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LH Advance Seat selection fees for flights booked on UA tickets (none on X awards)
Seat assignment fees for LH flights booked via UA has a moving target, consult LH Seat selection and advance seat reservation for present rules
As of July 2021
Codeshares are now included
UA economy award tickets -- no fee
Paid economy tickets (without higher LH status) -- fee varies on flight distance, intraEurope may be fee for higher economy fares
Paid Premium Economy (without higher LH status) -- fee varies on flight distance
Business / First -- no fee, even for codeshares
For those seats with advance selection fees, there will be no fee at check-in for available seats
LH Advance Seat selection fees for flights booked on UA tickets (none on X awards)
Seat assignment fees for LH flights booked via UA has a moving target, consult LH Seat selection and advance seat reservation for present rules
As of July 2021
Codeshares are now included
UA economy award tickets -- no fee
Paid economy tickets (without higher LH status) -- fee varies on flight distance, intraEurope may be fee for higher economy fares
Paid Premium Economy (without higher LH status) -- fee varies on flight distance
Business / First -- no fee, even for codeshares
For those seats with advance selection fees, there will be no fee at check-in for available seats
LH Advance Seat selection fees for flights booked on UA tickets {Archive}
Jun 20, 2017, 8:01 am
#46
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Just to level the playing field - what happens to someone who goes on LH's Website and books a J ticket on LH ticket stock and with an LH code share flight number, but is operated by UA? Can he/she book a seat assignment?
Jun 20, 2017, 8:04 am
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I asked this earlier in the thread, but no one answered.
Jun 20, 2017, 8:40 am
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The only UA fares that disallow advance seat assignments are BE fares.
Jun 20, 2017, 9:22 am
#49
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Just booked a 016 trip with a LH coded and operated flight, not able to select seat. What a bunch of BS this is if it's real.
Jun 20, 2017, 10:19 am
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Went on to confirm seat selection on a flight I booked in February. While I'd previously selected my seats, and they were confirmed, could not change them. Spoke to LH and was told "you can change your seats at the airport, but not online." Swiss flight worked fine.
Jun 20, 2017, 1:58 pm
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That makes no sense. LX flights on UA codeshare cannot get seats online anyway ... but you can call or Email.
Jun 20, 2017, 4:10 pm
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Jun 20, 2017, 8:29 pm
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In this day and age codeshared should be prohibited, period. It's nothing more than a marking hack and it creates a lot of inconvenience to the customers.
In the past codeshare connection we're more easily discoverable, because search engines were bad and would look at "same airline" first. Now flight search is pretty good and will find connections on other metal as long as there is a fare which allows them.
Same goes for 1-stop direct flight (connection with same flight number, but most of the time even different aircraft and will not wait it first section is late).
In the past codeshare connection we're more easily discoverable, because search engines were bad and would look at "same airline" first. Now flight search is pretty good and will find connections on other metal as long as there is a fare which allows them.
Same goes for 1-stop direct flight (connection with same flight number, but most of the time even different aircraft and will not wait it first section is late).
Jun 21, 2017, 6:42 am
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Tested on my Corpo Booking Tool - I get UNABLE TO PROCESS error response
Ridiculous - at the end of the day they share the money...
Jun 21, 2017, 8:35 am
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You also only get PQM for the "Direct" portion, not what you actually flew.
Jun 21, 2017, 12:41 pm
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There are other possible variables that would preclude advance seat assignment even with an LH flight number, including certain economy fares or intra-Europe itinerary.
Jun 21, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Anyway, this paying for seat selection in business class thing has also been the topic of several angry threads at BA
Jun 21, 2017, 1:32 pm
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This development will train UA flyers (once they've met their PQD totals) to book all remaining LH flights on LH ticket stock. Especially since UA doesn't seem to be retaliating.
I guess the *A contract between the airlines that covers things like lounge access, boarding & luggage priority, etc., doesn't cover seat assignments.
I guess the *A contract between the airlines that covers things like lounge access, boarding & luggage priority, etc., doesn't cover seat assignments.