It has been more than a month since Lufthansa suddenly restricted partner first class awards. As that lockout continues, the news is even more grim: business class awards have also been heavily restricted.
While many have focused on the lack of first class awards (which until this point have been one oft he most achievable aspiration awards in the entire miles and points game), it appears to me (based on heavy research when writing this story) that Lufthansa has also restricted business class awards to partners as well.
Check for close-in business class awards which were once fairly easy to score from cities like Boston, Chicago, Montreal, or Toronto and they are gone…regardless of how many seats are still for sale. Economy class is available, but no business class (same on Austrian and SWISS). I could not find a a single day on a single route within a week of travel that had award space made available to Aeroplan or MileagePlus.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
