Consolidated "Lufthansa Upgrade With UA SWU Questions/Experiences" Thread [2010/11]
Mar 18, 2011, 11:34 am
#301
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I had same experience as I asked for upgrade at JFK 2days ago. L is not allowed to be upgraded. On board (LH405) C was half empty therefore I directly asked again the crew for courtesy upgrade. Unfortuntally in my case the same person at LH business checkin was the responspible purser for this flight! So I got a 2nd deny. :-(((
Mar 19, 2011, 6:55 am
#302
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I had same experience as I asked for upgrade at JFK 2days ago. L is not allowed to be upgraded. On board (LH405) C was half empty therefore I directly asked again the crew for courtesy upgrade. Unfortuntally in my case the same person at LH business checkin was the responspible purser for this flight! So I got a 2nd deny. :-(((
I am glad the crew was more reasonable and said "no". LH is not a "Ponyhof" and it keeps the environment as it need to be for the paying customers.
Mar 21, 2011, 2:02 pm
#303
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Do I need one or two UA paper SWU if wanting to upgrade two LH segments? How about UAxLH flights?
Have three options for a ticket, but rumors are the CO option from EWR-DEL is hard to get (with CO SWU upgrade).
IAD (UA) FRA (LH) DEL
EWR (LH) FRA (LH) DEL
EWR (CO) DEL
Any recommendations?
Price-wise LH is also $200 cheaper than CO.
Have three options for a ticket, but rumors are the CO option from EWR-DEL is hard to get (with CO SWU upgrade).
IAD (UA) FRA (LH) DEL
EWR (LH) FRA (LH) DEL
EWR (CO) DEL
Any recommendations?
Price-wise LH is also $200 cheaper than CO.
Mar 21, 2011, 2:04 pm
#304
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Mar 21, 2011, 2:13 pm
#305
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Mar 21, 2011, 2:37 pm
#306
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chicago, IL
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3/20/11 pek - fra lh 721
Failed to clear upgrade at check-in at at gate from C to F on the A380. 
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Quite disappointed, but the LH C seat was comfortable enough.
\Quite disappointed, but the LH C seat was comfortable enough.
Last edited by iluv2fly; Mar 21, 2011 at 3:49 pm Reason: off-topic
Mar 22, 2011, 4:01 am
#307
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SFO-MUC: LH 459 failed with SWU C to F
SFO-MUC: LH 459 failed with SWU. Applied SWU immediately at gate opening in SFO. F was completely full. Z fare in C. Damn....
Mar 22, 2011, 4:26 am
#308
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Why is this a "fail"? What did you expect when F was completely full?
If this post is supposed to add to the discussion, then it would be interesting to hear the details why the upgrade failed.
If you don't provide any details, then what are we supposed to do with this information?
If this post is supposed to add to the discussion, then it would be interesting to hear the details why the upgrade failed.
If you don't provide any details, then what are we supposed to do with this information?
Last edited by iluv2fly; Mar 22, 2011 at 7:53 am Reason: merge
Mar 22, 2011, 4:17 pm
#309
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Mar 23, 2011, 11:29 am
#310
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What's the earliest prior to flight you have upgraded?
Am going to be staying overnight in FRA prior to return to US and would like to use my SWU to go from C-F--any chance can be done night before AM flight? What's the earliest people have been able to upgrade--flight is at 0935.
Mar 23, 2011, 12:27 pm
#312
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I dont know one way or the other for sure, but i would assume you cannot try and upgrade the night before. That being said, I do not think it would hurt to try.
Mar 23, 2011, 12:37 pm
#313
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It could have been any flight on any date on any airline you were trying to upgrade using any upgrade instrument. If F is full, you won't get an upgrade to F.
Mar 23, 2011, 12:45 pm
#314
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Mar 23, 2011, 12:51 pm
#315
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Great, if there is a thread dedicated to upgrade fails, then it could have been posted there.
I still fail to see how others can learn from all these postings where upgrades were not given due to a class being full. Or should we start posting things like "today I was not able to buy a ticket from YYY to XXX on ZZ, because the flight was full" so that others can learn from it?
Just my 2 cents.
BTW: Thanks for the trip report in your signature. That was something I can learn from, we'll be on a similar flight in two weeks (MUC-LAX). ^
I still fail to see how others can learn from all these postings where upgrades were not given due to a class being full. Or should we start posting things like "today I was not able to buy a ticket from YYY to XXX on ZZ, because the flight was full" so that others can learn from it?
Just my 2 cents.
BTW: Thanks for the trip report in your signature. That was something I can learn from, we'll be on a similar flight in two weeks (MUC-LAX). ^