Originally Posted by
jimaleg
oes anyone know if you can use your elite plus card WITHOUT having to check in at the desk or using your boarding pass?
I have never seen that, and I don't think it will work, for two reasons:
1) While some of my older TK cards have a barcode (which the gate reader can process), the most recent one only has a magstripe - which the gate cannot read. Your card may be of a different vintage and still feature a barcode.
2) In principle, your TK card alone is not entitling you to access the lounge. You need to be departing on a Star carrier - as evidenced by a boarding pass. If this was not enforced, all TK Elites flying about on Atlas etc. could still go into the lounge.