Differing Class of Service Benefits on Codeshare Flights

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Dec 17th, 2019 12:39 am

RETD [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 27, 2009; 1373 posts; 445 upvotes; Oakville

Dec 17th, 2019 12:39 am

Differing Class of Service Benefits on Codeshare Flights

Flying to/connecting through Munich. Premium Economy benefits are different on codeshare flights between Air Canada (AC) and Lufthansa (LH)

Flight is operated by LH.
Air Canada PE benefits include seat selection and priority boarding.

If booking on AC website it says seat selection not available and to contact LH.
If booking via LH website, PE seat selection costs $62 and no mention of priority boarding (probably not included). Traveling with wife and want seats together.

Wondering if one could book on AC and get seat selection for free.

I'll call AC but has anybody had any experience with similar situations where one codeshare partner offers benefits that another does not, for the same class of service?

TBH LH's PE product is disappointing but the flight of interest best fits our schedule and in the end, if we have to, we'll just fork over the extra $$ to book on LH website.

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Dec 17th, 2019 12:45 pm

GangStarr: Deal Fanatic; Sep 6, 2002; 8596 posts; 1503 upvotes; Vancouver

Dec 17th, 2019 12:45 pm

Premium economy on LH does not include priority boarding. I flew premium economy on the 747 and was satisfied

Autocorrect sucks

Dec 17th, 2019 12:46 pm

RETD [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 27, 2009; 1373 posts; 445 upvotes; Oakville

Dec 17th, 2019 12:46 pm

Answering my own question (I called LH):

If you book on AC website where PE includes seat selection and priority boarding I think this only applies to AC-operated flights. On codeshare partner-operated flights you get whatever the partner offers for the same class. You have to call LH to pre-select AND PAY for your seats under "separate contract" - this is on the LH website if you dig deep enough (but still not crystal clear)

I booked our flight and seats directly on LH website - easier and less hassle.

PE on LH pretty much only gives you a PE seat - no priority boarding, no included seat selection, no better meal, etc. - and was only about $75 more than LH economy (LH economy is expensive vs other carriers) on our particular flight.

Dec 17th, 2019 2:47 pm

Dealmaker1945: Deal Addict; Oct 23, 2017; 1806 posts; 1330 upvotes; GTA West

Dec 17th, 2019 2:47 pm

RETD wrote: ↑
PE on LH pretty much only gives you a PE seat - no priority boarding, no included seat selection, no better meal, etc. - and was only about $75 more than LH economy (LH economy is expensive vs other carriers) on our particular flight.

$75 to upgrade to PE is an amazing deal, even without seat selection. But what I am seeing YYZ-Munich is as much as $1k more for PE. How did you score $75?

Dec 17th, 2019 5:35 pm

RETD [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 27, 2009; 1373 posts; 445 upvotes; Oakville

Dec 17th, 2019 5:35 pm

Dealmaker1945 wrote: ↑ $75 to upgrade to PE is an amazing deal, even without seat selection. But what I am seeing YYZ-Munich is as much as $1k more for PE. How did you score $75?

Munich is not my final destination, I'm connecting thru to another city. Depending on date and time, econ prices are all over the place for LH. For our specific flight (one way) PE was about $1210 and economy was about $1140 but with no seat selection offered/available. If I flew about 2 weeks later the cheapest econ fare is currently $500 for the same flight but PE pricing stays pretty consistent.

To me it's a further sign that airlines, like many other businesses, are using advanced analytics to dynamically set their prices.

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