Originally Posted by
MrTravel
Next month we will be flying with Swiss in FC from Oslo to Phuket via Zurich & Bangkok. I have a couple of questions which hopefully someone can help me with:-
1. Will our bags be checked in all the way through to HKT? All flights are on the same PNR, but the final flight from Bangkok to Phuket is with a different carrier (Thai Smile). I guess that may require us to self transfer at Bangkok?
2. When we arrive at Zurich from Oslo, will someone meet us at the plane and escort us to the Swiss First Lounge? Or, will we have to find our own way there?
Thanks
MrT
Yes your bags should be checked in all the way to HKT. Thai Smile is not a full member of Star Alliance, but it cooperates with Star Alliance.
Tip: a BP on Thai Smile flight doesn't give you access to TG lounges even with Star Alliance Gold, unless you continue on the same day on C or F on any Star Alliance flight. Last year I actually managed to get in the domestic TG lounge with a BP on Thai Smile flight when I also showed my Star Alliance Gold membership card and an arrival BP in TG C SIN-BKK from two days before.
If you arrive (and park on the tarmac) on LX metal at ZRH and your next flight on the same ticket on the same day is on LX F, you should be driven to the FCA lounge, at least they did so before Covid.
Otherwise, I am not sure anyone will escort you to the lounge once you get off the plane into the terminal.