Lufthansa slaps airport lounge lizard with bill for €2,000

This is a very troublesome way to obtain a marginal meal and a few drinks but if customer followed the guidelines I cannot see him being ordered by a judge to pay restitution to LH, although it is clearly an abuse of the system and I do understand the airline refusing to sell him another ticket.

strange, when you add the cost of parking, is there a tran to muc from munich.

a us judge would of sided with the customer, no warning label!!

nicht ordnungsgemäß.

As it appears the ticket holder had no intent to consummate the journey, his ticket was purchased under fraudulent intent.

At least we know at what Lufthansa values it's lounge services.

Doesn't this guy have a life? I can't imaging going through security that often just to grab some pretzels and a few beers.

That's a shame. If only he had been a massive corporation his exploitation of loopholes would have been celebrated...

what is offered at the lounge? i have never been to one

I love it that people on here actually ask what he did wrong... Just a great example of how society in general has lost it's moral compass. There's always some smart-ass defending crappy behavior now.

The fact is, a judge in a court of law determined he was at fault. So all the debating, rationalizing, obfuscating and denials here mean nothing. Case is closed and the verdict is in.

Now all you puzzled people who don't get it need to examine your own perspectives and try to figure out what is wrong with them. I doubt you'd listen to me tell you, and most of you probably don't even care what any court has to say anyway, so I don't hold my breath that greedy selfish behavior will end anytime soon. That's why it takes a governmental system to hit some people beside the head with a brick to get their attention.

Jeeez!

A new way to bilk a company. In the article, it says a Chinese person pulled the same stunt. Wonder if he's still alive or just enduring an extended visit to the local prison.

It's a nice lounge, open to premium passengers only. LH does not sell lounge memberships; everything in the lounge is free. People are better dressed than users of, say, United lounges.

Good for Lufthansa,

Wouldn't an annual membership have cost less than the price of a fully refundable ticket?

Shouldn't it bother someone that this guy made and cancelled over thirty reservations within a year? Granted TSA isn't present at the Munich airport, but...really?

I'm more interested in how they get away with segregating their economy class cabins on overseas flights... I noticed a clear separation of German citizens in one area and "everybody else" in the back of the plane when I last flew with them. I also noticed different amenities being offered in both cabins... Is this 'de rigeur' on national carriers?

A WONDER he survived this food ...

What did he do wrong? He bought a refundable ticket that included lounge access. Lufthansa let him in. Case closed.

The only bilking I see happening is the annual fee for lounge access. LH charging €55 for cheap liquor and snacks in a room with threadbare furniture filled with people who are dressed like they are on the way to the gym, and smell like they are on the way back is the real fraud.

I would like to see an itemized bill....

Someone said "stick it to the corporations" really? That just raises the price for everyone else. That is the same mentality that wants more freebies from the government, nothing from the government is free, those are our tax dallors.

I agree with Luftansa. Can you imangine if more people did this. Its an abuse of the benefit. Ban him as a customer forever

The "German man" needs to fight his assessment of 2700USD. I think he followed all of the rules, viz. must be a ticketed passenger to use the Lounge,etc.
Typical lack of flexibility and sense of humor. What a boring airline!

Stick it to the big corporations is what I say! They try to rip people off any way they can. Why not a get a little back on them while you have the opportunity?