Enter twice with the same boarding pass at Dusseldorf airport?
May 13, 2015, 1:40 pm
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Enter twice with the same boarding pass at Dusseldorf airport?
I will fly to and from Dusseldorf on the same day. I will arrive very early and I have some hours to kill before I need to be in downtown Dusseldorf so I would like to spend those in a Priority Pass lounge. To get back to airside upon arrival in the morning I was thinking of using my boarding pass for the return flight which is late in the evening. Is this asking for trouble? Can I get into airside twice with the same boarding pass? Can I remain in airside upon arrival? I fly with Air Berlin if that matter and I fly within the EU and Schengen.
May 14, 2015, 10:53 am
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Depending on where you are flying from, you may well be able to stay airside. PP uses both the AB lounge in C and the Hugo Junkers lounge in B. So for example, if you arrive at say B35, you can go straight to the Hugo Junkers lounge and show them your onward BP. Whether they'll let you in that early depends on the specific agreement they have with PP. Neither of the two lounges are much to write home about, honestly, so I'd probably head in to Dusseldorf and find a nice hotel lobby to sit in (for example the Breidenbacher Hof, or even Steigenberger Parkhotel).
Last edited by FLYGVA; May 14, 2015 at 11:42 pm Reason: "HJ" is not a realy good abbreviation for Hugo Junkers ...
May 21, 2015, 9:11 am
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Depending on where you are flying from, you may well be able to stay airside. PP uses both the AB lounge in C and the Hugo Junkers lounge in B. So for example, if you arrive at say B35, you can go straight to the Hugo Junkers lounge and show them your onward BP. Whether they'll let you in that early depends on the specific agreement they have with PP. Neither of the two lounges are much to write home about, honestly, so I'd probably head in to Dusseldorf and find a nice hotel lobby to sit in (for example the Breidenbacher Hof, or even Steigenberger Parkhotel).
May 22, 2015, 4:20 am
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Thanks for your help. Everything went well, upon arriving I went straight to the Hugo Junkers Lounge and they didn't ask for my boarding pass. In the evening I came back into the lounge and they asked me if I had been there earlier that day and I said yes and they let me in without giving me a receipt (which I think means they didn't charge Priority Pass for the second visit).
May 23, 2015, 11:12 am
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