Access to TPA Airside F with Arrival Boarding Pass
Feb 10, 2019, 12:14 pm
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Access to TPA Airside F with Arrival Boarding Pass
(This is more about airport accessibility than the lounge itself, so if it would be better in another forum, please move it.)
Does anyone know if you can access airside F in TPA with an arrival boarding pass? (I know I can access it on departure.)
I assume the answer is no, because I always see the "no return" signs there when departing Airside A on incoming UA flights, but I'm not sure. (I don't think I've ever been in airside F.)
I'm asking because I am thinking about going the the Cafe by Mise en Place there there on arrival, which is now on offer as a Priority Pass lounge.
I'd like to get answers from people who have actually tried to do this rather than people who are just assuming (as I am).
Does anyone know if you can access airside F in TPA with an arrival boarding pass? (I know I can access it on departure.)
I assume the answer is no, because I always see the "no return" signs there when departing Airside A on incoming UA flights, but I'm not sure. (I don't think I've ever been in airside F.)
I'm asking because I am thinking about going the the Cafe by Mise en Place there there on arrival, which is now on offer as a Priority Pass lounge.
I'd like to get answers from people who have actually tried to do this rather than people who are just assuming (as I am).
Feb 17, 2019, 4:01 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 36
Tampa Airport Terminal Access
Hi, so I'm flying Southwest w/ a 2hr and 5 min layover in TPA and was wondering if anyone has had any experience changing terminals to access "lounges"? I'm talking specifically about the PP restaurant in Terminal F. Would TSA let us go to terminal F to access the restaurant with our onward (Southwest) boarding pass in a different terminal? For the record we both have TSA-pre so the security process probably wouldn't take that long, just worried that TSA wouldn't let us through w/ our boarding pass.
Feb 19, 2019, 3:47 am
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 556
From my anecdotal experience, I was allowed access to ORD's Terminal 5 with a boarding pass for a flight departing from Terminal 1. The TSA agent at T5 security told me that I am at the wrong terminal, but it seems he was just trying to be helpful. I mentioned that I was here to access the lounges, and he let me proceed with no issues.
I would try it at TPA and see what happens. They should let you proceed when you tell them that you are going to the lounge.
Feb 19, 2019, 4:19 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 218
Hi, so I'm flying Southwest w/ a 2hr and 5 min layover in TPA and was wondering if anyone has had any experience changing terminals to access "lounges"? I'm talking specifically about the PP restaurant in Terminal F. Would TSA let us go to terminal F to access the restaurant with our onward (Southwest) boarding pass in a different terminal? For the record we both have TSA-pre so the security process probably wouldn't take that long, just worried that TSA wouldn't let us through w/ our boarding pass.