Paiteaw

Upon check-in for F on OZ 221 JFK-ICN today , I am informed that I am welcome to use the business class lounge in ICN because my onward flight is in I due to the fact that they dont offer F. This is a truly lame policy considering I am flying on an F ticket for all my other segments on this itinerary. Hope the onboard experience overcomes this deficit on the ground. Oh well, such is life.

ande777emt

Welcome to OZ, everywhere except ICN it seems OZ uses a lackluster contract lounge. Crappy lounges but decent seating and IFE and service and catering.

airoli

I'll be on the same JFK-ICN flight later this year, also with a same-day connection in I from ICN. I definitely intend to use the First Class lounge in ICN - isn't that a Star Alliance policy about same-day F boarding pass?

lee_apromise

No. Not anymore. The rule changed long time ago. No more same day departure rule, it is now restricted to departure airport basis. If you want to use F lounge in ICN, you have to fly F out of ICN.

On the other hand, as a general rule of thumb, if you are connecting from OZ F to OZ C which does not have F service, they will generally let you into F lounge.

ORDnHKG

Why not have a look of the star alliance policy yourself ?

http://www.staralliance.com/en/benef...access-policy/

International First Class Customers: Customers have access to International First Class1 and/or any Star Alliance member carriers' own lounges.

Customer must present a boarding card for the same day travel in international First Class on a Star Alliance flight
Customer must be departing from the local airport in International First Class
Customer is entitled to one guest

As far as I aware, this policy had been in place for more than 2 years !

TPJ

+1

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airoli

Interesting - thanks for the heads up. I guess I'll try to nicely ask for F lounge access, as indeed I'm on an F class ticket but that particular OZ leg out of ICN does not offer F.
I actually did that, looking at the very page you indicated except I looked at its German version which, I notice now, is less precisely worded. It merely states that to get F class access, you need to be on an international F Class flight the same day, not necessarily from the same airport.

ORDnHKG

Did you read what I bolded quote from the site ?

Customer must present a boarding card for the same day travel in international First Class on a Star Alliance flight
Customer must be departing from the local airport in International First Class
Customer is entitled to one guest

You can say whatever you want, but that is the reality me and many other experienced. It is also the memo all the *A F lounges got. Just like 2 years ago when flying HKG-ICN in C then ICN-ORD in F, I was denied in UA IFL in HKG as there was no F for HKG-ICN.

airoli

Yes, I did. Did you read my statement that the German version of the same page has different wording?

Well, I am happy to say that I am posting this from the OZ First lounge in ICN, where I was admitted without questions or issues based on my incoming OZ F boarding pass with onwards connection on OZ C (on a 2-class aircraft). :-:

DownUnderFlyer

The German version has exactly the same wording as far as I can tell:

But as you experienced, OZ (like many other airlines) will accept an incoming F boarding pass for their own lounge. Glad it worked out for ou.

airoli

No, notice how the English quote expressly mentions departing from local airport in International First Class whereas the German version just says any Star Alliance flight from the same airport, the same say.

Either way, it worked well and I am happy. Thanks again!

DownUnderFlyer

I don't get the difference between the two versions, sorry. The German version says
- you must be a passenger of international first class (Passagiere der Internationalen First Class)
- with a boarding pass for an international Star Alliance flight (Passagiere müssen eine gültige Bordkarte für einen internationalen Star Alliance Flug vorweisen können,)
- from the same airport (vom selben Flughafen aus stattfindet)
- on the same day (dessen Abflug noch am selben Tag)

So if you have a boarding pass from another airport, you can't get in. If you are not traveling in international first you can't get in. And if you are not traveling on *A you can't get in. Its the same as in the English version as far as I can tell and French and Spanish seem to be the same as well.

ORDnHKG

The onward connection only has 2 class is irrelvant, the more important thing is you are coming from OZ F and using OZ lounge, if it is any lounge other than OZ, or if you are not arriving with OZ F, I can bet the outcome would be different.

Buster CT1K

Last year I had an all-F itinerary, JFK-ICN-PVG-ICN-JFK. OZ pulled an aircraft switch almost at the last minute to cause ICN-PVG to be 2-class with C only. The F lounge at ICN did not open until 3+ hours after the JFK-ICN arrival, but after it opened at 7am, I was welcomed in.

YMMV, since JFK-ICN has now been retimed to arrive in the afternoon.

tlott

I have these upcoming flights:

LAX > ICN in F
ICN > PVG in Y

It sounds like I will be permitted access to the F lounge based on my inbound F flight, but not sure if the fact that my next departure is in Y jeopardizes that? I have no *A status.

Thanks for your help!