Originally Posted by
prometa
Bumping this old thread. I have travel IAD-FRA-CDG, with IAD-FRA in Polaris and FRA-CDG in LH Econ. Given the departure from FRA is econ, my understanding is I will not have lounge access in FRA. (Right?)
However, the IAD-FRA leg will put me from silver to gold, and thus *G, which would make me eligible. Anyone have any experience with the time required to get *G status once hitting Gold, and the time for partner airline systems to catch up once that happens? We have a 5 hour layover and would really like to be able to shower while we're there. Looks like LH is not selling access to lounges per the LH website.
Edit: we arrive at 12:10 local, so probably too late to use the welcome lounge (which stops access at 12:30)
forget about it.
even if the UA systems were to recognize the change immediately (which they won’t - it’ll take a couple of days at least), LH surely isn’t going to be updated, and of all the alliance carriers, LH is probably the least likely to bend any rules - they are quite strict.
I’m sure that’s not the answer you were hoping for, so sorry.