AA to *A before passport control?
Nov 28, 2008, 2:45 pm
#1
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AA to *A before passport control?
I am flying from YOW -> FRA via AC. A colleague is flying ORD -> FRA via AA. We both arrive about the same time. Is it possible for him to meet me at near my arrival gate (before passport control), or do we need to meet in the public area?
Nov 28, 2008, 5:45 pm
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From my experience both AA and AC arrive in Terminal 1 Concourse B, in that case you should be fine.
Do you share a connection flight out of FRA?
Nov 28, 2008, 6:46 pm
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Not via air. We are taking DB to Nürnberg, hence the hope to meet somewhere reasonable (that and lounge access; I'm *G, and have always found LH happy to let arriving pax use the Senator lounge to grab a shower)
Nov 28, 2008, 7:44 pm
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Yes, but your guest normaly needs to have an *A BP, as this lounge is always overloaded, you need to be really lucky to bring your AA flying guest in... But who knows.
Nov 29, 2008, 1:54 pm
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Dec 6, 2008, 2:43 am
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The whole Frankfurt airport is connected on the non-schengen side, although for many areas you need to convince FRAport personal to let you through a security check by presenting a BP or a status card for lounges inside. AC arrives in T1B and AA in T1C. The main C area is outside of any security control, so you easily walk over to the C gates following the signs and meet with your friend before the T1C immigration lines. It would be much easier to simply meet outside of immigration, though..