Originally Posted by
marcuslai
Called MPC HK, the agent's first response was no you do not, regardless of connection length. The "reason" she offered was that, for your onward J flight, because CX already has a J lounge that you can access, therefore no special arrangements would be made for you to access the F lounge.
I mentioned this seemed to be in conflict with at least the OW rules, she offered to call the airport lounge staff to confirm, and the reply was yes, you can use the F lounge if coming off an F flight
for a transit to a J.
I specifically asked if anything changes if the onward flight, while within 24 hours so that it qualifies as a transit, was on the following day, she said this does not matter as you are still transiting. You can access the F lounge at any point during your transit so long as the lounge is open. But if it is over 24 hours, it is not a transit, and you will not have this access.
So this is good news for you
Awesome, thanks so much
marcuslai! I suppose you had a better chance speaking Canto to the HK agent rather than English to the Filipino, who didn't think about contacting the lounge..
Originally Posted by
correctioncx
I think if you explain clearly to the lounge reception and tell them there is no F class flight in tpe and you have been "downgraded" then they might let you in
Which is actually the case, funnily enough. Damn plane got changed from a 744 to 773. And the seat assignment went from 1A to 12E!! That's how I noticed something was up.
Indeed, maybe this thread needs to go somewhere visible because I did try finding info on it before I made a new thread. But my search came up empty handed for the specific question I was asking. But it's great to have confirmation that a transit does qualify for F lounge access.