Thanks, again. We'll see what happens Saturday morning at DCA. In the meantime, I'm hoping Delta extends the FR travel waiver by one more day. This morning, it was moved out to include March 31. We had planned a week in Paris and a week in London, but decided to skip Paris this year and go right to London. If the waiver is extended to April 1, I've been told we can re-book all three D1 (one paid, two on miles) tickets on a direct flight to LHR.

almost everything here is incorrect

1) you can check your bag all the way even across tickets
2) lounge access at CDG will be via your J ticket (you personally can access via status with a guest but you can't get all three of your party in this way)
3) your reserve card means absolutely zero in CDG

doesn't matter if they're sepearate tickets for the purposes of lounge access

It does, to the extent that arriving in J and departing in Y would mean no lounge access (unless elite). The upshot is that the arriving flight doesn't matter, only the departing flight.

Thanks again for all the advice - it’s why I appreciate FlyerTalk! In the end, Delta extended the France travel waiver today, and I was able to switch to a direct routing to London on our outbound - DCA-MSP-LHR in Delta One.

But that's the case if it's the same ticket as well. The fact that they're separate doesn't change anything.

Question about AF Lounge Access at CDG:

I am flying on a revenue ticket SJO (Costa Rica) - CDG - ZRH. The ticket was bought in Economy, but I used Flying Blue miles to upgrade the long-haul flight SJO-CDG to Business class. The CDG-ZRH hop remains in Economy.

I don't have any SkyTeam status.

Do I get access to the AF lounges in CDG during the layover?

No. They don’t allow access on arrival, and your ongoing Economy ticket does not grant you access without STE+ status.

Question about access to AF lounge at CDG before a domestic AF flight. Here is the scenario.

I am currently PM with ST+ status.
Flying NYC-CDG on Delta metal (booking in main cabin using skymiles). About 4 hours later I am flying CDG-NCE booked on Air France paying cash.

I am planning to interline my checked bags from NYC-CDG-NCE. I understand some people have issues with this but I will have the interline agreement printed out and will stand firm until a red coat makes this happen. =) checking the bag tags to make sure all is coded correctly. =) =)

Question: will I have access to AF CDG lounge during my 4 hour layover??? I will have both boarding passes and will make sure my DL Skymiles number and ST+ status appears on my AF boarding pass for the CDG-NCE flight.

Will AF lounge dragons mind that it is two seperate tickets 1) INTL 2) domestic.???? I figure even if the scaner rejects me I can speak to an agent and get in presenting both boarding passes and my PM ST+ card/status.

thanks all.

You shouldn't have an issue entering the lounge in CDG, even on an economy ticket. The 2F lounge at CDG is pretty nice, so enjoy!

Access to AF Lounges in CDG if traveling on Delta Codeshare on AF metal?

I am a DL Sky Team Elite + member traveling in coach (V fare), on a Delta Codeshare, on AF metal, from CDG to DEN.

Will I have access to AF lounges in CDG?

We are a party of three. Can I guest one and purchase lounge access for another PAX?

Thanks

As STE+ you will have accès for you plus one guest. The third will have to pay.