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Lufthansa

I want to help Krista Krauss. I think she deserves to be helped. And when you start an email with "You are my last hope."

My seat upgrade disappeared, but Lufthansa kept my money

February 6, 2024November 4, 2016 by Christopher Elliott

All Ronald LaPedis wants to do is fly from San Francisco to Bangalore, India, in relative comfort. But a codesharing upgrade nightmare threatens to send him to the back of the plane.

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
I want to help Krista Krauss. I think she deserves to be helped. And when you start an email with "You are my last hope."

“You are my last hope”

January 29, 2024February 2, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

I want to help Krista Krauss. I think she deserves to be helped. And when you start an email with “You are my last hope.”

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Alex Cerniglia is too sick to fly and even if he boarded the plane, he could infect other passengers. So why is Lufthansa keeping his money?

If I’m too contagious to fly can I get a refund for my flight?

January 29, 2024October 3, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Alex Cerniglia is too sick to fly and even if he boarded the plane, he could infect other passengers. So why is Lufthansa keeping his money?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Even though she made arrangements for Lufthansa to provide a bassinet for her baby on a recent flight the airline came up empty-handed.

Should the babies in business class get priority bassinets?

January 27, 2024August 19, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Is This Enough Compensation?
Airlines come up with some of the most absurd rules in the travel business. Just ask your favorite travel agent to book a hidden city.

Can an airline break its own rules?

January 26, 2024May 26, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Should I Take The Case?
Your child is stranded at the airport and won't be able to fly home unless he forks over thousands of dollars for a new ticket.

Lufthansa stranded my 16-year-old son in Detroit

January 23, 2024August 6, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

It’s something out of every mother’s worst nightmare: Your child is stranded at the airport and won’t be able to fly home unless he forks over thousands of dollars for a new ticket.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Elite-level frequent travelers who whine if their lie-flat business seat doesn't recline all the way are regularly mocked on this site.

How much does my airline owe me for a broken seat?

January 23, 2024June 5, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Elite-level frequent travelers who whine if their lie-flat business seat doesn’t recline all the way are regularly and shamelessly mocked on this site.

Categories Is This Enough Compensation?
Stacey Tappan claims Lufthansa stole her laptop computer, and she wants me to help her get it back. Can we help her?

Did Lufthansa “steal” her laptop computer?

January 22, 2024February 8, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Stacey Tappan claims Lufthansa stole her laptop computer, and she wants me to help her get it back.

Categories Case Dismissed
Daryl Preston and his wife are flying from San Francisco to Rome this summer, and they have tickets on Lufthansa. Four tickets, to be exact.

Double-booked because at this age I tend to forget things

January 22, 2024April 9, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Daryl Preston and his wife are flying from San Francisco to Rome this summer, and they have tickets on Lufthansa. Four tickets, to be exact.

Categories Commentary
Here's an unusual case with an equally unusual resolution. It involves two airline passengers, a medical device and EU airline passenger law.

Airline removed me because of confusion about medical supplies

January 22, 2024November 1, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

Here’s an unusual case with an equally unusual resolution. It involves two Lufthansa passengers, and FDA-approved portable oxygen concentrator and EU airline passenger law.

Categories Commentary
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