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Ed lii
September 19, 2019
I thought Lufthansa stopped transfers from Marriott in June?
Andrew Kunesh
September 20, 2019
Hi, that is correct. We’ve updated the article accordingly. Thank you!
Gudrun H Noetzold
October 09, 2019
I have tried two different month with flexible dates to use United miles for a Lufthansa business class seat. Not one day was available. The last time I was able to actually find a seat doing that is years ago. I am very flexible with dates and tried 2 different airports. At this point I am wondering if Lufthansa is actually offering any business class seats using United miles. There was plenty availability for economy seats.
Stephen Au
October 09, 2019
Hi Gudrun,
You bring up a good point. Business and first class award seats are understandably much more difficult to find availability for. Recently, Lufthansa has been restricting business class seats to around 2 weeks-1 month before departure, which is probably why you haven’t had much luck as of late. Hope this helps!
Evelyn
January 02, 2020
Oh wonderful! Just when I thought I could finally use my miles – Lufthansa says nope, you have to wait until the last second! UGH.
Don
January 13, 2020
I’m experiencing the same thing. I’m trying to book a trip for 6 months from now and United limits most of the options or charges 240K point for a trip under 13 hours. That sucks and makes it annoying to think of all the purchases I make to build up my balance over 200K.
Vic
January 29, 2023
I see Lufthansa BC on United site, but not on Aeroplan. In fact, Aeroplan does not show me anything that does not fly through Canada. Is there a tweak to see other Star Alliance carriers on Aeroplan?
Jarrod West
February 03, 2023
Hi Vic,
That is unusual as almost all of my Air Canada searches show available flights on other Star Alliance carriers. This might be an site error or potentially an issue with award availability on the date you are searching.
Joe
March 02, 2023
What is this Aeroplan Air Canada point chart based on? When I try to book a flight to Barcelona, its 355k miles using their website. Is there a different way to do it?
Jarrod West
March 21, 2023
Hi Joe,
You need to locate Star Alliance partner availability, which might not be available on the dates you are searching. The 355k price you are seeing is likely the cost to fly with Air Canada directly.
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