Reviewed by the SpareHolidays Travel Team · Fees checked against the official source on 18 July 2026
As of July 2026, Lufthansa does not allow ticket transfers: the person travelling can never be changed, and if someone else should fly, a new ticket must be issued at current fares. Same-person name corrections — typos, marriage, legal name changes — are processed free of charge, and have been since Lufthansa Group abolished its name-correction fee on 1 July 2024.
Lufthansa Group's official Name Correction Guideline is unambiguous: changing the person travelling is never allowed. If another person is to travel, a new ticket must be issued, subject to current availability and current fares. The original ticket may be refunded only in line with its fare rules — on restricted economy fares that can mean losing most of the ticket value.
The guideline covers Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines ticket stock, and applies to entirely unused, individual bookings. We checked the current published version of the guideline on 18 July 2026.
If the traveller stays the same and only the name is wrong, the fix costs nothing: as of 1 July 2024 the Lufthansa Group name-correction fee was abolished, and corrections under the policy are processed free of charge. Only one name correction per person is permitted.
Legal name changes — marriage, divorce, gender reassignment or a new passport — are also corrected free, but proof is required (for example a marriage certificate or decree absolute) so the airline can verify it is still the same person. Genuine misspellings follow the airline's correction rules; not every request is accepted as a correction, and anything that amounts to a different traveller will be refused.
Because a Lufthansa flight ticket can never change hands, it cannot be resold — not privately, and not on SpareHolidays. If you cannot fly, the realistic options are a goodwill refund request under the fare rules, or rebooking under the ticket's own change conditions.
What you can resell is the rest of the trip: hotel bookings, package holidays and other transferable travel can be listed on SpareHolidays for free. The buyer's payment is processed via Stripe before any transfer step, and sellers are paid out two calendar days after the trip ends.
Work out which case you are in
Same person, wrong spelling or new legal name: that is a free correction. A different person travelling: Lufthansa never allows it, so do not buy a ticket intending to swap the name.
Request the correction early
Contact the Lufthansa service centre with your booking reference and, for legal name changes, supporting documents. Corrections apply to entirely unused tickets, so act well before departure.
If someone else should travel
Price a new ticket at current fares and check whether the original fare allows any refund. A restricted ticket may return only taxes, so compare before cancelling anything.
Resell what is transferable
List the transferable parts of the trip — the hotel, a package holiday, vouchers — on SpareHolidays for free instead of writing off the whole journey.
No. Lufthansa Group's Name Correction Guideline states that changing the person travelling is never allowed. If another person is to fly, a new ticket must be issued at current availability and fares, and the original ticket is refunded only as far as its fare rules permit.
Nothing. Lufthansa Group abolished its name-correction fee on 1 July 2024, and same-person corrections under the policy are processed free of charge. That covers misspellings and legal name changes with documentation — not a swap to a different traveller.
Documentation showing the traveller is the same person — for example a marriage certificate, divorce decree or equivalent legal document. Once verified, the name is corrected free of charge. Only one name correction per person is permitted.
Yes — the Name Correction Guideline applies across Lufthansa Group ticket stock (Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines): no transfers to another person, free same-person corrections. Group bookings follow separate group terms.
Figures on this page were checked against Lufthansa Group Name Correction Guideline on 18 July 2026. Carrier terms change — always confirm the current fee and deadline directly with Lufthansa before listing or buying a booking.
List it on SpareHolidays for free. Sellers are ID-verified, payment is processed via Stripe before the transfer begins, and sellers are paid out two calendar days after the trip ends.