United Airlines and Star Alliance: A risk for United Airlines Passengers

Star Alliance is the largest airline alliance in the world. United Airlines is a founding member of this alliance.

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Star Alliance is the largest airline alliance in the world. United Airlines is a founding member of this alliance.

How safe is it for a passenger to travel on a United Airlines ticket (016 ticket stock) on a partner airlines like Lufthansa or Egypt Air?


For many United Airlines passengers it will be an adventure to try this. it could mean to be stranded at foreign airports or having to make expensive overseas mobile phone roaming calls. What happened to eTN publisher Juergen Steinmetz may happen to anyone relying on United Airlines to submit airline tickets for transportation on fellow alliance airlines.



Passengers may find their reservation without tickets.

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WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:

  • How safe is it for a passenger to travel on a United Airlines ticket (016 ticket stock) on a partner airlines like Lufthansa or Egypt Air.
  • What happened to eTN publisher Juergen Steinmetz may happen to anyone relying on United Airlines to submit airline tickets for transportation on fellow alliance airlines.
  • For many United Airlines passengers it will be an adventure to try this.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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