Group travel
A concert tour, team outing or school trip? There are lots of different reasons for a group trip. You can now request a group trip even more easily and conveniently on lufthansa.com and book it at the best possible price.
Your group booking at lufthansa.com
- Individual, no-obligation quote
- Payment within seven days of booking
- Payment by credit card1 or bank transfer
- The names of the group members must be provided up to 14 days before departure. If the names are not available by this deadline, the booking will be cancelled (see Cancellations and Refunds).
- Travel documents (tickets) are issued 14 days before departure
- 20% of the group can be cancelled free of charge up to the time the travel documents are issued – a minimum group size of 10 people must remain
- Departures from airports in Germany, Austria or Switzerland2 only (for all other countries, please contact your preferred travel agency)
- Only departure and destination locations within the Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa and SWISS route networks that are served by the Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa or SWISS fleets
- Open-jaw flights and outbound flights only are possible
- Lufthansa flight connections can be combined with a) Austrian Airlines or b) SWISS
1 Depending on the invoicing method selected, in the case of sales in Switzerland an OPC will be added to the displayed price. Please be aware that the OPC cannot be refunded if your trip is cancelled.
2 Only for persons resident in Germany, Austria or Switzerland (for all other countries, please contact your preferred travel agency).
Travel for groups of 10 people or more
Simply get in touch with us to receive an individual quotation for your group via email. Please allow at least 28 days’ notice.
Note: the processing period is currently up to seven days. In addition, please refrain from calling our team and only use our email contact after your booking has been confirmed.
FAQs
We have made a list of the most frequently asked questions and their answers for you below.
A group trip consists of at least 10 passengers travelling together and who are entitled to seats.
Please note that children under the age of 12 years may only travel if accompanied by adults.
Bookings for a group who are starting their journey in Germany, Austria or Switzerland can be requested online using the above form.
If your departure airport is not in one of these three countries, please contact a travel agency you trust to make your group booking. Travel agencies are kindly requested to contact their relevant Lufthansa service team.
The price for a group is calculated independently of the lowest online price. It is calculated individually according to capacity and can be higher than the single seat fare sold online. The number of seats available in the aircraft decreases per booking. It may therefore be the case that a seat is still available for an individual passenger at a lower price, but not to a group because of the number of travellers.
344 days – for a trip only using Lufthansa flights
344 days – for Lufthansa flights with the participation of Austrian Airlines and SWISS,
providing the return flight is within this time frame.
Yes, providing the required group size of at least 10 people remains and the group terms and conditions permit it.
Summary invoices for group bookings can be requested via our groups service after the tickets have been issued.
To book a train ticket, please contact the Lufthansa Service Center or a travel agency.
You will receive two separate DB pick-up numbers (one for your outbound journey and one for your return journey). Under each number a single trip Rail&Fly ticket is deposited for you at the DB-Fernverkehrsautomat (Deutsche Bahn long-distance ticket machine). If you are travelling with several other people, each person will receive one pick-up number for their outbound journey and one for their return journey.
With these numbers you can print out your ticket at any DB long-distance ticket machine from 72 hours before the start of your journey. There are more than 3,500 of these DB ticket machines throughout Germany. You can easily find out where your nearest one is located via bahn.de/railandfly.
You can find further information about Rail&Fly services under the following link (Rail&Fly arriving by train).
Yes, you can also use online check-in as a group, including seat selection using the seat map diagram. To do this, please use the “add another passenger” button after logging in. You can choose a seat on the seat map for each passenger individually on each route by first clicking on the passenger’s name and then on the seat that you would like to reserve.
Our terms and conditions for group travel
Find out about the requirements for your group trip here
Group travel with flight & hotel?
Would you like to book a flight & hotel as an all-in package for your group? At Lufthansa Holidays we offer you individual quotes for your trip.