Anyone booked LH F awards recently?
Nov 29, 2011, 12:01 pm
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Anyone booked LH F awards recently?
Has anyone been able to successfully book Lufthansa first class award tickets recently, using UA or CO points?
This thread mentions some problems people have had: they see LH F award seats come up on continental.com searches, but can't book them. Interestingly, the ANA tool does not show the F availability.
Using ua.com, I've been finding a fair amount of LH F in mid-December for US east coast to Germany (for instance, IAD-MUC, ORD-MUC, and BOS-MUC on 12/16), but not a single flight shows F availability on the ANA tool.
So, I'm wondering if anyone has had success in the last week or two with LH F award bookings with UA/CO points??
This thread mentions some problems people have had: they see LH F award seats come up on continental.com searches, but can't book them. Interestingly, the ANA tool does not show the F availability.
Using ua.com, I've been finding a fair amount of LH F in mid-December for US east coast to Germany (for instance, IAD-MUC, ORD-MUC, and BOS-MUC on 12/16), but not a single flight shows F availability on the ANA tool.
So, I'm wondering if anyone has had success in the last week or two with LH F award bookings with UA/CO points??
Nov 29, 2011, 1:55 pm
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I booked mine about 4 weeks ago, did the search from continental.com and found 2x saver F space from FRA-SEA. I booked both seats via phone as this was only part of a multi-leg round trip itinerary.
Nov 29, 2011, 2:06 pm
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Thanks. The problems seem to have kicked in about 2 weeks ago - a month or so ago, whatever I saw as available on ua.com also showed up on ANA. No longer. What I'm trying to find out is whether the LH F seats that show up on ua.com are really bookable. (Of course I could call and ask, but the specific flight I'm looking for hasn't popped up yet.)
Nov 29, 2011, 2:48 pm
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I've noticed that there is availability but only for A330/A340 on long-haul flights in F. We know A380 F is blocked, but I personally haven't seen a single 747 F seat available for UA redemption....
Nov 29, 2011, 3:48 pm
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this year at the SaverPass rates without any problem. Also, have had no problem in booking F seats on LH 747s either.
Don't know why this perception prevails, but it is simply not true. Limited seats, yes; impossible to book, no.
Nov 29, 2011, 3:53 pm
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Lucky noted the zeroing out of LH F availability on his blag a few days ago.
Even when you see it on CO.sux the availability isn't really there and you can't book it with CO. It's a glitch.
Even when you see it on CO.sux the availability isn't really there and you can't book it with CO. It's a glitch.
Nov 29, 2011, 3:56 pm
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from my understanding,
when I am on CO.com, there are some LH F and C cabin that are visible BEFORE i log in as CO-plat. Ofc when I log in it's gone, but when I call CO award desk the visibility was there.
when I am on CO.com, there are some LH F and C cabin that are visible BEFORE i log in as CO-plat. Ofc when I log in it's gone, but when I call CO award desk the visibility was there.
Nov 29, 2011, 5:37 pm
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Here's the screenshots full of bitter disappointment: "When you try to make the booking on Continental’s website it brings you all the way to the booking page, and once you hit “purchase” it tells you there has been a change in availability."
Nov 29, 2011, 5:55 pm
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Here's the screenshots full of bitter disappointment: "When you try to make the booking on Continental’s website it brings you all the way to the booking page, and once you hit “purchase” it tells you there has been a change in availability."
Personally, I have not had any problems booking (or flying) LH F on either the 747 or the A380 when using CO miles for SaverPass awards.
Hopefully your luck improves, because I'm certain you'll enjoy the
onboard experience on both services.
Best of luck!
Nov 29, 2011, 6:20 pm
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Nov 29, 2011, 7:09 pm
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One more thing, if you have M&M points and elite, then it's true, otherwise your story is bogus without proof.
Nov 29, 2011, 7:32 pm
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B) I didn't book them with M&M points.
none are so blind as those who refuse to see.....
