A waste of time and money

Because of changes in my life — more on that later — I may soon need to take a quick trip out of Thailand.

So I went to Google to see if I could find a cheap business-class seat, as you can sometimes pick one up for not a lot more than an economy flight.

My old friend Google came up with this remarkable result.

So it would seem that Lufthansa, the German airline, could have a deal for me. I was a bit surprised, but then I remembered that I once got a very cheap Cathay Pacfic airfare from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, as it was an “extra leg” of a flight to and from Cathay’s home base in Hong Kong.

But when I tried to book a seat on various dates, I got this response:

So, I tweeted Lufthansa and got this repsonse:

I pointed out that I was using Chrome for Windows, the world’s most popular browser, so compatibility was unlikely to be an issue. I suggested in a further tweet that maybe Lufthansa didn’t even fly between Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. And I got this response:

So, there you go. It was a complete waste of my time from the very start. As for Lufthansa, somebody deserves a kick in the pants for trying to trick me and others into thinking that they provide a service that they don’t provide.

All of which reminds me of the adage that if an airline provides poor service on the ground (or over the internet), you’ve got to wonder what they’re like up in the air.