"The only other change of significance is the last bullet point in that stated Lufthansa communication.
… in an involuntary case (e.g. flight cancellation FRA-JFK) a rebooking to FRA-EWR is considered as O&D change and requires a waiver.
This should just be a technical issue and one that is entirely of Lufthansa’s own doing. The way I read this, Lufthansa’s systems will require a travel agency to get a waiver to reissue the ticket to EWR instead of JFK because it is no longer considered the same market from a pricing perspective.
Other airlines have long created their own “co-terminals” which allow for reaccommodation between airports without any issues, so I don’t know why Lufthansa is making its policy so difficult here. But I don’t read this as saying that you might not get a waiver. It’s just that an extra step is involved.
To wrap this up, none of this is going to change anything for travelers. It might make travel agents work a little harder in rare cases, but this is really just about how fares are filed. Everyone can take a deep breath and relax."
I wonder if this is trendsetting!!
