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Lufthansa Strike Looming Yet Again

It is not yet confirmed that the Next round of strike announced for 13th to 16th of April will happen at Lufthansa, but FlyerTalk members, weary from the most recent strike at Lufthansa as reported here at The Gate, are already keeping an eye on the aforementioned FlyerTalk thread, discussing the possibility of a strike and attempting to prepare for it.

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March 30, 2010

Mileage run in style – by private jet

How long before some FTer takes advantage of a bonus mile promotion to take a mileage run in Lufthansa Private Jet? HON Circle status from scratch for just 12 flights, anyone?

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March 12, 2010

Lufthansa temporarily lifts advance purchase requirements

In response to the recent strike, Lufthansa has temporarily waived advance purchase restrictions on new tickets bought offline. This means cheap business class fares that normally have to be bought 21+ days in advance are currently available. Check out the discussion thread for more info and terms & conditions.

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February 26, 2010

Strike alert – Lufthansa & Germanwings next week

Pilots at Lufthansa and Germanwings are on strike for four days from next Monday. Other Lufthansa group airlines are not directly affected. For more up to date information, check out the LH strike thread.

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February 17, 2010

German government complains air fares are too low!

Who ever heard of a competition authority arguing there was too much of it. Apparently business class fares in Germany “need” to be higher. Naturally this news causes a reaction in Flyer Talkers – check out the air fares too low discussion.

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November 20, 2009

The Flying Mega FT Do

Both the US/transatlantic portion and the European leg of the flying mega do are now open for booking.

For those who’ve missed the previous The Gate post and the latest thread in Community Buzz, this will be a great cant miss event for all Flyer Talkers. Here’s the short version:

USA/transatlantic part

Chicago party hosted by United
Party flight to Newark
Newark party hosted by Continental
Party bus to JFK
Party flight to Frankfurt
flights back are included in the special fare

European part

Champagne breakfast
Charter flights to Toulouse (via Oslo), with Randy & a team of slaves moderators serving onboard
Party at Oslo hosted by SAS
Exclusive Airbus tour
Charter flight to Frankfurt
Dinner
Frankfurt all-day event hosted by Lufthansa
15,000 frequent flyer miles for the charter flight (select FFPs only)
more

The time to secure your place is now. The USA/transatlantic bit is optional (but sounds like so much fun). All you need to know in order to book is in the first 4 posts of the mega do thread.

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September 3, 2009

The Flying Mega FT Do

Mega doesn’t seem big enough to describe the Do being arranged by a team of FlyerTalkers.

It starts with festivities in Chicago hosted by United, then a party flight to Newark. More activities hosted by Continental, then a cross-town trip to JFK for the intercontinental party flight. This is just day one of the Star Alliance Mega Do.

To follow there are more activities at 3 more airports in 3 countries in Europe over the following 3 days, involving Lufthansa, SAS and Airbus, charter flights with two aircraft flying in tandem, Randy and some moderators as your flight attendants, and more.

Wow.

Special fares for the charter and party flights, as well as connecting flights to and from this flying do have been arranged. There will even be miles credited on the charter flights, at least to some frequent flyer programs.

The first bookings (for US and trans-atlantic flights) start today. Check the current do thread to see what you need to do to participate in the FT do that surely will be talked about for years.

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July 28, 2009

Yet more Lufthansa status matches

The Lufthansa status match for Italians was extended a couple of times but is now over. However in a crazy blitz, there are several more Lufthansa status match offers in Europe – including Czech Republic, Finland, Portugal, Russia and Spain.

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July 17, 2009

Surveillance onboard

Cameras, bathrooms, lasers, and the mile-high club are all mentioned in this discussion about onboard surveillance. Oddly there is no mention (yet) of air marshalls.