Lufthansa no longer shows flexible dates for airfares?

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:14:00 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:

> I've been using Lufthansa quite a lot recently, and one of the reasons
> was that I could indicate that my dates were flexible and they would
> show me the prices on a grid of 7 days, including up to 3 days before
> and 3 days after the date requested. This made it easy to find the
> best fare.

Lufthansa still do +/-3days either side on their site.

Gerry

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:58:22 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:28:03 +0100, Gerald Oliver Swift
> <goswift@m> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:14:00 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>> I've been using Lufthansa quite a lot recently, and one of the reasons
>>> was that I could indicate that my dates were flexible and they would
>>> show me the prices on a grid of 7 days, including up to 3 days before
>>> and 3 days after the date requested. This made it easy to find the
>>> best fare.
>>
>>Lufthansa still do +/-3days either side on their site.
>
> Not when I tried today. Did you try a flight to the US?

As a matter of fact, yes, I tried FRA-JFK.

On their site, are you using these buttons?
* Search by price +/- 3 days
* Search for specified travel dates

Gerry

On Aug 1, 4:49 pm, B Vaughan<m...@> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:50:16 +0200, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> >What's new? It still works for me. It didn't work when I selected language
> >Italian.
>
> I tried it in Italian, German and English. It didn't work in any of
> them.
>
> > In a minute some kind soul will take pity on you Barbara and offer to buy your
> >tickets for you.
>
> I've decided to just stay home.
> --
Why don't you contact Lufthansa on their website by e-mail and
describe your problem and displeasure with it. Most times I have had
problems with websites they have quickly resolved them within hours or
days. My guess is that they may have "upgraded" their software and
possibly not even know about this problem.

George

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:49:02 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:50:16 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>>What's new? It still works for me. It didn't work when I selected language
>>Italian.
>
>I tried it in Italian, German and English. It didn't work in any of
>them.
>
>> In a minute some kind soul will take pity on you Barbara and offer to buy your
>>tickets for you.
>
>I've decided to just stay home.

LOL the cheapest solution is often the best.
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Martin

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:23:01 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:06:45 -0700, george <gpolkowskim>
>wrote:
>
>>Why don't you contact Lufthansa on their website by e-mail and
>>describe your problem and displeasure with it. Most times I have had
>>problems with websites they have quickly resolved them within hours or
>>days. My guess is that they may have "upgraded" their software and
>>possibly not even know about this problem.
>
>Yes, I had planned to do that, but haven't done it yet. I have a
>feeling that they, like Martin, won't be able to reproduce it and will
>insist I'm doing something wrong.

I don't think your doing anything wrong.
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Martin

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:38:59 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:

>On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:51:13 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne)
>wrote:
>
>>B Vaughan <me@> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:06:45 -0700, george <gpolkowskim>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Why don't you contact Lufthansa on their website by e-mail and
>>> >describe your problem and displeasure with it. Most times I have had
>>> >problems with websites they have quickly resolved them within hours or
>>> >days. My guess is that they may have "upgraded" their software and
>>> >possibly not even know about this problem.
>>>
>>> Yes, I had planned to do that, but haven't done it yet. I have a
>>> feeling that they, like Martin, won't be able to reproduce it and will
>>> insist I'm doing something wrong.
>>
>>Could be your broweser, country of origin. Lots of variables really...
>
>It's not my browser, as I've been using the site without problems with
>Firefox up until a short time ago. Actually, only a few weeks ago it
>was working when I was trying to help a friend find a flight.
>
>Probably they've changed something that doesn't work for country of
>origin.

I blame having a German as Pope.
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Martin

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:46:52 +0200, in .europe, Martin <me@address.invalid>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:23:01 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:
...
... >On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:06:45 -0700, george <gpolkowskim>
... >wrote:
... >
... >>Why don't you contact Lufthansa on their website by e-mail and
... >>describe your problem and displeasure with it. Most times I have had
... >>problems with websites they have quickly resolved them within hours or
... >>days. My guess is that they may have "upgraded" their software and
... >>possibly not even know about this problem.
... >
... >Yes, I had planned to do that, but haven't done it yet. I have a
... >feeling that they, like Martin, won't be able to reproduce it and will
... >insist I'm doing something wrong.
...
... I don't think your doing anything wrong.

Your??

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:26:23 +0200, Magda <12@34.56> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:46:52 +0200, in .europe, Martin <me@address.invalid>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:23:01 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:06:45 -0700, george <gpolkowskim>
> ... >wrote:
> ... >
> ... >>Why don't you contact Lufthansa on their website by e-mail and
> ... >>describe your problem and displeasure with it. Most times I have had
> ... >>problems with websites they have quickly resolved them within hours or
> ... >>days. My guess is that they may have "upgraded" their software and
> ... >>possibly not even know about this problem.
> ... >
> ... >Yes, I had planned to do that, but haven't done it yet. I have a
> ... >feeling that they, like Martin, won't be able to reproduce it and will
> ... >insist I'm doing something wrong.
> ...
> ... I don't think your doing anything wrong.
>
>Your??

Up yours, dear?
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Martin

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:46:18 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>B Vaughan <me@> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:51:13 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne)
>> wrote:
>[]
>> >Could be your broweser, country of origin. Lots of variables really...
>>
>> It's not my browser, as I've been using the site without problems with
>> Firefox up until a short time ago. Actually, only a few weeks ago it
>> was working when I was trying to help a friend find a flight.
>>
>> Probably they've changed something that doesn't work for country of
>> origin.
>
>I've replicated your problem. It depends where you're from, and also
>where you're going. You can get 3 days either side if you're going from
>Italy to _Germany_. (Or at least I can, if I choose Italy as the
>country- the only language choice is Italian.) When I say I'm from the
>UK, I get the _choice_ of 3 days either way, but if I enter from the UK
>to a US destination, I don't get a choice on either day on the next
>page. I don't get this problem with a flight from the UK to Germany.
>Also, if you say you're in NL, and the flight originates from AMS, it
>gives you the 3 day either way choice, even to the few US destinations I
>tried.

SNAFU?

Similar to the P&O online booking system producing a system error that appeared
to be random, but turned to occur when a boat was fully booked.
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Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:34:55 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:

>On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:46:18 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne)
>wrote:
>
>>I've replicated your problem. It depends where you're from, and also
>>where you're going. You can get 3 days either side if you're going from
>>Italy to _Germany_. (Or at least I can, if I choose Italy as the
>>country- the only language choice is Italian.)
>
>I even tried changing the location of my computer in Control Panel (to
>Germany). I also changed the default language on the computer to
>German.
>
>Last night, I did send them an email, but no response yet other than
>the automated one.

You could try going to Greece by ferry and trying from there.
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Martin