Comments on: Err line http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/ Same old blog, brand new place Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:02:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Todd http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Todd Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:44:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/#comment-4221 Doc, - As a fellow Star Alliance flyer - I've found the experience with Lufthansa to be roundly disappointing. The fact that you're a dedicated customer to the group is roundly ignored. Any of the most minor perks for loyalty are completely disregarded by Lufthansa regardlesss of how loyal you are to the group. I would be willing to bet that you also won't get credited for the miles flown on your account if you don't notice and jump through the million hoops to get the miles credited with United. I fly LH only when I have to. Hope you're back home and doing well. Baby S is doing great. T Doc, – As a fellow Star Alliance flyer – I’ve found the experience with Lufthansa to be roundly disappointing. The fact that you’re a dedicated customer to the group is roundly ignored. Any of the most minor perks for loyalty are completely disregarded by Lufthansa regardlesss of how loyal you are to the group. I would be willing to bet that you also won’t get credited for the miles flown on your account if you don’t notice and jump through the million hoops to get the miles credited with United. I fly LH only when I have to.

Hope you’re back home and doing well. Baby S is doing great.
T

]]> By: David Kearns http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/comment-page-1/#comment-4077 David Kearns Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:47:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/#comment-4077 I just flew back from Europe on Lufthansa. In the airport in Florence, the Brunhilde at the ticket counter declared my backpack "too heavy" (it was 11 kilos, limit is evidently 8) for carryon. I was ready to "gate check" it, as I always have to do on American Eagle, but she insisted I take out some things to bring the weight down. My checked bags were already down the chute, so I guessed I'd have to burden my wife's backpack. Wrong! The agent gives me a cardboard (flimsy, at that) box. I put 4 kilos worth of stuff in it. So now both box abd backpack are within limit and she gives me boarding passes. Same weight, but now 2 packages instead of 1. I scratch my head, go through security, stop at a trash can, re-pack the backpack, dump the box and get on the plane. No one objects. But at least they didn't lose my luggage, as happened to not 1, not 2, not 3, but 6 (count them, 6) friends on a flight from SFO to Barcelona via Frankfort... -dave I just flew back from Europe on Lufthansa. In the airport in Florence, the Brunhilde at the ticket counter declared my backpack “too heavy” (it was 11 kilos, limit is evidently 8) for carryon. I was ready to “gate check” it, as I always have to do on American Eagle, but she insisted I take out some things to bring the weight down. My checked bags were already down the chute, so I guessed I’d have to burden my wife’s backpack. Wrong! The agent gives me a cardboard (flimsy, at that) box. I put 4 kilos worth of stuff in it. So now both box abd backpack are within limit and she gives me boarding passes. Same weight, but now 2 packages instead of 1.
I scratch my head, go through security, stop at a trash can, re-pack the backpack, dump the box and get on the plane. No one objects.

But at least they didn’t lose my luggage, as happened to not 1, not 2, not 3, but 6 (count them, 6) friends on a flight from SFO to Barcelona via Frankfort…

-dave

]]> By: sims http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/comment-page-1/#comment-4064 sims Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:33:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/#comment-4064 Your nomanclature for an airplane window photographer might want to be reconsidered. ;-) I did note that it is a link but being slighty paranoid might be benficial for one's future flight experinces. :-) sims Your nomanclature for an airplane window photographer might want to be reconsidered. ;-) I did note that it is a link but being slighty paranoid might be benficial for one’s future flight experinces. :-)

sims

]]> By: Gabe Wachob http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 Gabe Wachob Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:59:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/#comment-4044 Doc- I booked a flight on Lufthansa from SFO to Delhi (thats 24+ hours in case you are wondering) on coach and had the same experience (being stuck in a middle seat) - decided just not to go... I don't do 12 hour flights in the middle seats because my shoulders are 2-4 inches wider than most coach seats. :-/ Also, booking through United (codeshare) was a HUGE mistake... getting a straight answer on this topic from United or Lufthansa was impossible - got different answers about open seats after changing the reservation based on an assertion from united that window seats were open, etc. Sympathies... Doc-
I booked a flight on Lufthansa from SFO to Delhi (thats 24+ hours in case you are wondering) on coach and had the same experience (being stuck in a middle seat) – decided just not to go… I don’t do 12 hour flights in the middle seats because my shoulders are 2-4 inches wider than most coach seats. :-/

Also, booking through United (codeshare) was a HUGE mistake… getting a straight answer on this topic from United or Lufthansa was impossible – got different answers about open seats after changing the reservation based on an assertion from united that window seats were open, etc.

Sympathies…

]]> By: Jackie Danicki http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 Jackie Danicki Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:15:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/28/err-line/#comment-4020 The rule flying out of the US is one carry-on and one personal item (handbag, camera bag, backpack, briefcase). The rule flying out of the UK is that you are allowed to carry <em>one</em> bag onto the plane, fullstop. I always carry a purse that is small enough to stuff into my backpack for this reason. The rule flying out of the US is one carry-on and one personal item (handbag, camera bag, backpack, briefcase). The rule flying out of the UK is that you are allowed to carry one bag onto the plane, fullstop. I always carry a purse that is small enough to stuff into my backpack for this reason.

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