ʻO nā poʻe holo mokulele ʻo United Airlines he pohō e like me ka Lufthansa

"The Way the Earth Connects" e like me ka Star Alliance

ʻO Malaki 3, 2023 i ka manawa i hoʻokokoke aku ai ka United Airlines Mileage Plus 3 miliona lele a me ke ola holoʻokoʻa 1K i ka counter lane Gold ma Frankfurt International Airport. ʻO ia ka Lufthansa/ Star Alliance Transit Counter ma ka ʻāpana honua o ka mokulele, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Z" terminal.

ʻO Juergen Steinmetz, ka mea hoʻopuka o eTurboNews.

Eia kaʻu moʻolelo:

Ua hōʻea au i FRAPORT ma hope o ka lele hoʻohui lōʻihi mai Honolulu mai ma Kapalakiko. Ke alo nei au i kahi 5 hola kali ma Frankfurt e hoʻopili ai Lufthansa i Berlin, ka pauku hope loa o koʻu huakaʻi.

Ua kakali au i ka hele ʻana i ka hōʻike kālepa ITB ma ke kapikala Kelemania, a me koʻu noho ʻana ma Grand Hyatt Berlin.

Ua hōʻea au ma hope o ka ʻike United Airlines Polaris lawelawe, kekahi o nā hale ʻoihana ʻoihana maikaʻi loa ma nā mokulele transatlantic.

I koʻu ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻomaha lōʻihi ma Frankfurt he minuke ma mua o koʻu kau ʻana i Honolulu i ʻelua lā ma mua, ua noi au i ka ʻelele United e hoʻololi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua lohi iki, a pono wau e hoʻokokoke i ka counter transit Lufthansa ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana ma Frankfurt. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "ʻAʻole ia he pilikia."

Ma hope o 26 mau hola ma Frankfurt a ua luhi iki, akā ma ke ʻano maikaʻi, ua hoʻokokoke au i ka luna ʻo Lufthansa e hana ana ma ke alanui Gold, First / Business Class ma ka transit counter ma ka honua Z-terminal ma FRAPORT.

Ua ʻakaʻaka wau a ua hoʻohenehene au ma ka ʻōlelo Kelemānia. “He kanaka luhi au e hōʻea ana ma hope o ʻelua pō ma ka mokulele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoluʻolu e kōkua iaʻu e holo i kahi mokulele hoʻohui mua i Berlin? “

Me ka manaʻolana no ka ʻakaʻaka, ua aʻo mai ka luna iaʻu (ʻaʻole ʻakaʻaka): “E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia kahi counter transit Lufthansa, ʻaʻole kahi keʻena tiketi United Airlines. Ke kōkua wale nei mākou i kā mākou mau kaʻa ponoʻī. "

Pīhoihoi au, a ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "No ka mea ke hōʻike mai nei ʻoe iaʻu i kahi palapala holo moku United Airlines, pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu mokulele no nā loli. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe, ʻaʻole mākou e loaʻa kālā ma kāu tiketi.

Ke hele nei au ma kahi tikiki loaʻa kālā ma ke ala - ʻaʻole he makana mileage.

Ua noi au: "He mea kūʻai aku au i ka 1K United Airlines ka mea e hana ai iaʻu i ke gula me Star Alliance a me Lufthansa - e like me Lufthansa Honorary Circle. E nānā paha ʻoe i kaʻu mālama ʻana? Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ke noi nei au e hoʻololi i kahi ʻāpana Lufthansa a ʻaʻole kahi mokulele United.

Me he mea lā ua huhū ka luna a ʻōlelo ʻo ia: “ʻAʻole pono iaʻu, no ka mea, ke ʻike nei au i kāu kau ʻana o United Airlines. Inā he lālā ʻoe no Miles and More a inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi tiketi Lufthansa e loaʻa iā mākou ka loaʻa kālā, aia paha kekahi mea hiki iaʻu ke hana, akā i kēia hihia ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu.

ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻoʻiʻo i kēia ʻano pane a nīnau maikaʻi: "E hiki anei iaʻu ke loaʻa kou inoa?"

Ua pane ka luna ʻo Lufthansa me ka "ʻAʻole."
Ua uhi koke ʻo ia i kona kaha inoa.

Ua hoʻomau wau i ka nīnau: "E hiki iaʻu ke kamaʻilio me kou luna."
Lufthansa Agent: "ʻAʻohe oʻu luna - ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kōkua hou aku iā ʻoe."

Ua hele au a hoʻokokoke aku i kahi ʻelele e kuhikuhi ana i nā poʻe kaʻa e makemake ana e hoʻokokoke i ka Z14 Lufthansa transit counter.

"E kala mai iaʻu, ʻo wai ka luna hoʻokele a i ʻole ka luna hoʻokele?" Ua pane mālie ka ʻelele a me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka luna Lufthansa e hana ana i ka ʻāpana hoʻokele waiwai o ka counter transit hoʻokahi. Ua noho ʻo ia i ʻelua mau noho kaʻawale ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka ʻelele huhū aʻu i hana ai.

No ka mea ʻaʻohe mea ma ka laina, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻāʻo hou. Ua hoʻokokoke au i ke kahu. Heluhelu ʻo ia i ka nūpepa a ua pilikia ʻo ia i ka hoʻopilikia ʻia e kekahi.

I ia manawa hoʻokahi nō i hāwanawana aku ai ka lede o ka laina gula e pili ana i kona lohe. Ua ʻakaʻaka lāua. Ma hope o kēlā me ka leʻaleʻa, haʻi mai ka luna iaʻu me ka hoʻolohe ʻole i kaʻu nīnau. “E like me kaʻu hoa hana i haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe, ʻaʻohe mea ma kēia counter e kōkua iā ʻoe a kamaʻilio hou aku iā ʻoe. He lā maikaʻi iā ʻoe."

Ua nīnau hou au i ka inoa o nā ʻelele. Ua halawai hou keia me ka hamau.

Auwe! Ua maʻa mau nō paha au i ka Aloha ʻuhane ma ka home, akā makemake ka mea kākau moʻolelo e kākau i nā mea aʻu i ʻike ai. Ua paʻi au i kekahi mau kiʻi ma hope o koʻu hele ʻana mai ke kahua kūʻai aku a noho i lalo e hana i kekahi mau memo.

I loko o hoʻokahi minuke ua holo mai ʻelua mau mākaʻi palekana ʻo Frankfurt Airport i ukali ʻia e ʻelua mau mākaʻi Federal Federal me nā pū mikini iaʻu.

Ua noi mai lākou iaʻu e holoi i nā kiʻi aʻu i lawe ai mai kaʻu kelepona.

Ua hōʻike au iā lākou i kaʻu mau palapala hōʻoia a wehewehe wau i nā kiʻi no kahi ʻatikala. Ua ʻōlelo ka luna, ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā kiʻi e hōʻike ana i ke alo, ke ʻole au e ʻae. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻike wau i kēia ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo.

I ka nīnau hou ʻana no ka inoa o nā ʻelele Lufthansa, ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana like a me ka mākaʻi aloha ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kōkua. Hāʻawi ʻo Steinmetz i kāna kelepona i ka luna nāna i holoi i kekahi o nā kiʻi āna i ʻike ai he hewa.

I kēia manawa ua hui pū ka luna hoʻomalu "ʻoiaʻiʻo" Lufthansa i ke kamaʻilio. He wahine ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo nei e noʻonoʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ke keonimana aʻu i kamaʻilio ai ma ke keʻena kūʻai ʻaʻole ia he luna, akā ʻo ia. Hāʻawi ʻo ia e nānā i kaʻu tiketi.

Ma hope o kēia mau mea, ʻaʻole au i makemake e hana mai kekahi iaʻu.

Ua hoka au i keia lapaau a ua makemake au e hai aku i ke ao nei. ʻO Kelemānia hoʻi koʻu ʻāina hānau, ʻaʻole maikaʻi kēia.

Ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻopau i kēia kūlana, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka neʻe ʻana a hele i ka lumi hoʻokipa Lufthansa Senator. Noho au ma laila no nā hola 4 aʻe e nānā ana i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i Berlin e haʻalele.

Paʻa ʻia ma Malta

ʻO 4 mau mahina wale nō ma mua ua paʻa au i Malta ma muli o kahi hahau Lufthansa. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi tiketi papa pāʻoihana Lufthansa piha no ka lele Malta – Frankfurt- Kapalakiko. ʻO ka hapa wale nō ma United Airlines mai Kapalakiko a Honolulu.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Malta i ka hola 4.30 i ka lā 6 Nowemapa ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia iaʻu e kelepona i ka laina Senatoa Lufthansa. Ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu, ʻo kēia laina wale nō no nā lālā Lufthansa Miles a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ke kūlana premium, a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā poʻe mokulele United Airlines, ʻoiai inā lele lākou ma Lufthansa a ʻaʻole paha. Ua haʻi ʻia mai iaʻu i nā poʻe kaʻa kaʻa ʻoihana a me ka papa mua ma Lufthansa, ke ʻole ka loaʻa iā lākou kahi kūlana me Miles a me More ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kahi helu kelepona ʻokoʻa. I kēlā manawa ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu ʻaʻohe mana o Star Alliance i ke komo ʻana i nā mokulele, akā hiki iaʻu ke kipa i ka lumi hoʻomaha.

ʻO kēia ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana no kekahi mau hola a hoʻopau i kahi kikowaena kelepona Pilipine wale nō e ʻōlelo ʻia e hele i ka pūnaewele Lufthansa.

I ka huki ʻana i kaʻu huakaʻi ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Lufthansa, ʻōlelo ʻia: “Ua kāpae ʻia kāu hoʻopaʻa ʻana, kaomi ma aneʻi no nā koho. Ke kaomi ʻana i nā koho ʻē aʻe, ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻaʻohe o mākou mau koho a e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona i ke kikowaena kelepona.

Ua hoʻi au i koʻu hōkele a hauʻoli i ʻelua mau lā o ka hoʻokipa Malta ma kaʻu dime.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi ka hana a United Airlines me kaʻu tiketi, ua hoʻoholo wau e kāhea i ka pākaukau ʻo United Airlines 1K. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi lākou iaʻu no koʻu kūpaʻa iā United a hoʻoholo i ka pilikia i loko o nā minuke. Ua hoʻopaʻa hou lākou iaʻu ma kahi mokulele Swiss i Zurich a hoʻopili i kahi mokulele Swiss ʻē aʻe i Kapalakiko.

Ma hope o ka hanana ʻo Frankfurt, ua kāhea aku au i ka pākaukau ʻo United Airlines 1K. Ua hōʻoia ʻo United agents ʻaʻole lākou makemake e kamaʻilio me nā luna Lufthansa. Me ka hilinaʻi, ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu e pili ana i kekahi mau moʻolelo weliweli e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka hana ʻino a me ka ʻole o ka hui ʻana o nā ʻelele Lufthansa i ka hoʻokele United Airlines no nā makahiki.

Ua hele au i ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku ʻo Lufthansa, a me nā pilina media Lufthansa. ʻAʻohe pane.

Ua launa pū aku au i ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku ʻo Star Alliance a me nā pilina pili media, e loaʻa wale i kahi leka uila e noi ana iaʻu e kelepona iā United Airlines Mileage Plus.

Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kaʻu mea i ʻike ai, ua loaʻa iā Lufthansa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ka hana, kāpae ʻana a me ka lohi. Hoʻohana lākou i nā hoa makaʻu ʻole i mālama ʻole.

Hiki ke pilikia kēia no kahi hui ma ka nui o ka hui Lufthansa.

Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he kuleana ʻoi aʻe ko ka mokulele mokuʻāina o Kelemania me kahi moʻolelo nani. Hoʻopili ʻo Lufthansa i kahi kiʻi no ka poʻe Kelemania, ka ʻāina a me ke kikoʻī no ka hoʻokipa Kelemania i kūʻē ʻole - a lilo kēia i mea pilikino.

ʻUhane MUC a me ka ʻUhane FRA:

Wahi a kahi kumu huna i loko o Lufthansa Munich, kahi hana hou i kapa ʻia ʻo Spirit MUC a me Spirit FRA ke hoʻololi nei i ka ʻano a hōʻike ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokūkū liʻiliʻi i loko o nā hui mokulele LH i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Hiki ke manaʻolana e mālama ʻia kēia!

He aha ka hana i Star Alliance?

Hoʻokumu wale ʻia ʻo Star Alliance ma luna o ka ʻike, ke komo ʻana i ka lumi hoʻokipa a me nā ʻaelike ukana interline. ʻAʻohe hana e pili ana i nā kūlana e like me kēia.

ʻO ka slogan Star Alliance: "Ke ala e pili ai ka honua"

ʻO Star Alliance ka hui mokulele honua nui loa o ka honua. Hoʻokumu ʻia ma 14 Mei, 1997, aia kona keʻena nui ma Frankfurt am Main, Kelemānia, a ʻo Jeffrey Goh kona Luna Nui.

Ma ʻApelila 2018, ʻo Star Alliance ka mea nui loa o nā hui kuʻikahi honua ʻekolu e ka helu o nā kaʻa me 762.27 miliona, ma mua o SkyTeam (630 miliona) a me Oneworld (528 miliona).