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Free Domestic Lounge Access for United Gold Elites and Higher

by Gary Leff

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Jan 24 2020

Most people think the United club exclusion means United Gold elites don’t get lounge access on domestic trips (unless they’re a United Club member). But that’s wrong. I don’t believe I’ve written about this in two years so it seems worth sharing.

The trick – that the initiated know but most do not – is that any Star Gold member can access any Star Alliance lounge in the U.S. other than United’s clubs provided they are flying on Star Alliance airlines out of that airport that day and can physically access the terminal where the lounge is located.

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German Government Leader Wants Poor People Traveling By Rail, Not By Air

by Gary Leff

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Sep 05 2019

In the grand tradition of regulators protecting the profits of large businesses at the expense of consumers, a member of of Germany’s governing coalition wants to set legal minimum prices for airline tickets.

This comes after Lufthansa’s CEO called Ryanair’s low fares “economically, ecologically, and politically irresponsible” and sought government protection in the form of a ban on low fares.

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Lufthansa Wouldn’t Assist Wheelchair Passenger Onto a Plane, So Other Passengers Stepped in to Help

by Gary Leff

Sep 05 2019

On Monday Lufthansa left a wheelchair passenger to fend for themselves boarding an aircraft at a remote stand in Frankfurt. Reportedly Lufthansa ground staff asked passengers on the Frankfurt – Austin flight LH468 to lift the man onto the plane, because no one from the airline would do it. One of the passengers was injured in the process.

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Lufthansa CEO: Only the Wealthy Should Fly

by Gary Leff

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Jul 14 2019

Lufthansa’s CEO is attacking low cost carriers easyJet and Ryanair, calling the cheapest flights they offer “economically, ecologically, and politically irresponsible.”

Airlines prefer to be protected from competition by government regulation and that inures to the detriment of the flying public.

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Marriott is Coming Under Too Much Criticism for Failed Points to Miles Transfers. Let’s Not Forget Why

by Gary Leff

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Jun 08 2019

Earlier in the week I wrote that customers were transferring points from Marriott to Lufthansa and they were just getting lost in the ether. There seemed to be a broad issue with Lufthansa transfers, and that this was a sudden decision on Lufthansa’s part that applied pretty broadly.

In this case Marriott is coming under criticism for how they’re handling Lufthansa’s withdrawal from points transfers because their points transfers are actually useful. Who would transfer Hilton points to Lufthansa miles if they had any other option?

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