Originally Posted by
KQ321
Just to clarify this point - as I understand it, at airports where different SkyTeam member airlines have contracted different 3rd party lounges, you have to use the lounge contracted by your (operating) airline - you don't have a choice of accessing a different lounge (even if that lounge is shown on the
SkyTeam website lounge finder as it is contracted by another SkyTeam airline for their flights). Anyhow, AFAIK, KLM use the Tanzanite Lounge, so you should be able to access that.
Ah. My experience given in my previous post is based on intl-intl transfers at DAR, where you enter the international departures area almost immediately after disembarking the incoming flight. However, if you are arriving domestically (whether by plane or bus) I doubt you will be able to enter the international departures area (and hence access the lounge) until KLM check-in opens - which will probably only be ~3hrs before the flight departs.
Thanks for the great info, much appreciated.
We are looking at arriving a little later in the day, and at present, we have 4 options all getting in, in time for proper check in time for the KLM flight. If we go with the current FastJet option, we will arrive domestic roughly T-4 hours. We'll see...