Originally Posted by
Nazdoom
I'm flying SFO - HKG - ICN on same ticket; first flight is in CX F, second is in CX J. Arrive in HKG at 6AM, then departing 19 hours later at 1:05am. I recognize this isn't technically "same calendar day". Am I likely to face any push back on being granted lounge access at 6am for a 1:05am departure or entering the departures area 19 hours before my flight?
I don't intend to spend 19 hours in the lounges, but would like to nap, eat, and freshen up before heading into the city for a few hours and then going back to the airport lounges to relax. I recognize doing so would require asking to be escorted from departures area to immigration. If I'm already pushing my luck, I might need to reconsider.
Thanks!
I must give credit for finding this thread! instead of starting a new one, which is what 8/10 people do when asking this question (we seem to get this question weekly).
The criteria is
not same day (from 24 hour clock standpoint), nor is it 24 hours.
The criteria is same airport day. You are arriving and departing on the same airport day and will have no problem using the F lounge. As I've repeated a few times in the other one-off repetitive threads, it would obviously be a little crazy for CX to impose a "same day" based on a 24 hour clock, since that would cutoff everyone from the F lounge who flies after midnight....which is the case with many flights, particularly long-haul ones. Anyway, one airport day lasts from the pre-dawn arrivals at 4:30 or 5am or so, until departure of last flight around 2:30am or so. The next "day" rolls over after the last departure, which depends on time of year but in the past has been Surabaya, Dubai, or maybe a delayed Europe flight.
You won't have any problem.