Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
The A380 usually arrives at a C gate but sometimes at a B gate. Unless the SFO flight is late or immigration queues very long, you should have enough time for a bite and a shower in the Welcome Lounge.
You'll have to go through immigration in any case before catching the CDG flight whether you go to the Welcome Lounge or not and customs are almost unnoticeable. If you think you'll have the time just follow the signs for the Exit rather than for the departure gate for your CDG flight in A.
There is priority security for C passengers and LH1034 leaves from an A gate. The higher the gate number the further from the central area. I would leave the Welcome Lounge 45 mins before departure.
This is a fabulous thread. I'm assuming the above information applies to my schedule: arriving 5:30 am on LH metal JFK-FRA in C with a three hour layover before transferring to an LH flight to VCE. We deplane, Exit, find the Welcome Lounge, shower, have a leisurely breakfast, pass back through security with our hand luggage and fly to Venice.
This may be a silly question (being a non-status person having just redeemed my Grand Slam points for travel in C), but are towels provided in the shower? What a wonderful way to be welcomed. At first I thought a 3 hour layover was a tad long, but this might work out quite nice for Mrs. dwcatty and me.