Lounge Options on FCO Layover
Jun 17, 2012, 4:42 pm
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Unfortunately, my mother-in-law isn't too mobile, so tour of Rome won't be a possibility. I was hoping for a good lounge or a day room at an airport hotel. Last time I did this trip, the connection was via MXP and the lounge we had access to was good. However, we have never been through FCO for this long of a connection.
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Jun 18, 2012, 7:51 am
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The Hilton has day rooms (I think about €99). This may or may not work well for you as they are fixed hours (I think it is from 10am to 6pm or something like that). This is not a great hotel but will certainly be better than lounges which will feel infuriating after 2 or 3 hours! If transfer is within T3, the AZ lounge is in the satellite and so is the priority pass. Both are 'blind' lounges with no natural light, food is minimal, coffee ok, a few lounger chairs but lounge is often fairly full and thus mechanically have its share of loud people depending on which flights are departing.
Jun 18, 2012, 12:04 pm
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The Hilton has day rooms (I think about €99). This may or may not work well for you as they are fixed hours (I think it is from 10am to 6pm or something like that). This is not a great hotel but will certainly be better than lounges which will feel infuriating after 2 or 3 hours! If transfer is within T3, the AZ lounge is in the satellite and so is the priority pass. Both are 'blind' lounges with no natural light, food is minimal, coffee ok, a few lounger chairs but lounge is often fairly full and thus mechanically have its share of loud people depending on which flights are departing.
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Jul 24, 2012, 9:08 pm
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Sep 10, 2012, 12:01 pm
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My parents are flying business class LAX-FCO, then have a 4 hour layover before flying FCO-BCN. I'm assuming they will arrive in T3, have to clear immigration, and then will exit out of the secure area. Looks like they'll depart out of T1, so they they'd have to go through security again.
Any suggestions on the most convenient lounge for them to access? It'd be great if there was one with showers. If not, then I think I'd just want to tell them the easiest one to get to (or closest to their FCO-BCN departure), and not necessarily the nicest one. I don't think they will want to go out of their way to another terminal just to get a better lounge (unless it has showers).
Any suggestions on the most convenient lounge for them to access? It'd be great if there was one with showers. If not, then I think I'd just want to tell them the easiest one to get to (or closest to their FCO-BCN departure), and not necessarily the nicest one. I don't think they will want to go out of their way to another terminal just to get a better lounge (unless it has showers).
Sep 10, 2012, 12:18 pm
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There aren't really any Terminals at FCO, the T's are just names given to different areas of the airport. Arriving at T3 your parents will have a security check immediately after getting off the plane, followed by a passport check which will take them straight into the T1/T2 area. A good (the only) lounge there is above the D-gates, "Borromini" with showers available, and not crowded.
Funny to route BCN via FCO - to try out the new business class?
Funny to route BCN via FCO - to try out the new business class?
Last edited by bungler; Sep 10, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Sep 10, 2012, 1:30 pm
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Sort of. It's an award using Delta miles i booked for them. Initially I had them on some crazy routing, just to get a low level award (SFO-MSP-ORD-CDG-BCN). I was very happy to later find SFO-LAX-FCO-BCN which is on a much better business class product and has less time on domestic first/business seats.
Sep 14, 2012, 5:30 pm
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A related question: I will have a long (10 hours and 5 minutes, to be precise) connection at FCO. The plan is to spen the afternoon in Rome. Can I check all my luggage (perhaps except valuable stuff), so that I don't have to carry it, or there is some rule about checking in luggage in the case of long connections? could not find anything on AZ website.
Sep 15, 2012, 4:14 am
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You can check your luggage even on a long connection. I don't think there's a left luggage option in FCO.
Originally Posted by alesfo
A related question: I will have a long (10 hours and 5 minutes, to be precise) connection at FCO. The plan is to spen the afternoon in Rome. Can I check all my luggage (perhaps except valuable stuff), so that I don't have to carry it, or there is some rule about checking in luggage in the case of long connections? could not find anything on AZ website.
May 11, 2015, 7:33 pm
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My connecton time in FCO for AMS-FCO-NAP is short, but I might miss the connection and then it would be long.
AMS-FCO is in business, FCO-NAP has only economy on the plane, my return is FCO-LAX in business (a couple weeks after the FCO/NAP flight).
Am I entitled to lounge access in FCO?
Thanks in advance?
AMS-FCO is in business, FCO-NAP has only economy on the plane, my return is FCO-LAX in business (a couple weeks after the FCO/NAP flight).
Am I entitled to lounge access in FCO?
Thanks in advance?
May 16, 2015, 4:02 pm
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My connecton time in FCO for AMS-FCO-NAP is short, but I might miss the connection and then it would be long.
AMS-FCO is in business, FCO-NAP has only economy on the plane, my return is FCO-LAX in business (a couple weeks after the FCO/NAP flight).
Am I entitled to lounge access in FCO?
Thanks in advance?
AMS-FCO is in business, FCO-NAP has only economy on the plane, my return is FCO-LAX in business (a couple weeks after the FCO/NAP flight).
Am I entitled to lounge access in FCO?
Thanks in advance?