I somehow have never had this happen: an airplane schedule change makes my second leg impossible. There is nothing the day before or after, and we are locked into the dates. I’m inclined to just cancel the whole thing—it is a refundable fare. Is there some better way to work this system that I am unaware of?
It’s Lufthansa to Sardinia, which is hard to get to outside of summer and without time to stop over on the mainland, so I’m pretty disappointed. But I’m ready /to cut my losses and start over.
Posted by
WA USA
1103 posts
The only thing I can think of is if there is another airport that you are willing to fly into. I don't know Lufthansa's policy around this, but I know Air Canada allows airport changes within 200 miles (same country). I took advantage of this when I had a non-viable schedule change and flew into Lisbon instead of Porto at no additional cost.
Posted by
Virginia, USA
5538 posts
It’s Lufthansa to Sardinia,
From where are you starting? Do any partner airlines have flights that you could press Lufthansa to put you on?
Posted by
Hudson Valley
2267 posts
I'm not sure how Lufthansa's website work/prioritizes what it shows. But if you haven't already, I'd look at all options under StarAlliance, not just LH. Lufthansa should be able to book you onto any of those carriers.
Google flights has a filter for alliance.
Posted by
OP
4434 posts
Very helpful! in real time as reading this, I was offered Cagliari, yet it was codeshare United and I kept getting conflicting information about whether I could get the free change or not. I’m bailing.
Unfortunately, after flying Lufthansa well over a decade, I just don’t have confidence. (I had to contest pandemic tickets with my credit card when you could literally not fly to Europe because they stalled on the refund so much!)
Posted by
OP
4434 posts
I’m hoping I’m not being gaslit. She would give me a flight option, then say she could not book it, then that she could, rinse and repeat.
We’re going to just start over, I figured it was too good to be true! Sardinia schedules are tricky, and we’re very picky about schedules.
Thanks for the support, all!
Posted by
4530 posts
Noting that the fare does not have to be refundable to get your money back when the itinerary is canceled or a change causes a misconnection.
Adding that of the 8 itineraries I booked for 2023 travel, 7 have been canceled or changed to a misconnection: 2 Air France, 2 American, 3 Delta. So a cancellation/misconnection rate of over 80%.
Posted by
Western Canada
3127 posts
If you have more time, could you fly to the mainland and take a ferry to Sardinia?
It seems to take around 5 hours from Civitavecchia to Olbia.