Alitalia lounges when transferring at FCO
Jun 9, 2014, 5:44 am
#16
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Thanks bungler! I'll be passing with my wife who has no FF status. If we get out of our plane, go to Dolce Vita and then have to re-clear security before boarding flight to PSA, how much time do we have left in the Dolce Vita? I have no clue about the security at FCO...
Jun 21, 2014, 9:45 am
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Would anyone be able to sponsor lounge access for me at FCO on Monday 23rd June, as I am down to Flying Blue Silver? Arrival is from AUH at 1215 with departure to LCY at 1740. I guess there's not really enough time to go into Rome on that layover.
Jul 25, 2014, 4:39 pm
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Really? I find that hard to believe, have always had to clear security upon landing and connecting to another flight. If not, I will certainly buy a couple of bottles of water in the U.S. to take for my onward connections...that's why I am particularly interested. My itinerary is ORD-FCO-AMS, if that makes a difference.
Jul 31, 2014, 9:02 am
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Really? I find that hard to believe, have always had to clear security upon landing and connecting to another flight. If not, I will certainly buy a couple of bottles of water in the U.S. to take for my onward connections...that's why I am particularly interested. My itinerary is ORD-FCO-AMS, if that makes a difference.
Aug 2, 2014, 2:28 pm
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Aug 21, 2014, 10:15 am
#23
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My GF is flying IST-FCO (on TK) then FCO-IAD-ORD on UA all in business. She arrives at 11:50 pm and her flight is to IAD is the following morning at 10 AM. Any recommendations on where she can spend this excruciating layover, lounges, etc? She holds a Turkish passport and doesn't currently hold an up to date schengen visa, so I don't believe leaving the transit area is an option.
Any suggestions would be very appreciated! She is about to check in at IST soon...
Any suggestions would be very appreciated! She is about to check in at IST soon...
Aug 21, 2014, 11:08 am
#24
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Really? I find that hard to believe, have always had to clear security upon landing and connecting to another flight. If not, I will certainly buy a couple of bottles of water in the U.S. to take for my onward connections...that's why I am particularly interested. My itinerary is ORD-FCO-AMS, if that makes a difference.
I think I was referring to Shenghen - FCO - non-Shenghen itineraries. On the other way round there is usually a security check.
Sep 2, 2014, 10:52 am
#25
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Which lounge would we get to visit? Will we have to go through security again?
IST-FCO-LHR (AZ) business class
layover
LHR-LAX (VS)
Luggage will hopefully be checked through to LAX so we will only have hand luggage at FCO. Thanks ^
IST-FCO-LHR (AZ) business class
layover
LHR-LAX (VS)
Luggage will hopefully be checked through to LAX so we will only have hand luggage at FCO. Thanks ^
Oct 25, 2014, 12:24 am
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Despite being SkyTeam Elite Plus, I was denied lounge access at D because I had a domestic Italy flight but had not arrived on a SkyTeam carrier. What an awful, useless alliance if this is true. For this and other reasons, I'm pretty much done with AZ. I'm glad I have a choice in airlines.
Oct 26, 2014, 8:31 am
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That's precisely the text of the rules for Skyteam: you need to be connecting internationally on Skyteam to use the lounge. If you were an Alitalia CFA/CFP, you would have been admitted.
Your airline of preference would do the same to me viceversa.
BTW: this is true also for Oneworld.
Originally Posted by Spiff
Despite being SkyTeam Elite Plus, I was denied lounge access at D because I had a domestic Italy flight but had not arrived on a SkyTeam carrier. What an awful, useless alliance if this is true. For this and other reasons, I'm pretty much done with AZ. I'm glad I have a choice in airlines.
Your airline of preference would do the same to me viceversa.
BTW: this is true also for Oneworld.
Oct 26, 2014, 5:41 pm
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That's precisely the text of the rules for Skyteam: you need to be connecting internationally on Skyteam to use the lounge. If you were an Alitalia CFA/CFP, you would have been admitted.
Your airline of preference would do the same to me viceversa.
BTW: this is true also for Oneworld.
That's precisely the text of the rules for Skyteam: you need to be connecting internationally on Skyteam to use the lounge. If you were an Alitalia CFA/CFP, you would have been admitted.
Your airline of preference would do the same to me viceversa.
BTW: this is true also for Oneworld.
SkyTeam's access rules stink. I'm glad I have a choice.
Oct 27, 2014, 7:14 am
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Thinking about it, I am pretty much done with KLM. A couple of years ago, as a valued Elite member (Silver!), I was denied access to their lounge in Amsterdam; adding to misery, I was even asked to pay 25 Euros [had I eventually decided to enter]. Some rules are just unacceptable. It's good job that I can still reach Amsterdam by train or via Munich.
Last edited by AlicorporateUK; Oct 27, 2014 at 7:22 am
Oct 27, 2014, 9:26 am
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Thinking about it, I am pretty much done with KLM. A couple of years ago, as a valued Elite member (Silver!), I was denied access to their lounge in Amsterdam; adding to misery, I was even asked to pay 25 Euros [had I eventually decided to enter]. Some rules are just unacceptable. It's good job that I can still reach Amsterdam by train or via Munich.