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Old Dec 12, 2016, 7:41 pm
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Originally Posted by TennisNoob
Just show the agent your F ticket intentionally and than she will ask you for your current ticket departing the specific airport. 99% they will let you in the F lounge.
This often happens to own lounge.
For contract lounge, more straight on this. As they may not able to get the airlines to pay for the access.
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 8:00 pm
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Originally Posted by jjjohn
This often happens to own lounge.
For contract lounge, more straight on this. As they may not able to get the airlines to pay for the access.
Works all the time for partnered lounges that aren't ANA/JL.

Most of the times departing in J, it's because it's not the airlines hub. Than connecting at the hub on F.
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 8:45 pm
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Originally Posted by TennisNoob
Just show the agent your F ticket intentionally and than she will ask you for your current ticket departing the specific airport. 99% they will let you in the F lounge.
Originally Posted by TennisNoob
Works all the time for partnered lounges that aren't ANA/JL.

Most of the times departing in J, it's because it's not the airlines hub. Than connecting at the hub on F.
May I ask all the time or 99% of the time where ?
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
May I ask all the time or 99% of the time where ?
I've never been denied but that's because I've never ran into this with any airline in Japan.

Hint, 100% at HKG
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 10:32 pm
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Originally Posted by TennisNoob
I've never been denied but that's because I've never ran into this with any airline in Japan.

Hint, 100% at HKG
0% for me in HKG, and more than 5 times !

UA/TG/SQ all three
First scenario OZ C HKG-ICN > OZ F ICN-ORD DENIED !
Second scenario NH C HKG-NRT > NH F NRT-ORD DENIED !
Third scenario TG C HKG-BKK > TG F BKK-NRT DENIED !
Fourth scenario BR C HKG-TPE > BR C TPE-NRT > LH F NRT-FRA DENIED !

Only times it worked is you are departing or arriving and connecting to that same airline in F, like UA C ORD-IAD > UA F IAD-FRA, able to use UA IFL in ORD, or LH F DTW-FRA > NH F FRA-NRT, able to use LH FCL in FRA
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 10:37 pm
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
0% for me in HKG, and more than 5 times !

UA/TG/SQ all three
First scenario OZ C HKG-ICN > OZ F ICN-ORD DENIED !
Second scenario NH C HKG-NRT > NH F NRT-ORD DENIED !
Third scenario TG C HKG-BKK > TG F BKK-NRT DENIED !
Fourth scenario BR C HKG-TPE > BR C TPE-NRT > LH F NRT-FRA DENIED !
Never tried TG. Usually my connections are same day but last time after the renovation of UA they let me in even though J connecting into F was the next day. Try doing what I suggested and see how it goes.
^NH HKG-NRT(J) , NRT-IAH (F)
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 10:46 pm
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Originally Posted by TennisNoob
Never tried TG. Usually my connections are same day but last time after the renovation of UA they let me in even though J connecting into F was the next day. Try doing what I suggested and see how it goes.
^NH HKG-NRT(J) , NRT-IAH (F)
So how many times you had actually tried it and success ? Once ?
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Old Dec 18, 2016, 1:40 pm
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Personal experience in the past few years:
*A F except NH > NH NRT/HND F (x) C (o) Lounge > connecting any *A C or Y with *A Gold
NH F > NH NRT/HND F (x) C (o) Lounge > connecting other *A C, or Y with *A Gold
NH F > NH NRT/HND F (o) C (o) Lounge > connecting NH C. Y class may allow you use C Lounge but not F for sure
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Old Dec 18, 2016, 3:00 pm
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
So how many times you had actually tried it and success ? Once ?
More than once for me and worked all the other times for family members.
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Old Dec 19, 2016, 8:40 am
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Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer
Really??? Guess I don't read the rules to frequently.
I didnt dig up old threads to see the exact date, but i did dig up my past flights, as i sure remembered the very first time i got denied F lounge access while not departing F but connecting in F, it was February 2009. So the rule could have been started sometime in 2008 or January 2009.
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Old Dec 27, 2016, 2:21 am
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
0% for me in HKG, and more than 5 times !

UA/TG/SQ all three
First scenario OZ C HKG-ICN > OZ F ICN-ORD DENIED !
Second scenario NH C HKG-NRT > NH F NRT-ORD DENIED !
Third scenario TG C HKG-BKK > TG F BKK-NRT DENIED !
Fourth scenario BR C HKG-TPE > BR C TPE-NRT > LH F NRT-FRA DENIED !

Only times it worked is you are departing or arriving and connecting to that same airline in F, like UA C ORD-IAD > UA F IAD-FRA, able to use UA IFL in ORD, or LH F DTW-FRA > NH F FRA-NRT, able to use LH FCL in FRA
Got experience on this a few times, TG always let me use F session in their HKG lounge

TG C HKG-BKK > TG F BKK-Europe
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Old Dec 27, 2016, 10:06 am
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I didn't have my F ticket since the connecting flight was more than 24 hours later.

SQ Denied me at HKG

HKG-NRT(J) (30 hrs later) NRT-IAH (F)
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Old Jan 4, 2017, 7:41 pm
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Originally Posted by TennisNoob
I didn't have my F ticket since the connecting flight was more than 24 hours later.

SQ Denied me at HKG

HKG-NRT(J) (30 hrs later) NRT-IAH (F)
over 24hr is a stopover, not a transit.
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Old Jan 7, 2017, 8:45 pm
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Originally Posted by jjjohn
over 24hr is a stopover, not a transit.
I know

Hence why I couldn't do my trick.
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 11:52 pm
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Originally Posted by tomwhom
I have an upcoming trip SFO-NRT-SIN before Christmas both operated by ANA, SFO-NRT leg is first and NRT-SIN is business, can I access NRT first lounge?
I'm flying this route March 21 via United Airlines Global First to NRT, then flying ANA Business to SIN. - Would my Global First ticket allow me access to the ANA Suite Lounge in Narita during the layover?

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