from their aircraft?
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Is it a union requirement for use of F instead of setting aside a few J seats?'
@ung1 would they allow a switch to LH F as substitute?
@ung1 would they allow a switch to LH F as substitute?
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Is it a union requirement for use of F instead of setting aside a few J seats?'
@ung1 would they allow a switch to LH F as substitute?
@ung1 would they allow a switch to LH F as substitute?
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I dont think they have enough 340s to serve all existing routes esp since LX288/289 spend 10+hr on the ground in JNB. An interesting explanation of how it works in this post.
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Did you have to or want to go via both ZRH and FRA? Anyway wouldn't be possible for us due to the limited schedule between Xmas and NY. Flight back in LX in F but that was booked from SIN so no change.
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Yeah some strange stuff is was going on with equipment schedule due to the A340 refurbishment, but the refurbishment should be done in December 2019.
From 2020 when the two new 777s have been delivered the issue of downgrading flights to PVG and JNB from an A340 to an A330 will not be a problem anymore hopefully.
From 2020 when the two new 777s have been delivered the issue of downgrading flights to PVG and JNB from an A340 to an A330 will not be a problem anymore hopefully.
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We weren't given the option. We thought about asking for LHR-FRA direct, but then decided we'd quite like the opportunity to try the LX First class lounge in ZRH. One slightly annoying part is that the ZRH-FRA leg is in Z, so I don't get as many points as in C/D/J.
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Strange because your A class (if it was) should have had all the intra europe segments in J. We were downgraded to J on the long haul and after getting it switched to LH, it is now in F instead of A.
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In that case, did you ask about routing you LHR-FRA-PVG? Unless you want to go via ZHR this seems a bit of a time waster and a sensible agent would have offered that routing to an F pax.