Any possible access to AF terminal E lounges when departing from terminal 2F ?
Jul 23, 2018, 7:28 am
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Any possible access to AF terminal E lounges when departing from terminal 2F ?
Hi everyone,
I often use the AF 2F lounges when flying AF domestic or european Schengen flights.
I was wondering : is there any possibility, if your flight leaves from 2F, and if you have sufficient time, to go to terminal 2E to enjoy AF non schengen departure lounges ?
- Is it possible to go through immigration control if you don 't have a non Schengen bording pass ?
- Will AF personnel allow me to enter one of the terminal E lounges ?
- Will I be able to make my way back to terminal 2F ?
Many thanks in advance
)
Guillaume
I often use the AF 2F lounges when flying AF domestic or european Schengen flights.
I was wondering : is there any possibility, if your flight leaves from 2F, and if you have sufficient time, to go to terminal 2E to enjoy AF non schengen departure lounges ?
- Is it possible to go through immigration control if you don 't have a non Schengen bording pass ?
- Will AF personnel allow me to enter one of the terminal E lounges ?
- Will I be able to make my way back to terminal 2F ?
Many thanks in advance
) Guillaume
Jul 23, 2018, 10:48 am
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Jul 23, 2018, 1:33 pm
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I have a very similar question. I will arive at Terminal 2E soon in business Class from JFK and will be leaving CDG from Terminal 2F to Germany. Is there any possibility to use any of the 2E lounges?
I really don‘t like the 2F Lounge.
If I understand the recent comments here, this is Not possible, right?!
I really don‘t like the 2F Lounge.
If I understand the recent comments here, this is Not possible, right?!
Jul 23, 2018, 1:45 pm
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It defeats the purpose of partitioning the airport, and providing separate lounges in each partition, if customers can then just freely tour the various terminals and lounges.
Use the lounge provided for your gate.
Use the lounge provided for your gate.
Jul 23, 2018, 3:17 pm
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The problem is the general segregation of departing and arriving passengers, particularly as it relates to passport/border control, making it impractical to use a different lounge in this instance.
Jul 24, 2018, 1:38 am
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What I said was - having decided to partition the airport (and, further, having ensured that customers in each such partition had access to a lounge, thereby removing "lounge access" as a valid reason to "ignore" the partitioning), it doesn't make sense to allow people to "ignore" that partitioning, particularly for the sake of accessing a different lounge than the one they should use for their departure gate.
Jul 24, 2018, 1:52 am
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I have a very similar question. I will arive at Terminal 2E soon in business Class from JFK and will be leaving CDG from Terminal 2F to Germany. Is there any possibility to use any of the 2E lounges?
I really don‘t like the 2F Lounge.
If I understand the recent comments here, this is Not possible, right?!
I really don‘t like the 2F Lounge.
If I understand the recent comments here, this is Not possible, right?!
You can access by scanning your boarding card (flight to germany) on the kiosk on the right side and access. However, as soon as you get to the counter to get access or request a shower, you will be told to go to 2F lounge.
Jul 24, 2018, 4:20 am
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I neither said - nor implied - that that was the reason.
What I said was - having decided to partition the airport (and, further, having ensured that customers in each such partition had access to a lounge, thereby removing "lounge access" as a valid reason to "ignore" the partitioning), it doesn't make sense to allow people to "ignore" that partitioning, particularly for the sake of accessing a different lounge than the one they should use for their departure gate.
What I said was - having decided to partition the airport (and, further, having ensured that customers in each such partition had access to a lounge, thereby removing "lounge access" as a valid reason to "ignore" the partitioning), it doesn't make sense to allow people to "ignore" that partitioning, particularly for the sake of accessing a different lounge than the one they should use for their departure gate.
Jul 25, 2018, 1:29 am
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If you arrive in either L or M in 2E, it is possible to visit the lounges in those concourses before you take the train/walk to 2F (AFAIK, it is not possible to do this if you arrive by bus or in Hall K). Once you clear security in M, you will need to head up the (unmarked) stairs into the main hall. If in L, you'll pass the lounge on your walk to 2F. The lounge agents typically say 'just make sure you have enough time' to make it to your connecting gate, keeping in mind you'll still need to clear passport control.
Jul 25, 2018, 3:01 pm
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Recently I connected from a Shengen flight to a non-Schengen flight and found it is easy to go from the 2L lounge to 2F, but going from 2F to 2L, I don’t think that immigration would let you go through without a non-shengen boarding pass (assuming you meet passport visa requirements). So I think the problem is not so much lounge segregation than Shengen/non-Shengen segregstion. Good to know you can sometimes use the 2L and 2M lounges before transfering to 2F though. I will try this.
Aug 7, 2018, 9:48 pm
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If you arrive in either L or M in 2E, it is possible to visit the lounges in those concourses before you take the train/walk to 2F (AFAIK, it is not possible to do this if you arrive by bus or in Hall K). Once you clear security in M, you will need to head up the (unmarked) stairs into the main hall. If in L, you'll pass the lounge on your walk to 2F. The lounge agents typically say 'just make sure you have enough time' to make it to your connecting gate, keeping in mind you'll still need to clear passport control.
I am connecting from SFO-CDG to CDG-GVA in Business and would like to check out the L lounge before going to 2F. (Have a long transit and would love a sauna!)
After arriving, is access to the departure level/area open or are the arrival and departure sides/levels kept separate and controlled by boarding pass check?
Many thanks in advance.
Aug 8, 2018, 11:39 am
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a case slightly different from OP's question, but that I post here for information : I did recently a connection from 2E-M to 2G. For this connection, when disembarking in M, you pass the regular 2E-M security (I mean the same as if you take a flight departing from M) and then you take a corridor on the left to reach the shuttle leading to 2G (where you clear immigration). But, once you passed security, nothing prevent you to take the escalator up and go to M lounge and take the shuttle to 2G later.
I don't see a particular interest doing this, as there is now a very decent lounge in 2G, but just in case someone is interested doing this
I don't see a particular interest doing this, as there is now a very decent lounge in 2G, but just in case someone is interested doing this
