No longer able to book LH Group intra-Europe only flights on UA 016 ticket stock
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No longer able to book LH Group intra-Europe only flights on UA 016 ticket stock
Effective today LH group no longer allows other carriers to plate pure LH group fares. So UA will no longer be able to sell intra Europe tickets on UA.bomb and on 016 stock. UA/LH fares filed under the various JVs (transatlantic, J++, etc) are not affected.
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Confirmed, they are only selling Y and J classes now.
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Apparently OS did not get the memo.
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Edit: Perhaps this is a long-running issue with one-way fares US -> EU, as they often price into high fare buckets. However I am seeing similar problems with round trip fares, but not as many.
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I am trying to book a one-way ticket from the US -> Europe using UA for the TATL part, then LH to connect intra-europe. All fares on united.com are Y/J only! Pretty much any fare that combines a UA metal TATL and a LH flight. I hope this is a bug!
Edit: Perhaps this is a long-running issue with one-way fares US -> EU, as they often price into high fare buckets. However I am seeing similar problems with round trip fares, but not as many.
Edit: Perhaps this is a long-running issue with one-way fares US -> EU, as they often price into high fare buckets. However I am seeing similar problems with round trip fares, but not as many.
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Yep, the usual longhaul fares should be available easily. The LH group operated regional fares are now off limits for UA to plate on their stock.
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Your source? Asking because this makes it harder to earn PQDs for those of us chasing United status.
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GENERAL RULE - APPLY UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF LH OR OS ..... OR - TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF LH OR LX .... OR - TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF LH OR SN
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FWIW LH-Group also changed ticketing-rules for intra-European flights in all classes except full-fare to require LH-Group stock.
So for a few days now UA cannot issue any of the LH-Group fares on 016-documents any more...quite an issue as this means that you will no longer be able to earn miles based on money spend but on distance only, which within Europe is kind of minuscule.
Greetings - Dirk
So for a few days now UA cannot issue any of the LH-Group fares on 016-documents any more...quite an issue as this means that you will no longer be able to earn miles based on money spend but on distance only, which within Europe is kind of minuscule.
Greetings - Dirk
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No only intra-European LH group flights on UA 016 tickets. However, if in conjunction with outside of Europe travel, say TATL flight, there are no limitation. A key point.
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Right. So it's still possible to book (for example) SFO-FRA-FCO in W on UA stock.
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no more cheap economy flights on LH booked thru UA.com?
Hi -
I was looking to book an intra-European ticket on UA.com as I have done multiple times in the past. For some reason I only get very expensive flexible Economy and basic Economy shows not available, when it is in fact available on Expedia and LH.com
Is that a trend?
Thanks
FeM
I was looking to book an intra-European ticket on UA.com as I have done multiple times in the past. For some reason I only get very expensive flexible Economy and basic Economy shows not available, when it is in fact available on Expedia and LH.com
Is that a trend?
Thanks
FeM