Lounge Access on Germanwings
#1
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Edinburgh
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Lounge Access on Germanwings
Hi,
soon I'm flying on Germangwings.
Being Senator, on their webpage I read the following:
but also
So what about DUS and HAM?
soon I'm flying on Germangwings.
Being Senator, on their webpage I read the following:
Do I get access to the Lufthansa lounge with a Germanwings boarding pass?
As a HON Circle member or a Senator you may use the Lufthansa Lounge when showing your Miles & More status card and a Germanwings boarding pass valid for the airport of departure and actual day. You may invite one companion who needs to have a valid boarding pass for a Lufthansa or Star Alliance flight for that day and for the airport of departure.
As a HON Circle member or a Senator you may use the Lufthansa Lounge when showing your Miles & More status card and a Germanwings boarding pass valid for the airport of departure and actual day. You may invite one companion who needs to have a valid boarding pass for a Lufthansa or Star Alliance flight for that day and for the airport of departure.
At which Germanwings airports do I find a Lufthansa Lounge?
Germanwings passengers will be able to use Lufthansa lounges in Cologne/Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart, Hanover, Munich, Leipzig or Dresden.
Germanwings passengers will be able to use Lufthansa lounges in Cologne/Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart, Hanover, Munich, Leipzig or Dresden.
#2
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Munich, Germany
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You will able to use the lounges in DUS and HAM, too. The reason they are not on the list is because DUS has only one 4U flight and HAM is just getting more 4U flights. Especially DUS is still LH territory.
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#8
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4U flies to PRN from MUC and FRA plus to DTM from MUC. Unless the PRN service is tied to some contract, expect the service to be shifted to CL or mainline LH.
#9
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Lufthansa uses trick with 4U to deprive other airlines *G passenger their benefits. I hope that such tricks will be prohibited by Star Alliance soon. If other airlines will start doing the same frequent travelers will lose their benefits. *G status without world recognition will be worth nothing.
#10
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Lufthansa uses trick with 4U to deprive other airlines *G passenger their benefits. I hope that such tricks will be prohibited by Star Alliance soon. If other airlines will start doing the same frequent travelers will lose their benefits. *G status without world recognition will be worth nothing.
#11
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Lufthansa uses trick with 4U to deprive other airlines *G passenger their benefits. I hope that such tricks will be prohibited by Star Alliance soon. If other airlines will start doing the same frequent travelers will lose their benefits. *G status without world recognition will be worth nothing.
#12
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: BOS
Posts: 519
Why shouldn't they. And I really appreciate this - I am tired of the abusive strategy of other carriers to give away *G almost for free which leads to lounges crowded by domestic TK and A3 Golds. Other airlines have started this long ago. SQ is the most prominent example. Most passengers on real transfer are not affected since the FRA and MUC routes will still be operated by mainline and US customers will feel pretty much at home since their local Gold status does not give them any benefits at home anyway. So why complain?
I'm biased since I've been at oneworld for 10 years, and only *A for 1...but I think oneworld's levels are tuned better. I was hoping BER would open, and AB would get better and I would have maintained my AA PLT, but did not. So when I was searching for a new *A program...well..
M&M sucks in a lot of areas, really just seems to get worse over time with all these "enhancements". Why on earth would I pick it as a new entrant to Star Alliance, especially having had so many crap experiences with Lufthansa in the past?
I'll fly my 100K a year and credit it to A3. It's really obnoxious for all the SEN's who think they're so much better than everyone else and whine and complain about us A3's wandering around. That's how the game works....
It's like if we both owned the same BMW. Sure, yours has seat warmers, and mine doesn't, but I paid 1/5 of what you did. Complain to BMW, not me.
#13
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Sure. This is how the game works. I get access and you don't. My FTL wife gets access and all *G don't. This is how the game works. We own the same BMW. Mine got a lounge and yours don't. And I am happy to pay a bit more for lounge, seat blocking, seat reservation ans better award availability.
#14
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Sure. This is how the game works. I get access and you don't. My FTL wife gets access and all *G don't. This is how the game works. We own the same BMW. Mine got a lounge and yours don't. And I am happy to pay a bit more for lounge, seat blocking, seat reservation ans better award availability.
For the moment, I'm lucky enough to not be flying in DE lately, and hopefully it lasts beyond the switch at TXL to 4U. But, even with PP, I suspect I will need to formulate a strategy to get status in M&M when I get 4U**ed. I imagine that a lot of other FF will too, which is probably what LH wanted all along.
#15
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That won't helpful in quite a few airports because there are not PP lounges in the LH terminal/pier. DUS comes to mind. But you are right, it wil probably reduce the number of A3 and TK Golds and there will be for sure more space in the lounges.