I've got some good friends of mine who I've booked on flights to Europe over Christmas / New Year. They are J AKL-BKK, F BKK-ZRH, F ROM-BKK and J BKK-AKL. I know they have the new style J on the two flights out of and in to Auckland. The BKK-ZRH is and A340 so that is the new F. ROM-BKK is on a 747-400 and by the looks of the seat map it has the new F too. Are the seats 2E and 2F separated by something (it looks like it on the TG website)? I want to pre-seat them now, but can't tell from the seat map.

They have a daughter who is flying on the same flights in Y. Is it possible for her to have lounge access at all? I have a feeling he or she is Star Alliance Gold (could be OneWorld).

They have a 14 hour layover on the way home. Can they access the F lounge on arrival from ROM? I think they'll get a day room at the Novotel though.

By the way, I got them on a pretty good fare. They're paying about NZD8,400 including taxes for J/F and SQ J was roughly NZD9,400 including taxes.