1, I am not sure that this thread belongs in this forum and 2, I did a quick search and really did not find anything on FT.

I am curious. I have completed a few trips in F and have enjoyed the amenities of many lounges, the TG spa in the BKG F lounge, drinks at many lounge bars, dining service, etc. On the next trip, I believe that I'll have the services of the EY chauffeur service.

In the US, and generally only at the UA lounge, I'll tip a buck for an alcoholic drink. But that is about it. When I had table service at the QF F lounge at TBIT last fall, I tipped a couple of bucks because I saw others doing the same.

What are your tipping practices throughout the world for the services included with F travel?

Probably doesn't belong here but being laid up in bed from a back injury due to excessive shovelling after the two-foot blizzard of 16 on the East Coast, I will indulge. I don't do it. Not sure whether it's because I'm cheap or because I never pay for lounge access or F tickets and am in "freebie" mode or because I have a hard time in general understanding why a guy who tilts his wrist for ten seconds has earned a buck. But maybe that's just me

I might tip the barkeep in USA lounges as I would in any bar. These people are contract employees and do not get handsomely compensated.

I leave a five dollar tip for the shower cleaners in USA lounges. Not only are they contract employees, they are minimally compensated and have a thankless job.

Beyond the USA, I pay attention to the national mores: Japan, Australia or New Zealand, tipping is out of order, for example.

You're right, it doesn't belong here. There's a massive thread in TravelBuzz for tipping.

But, since you ask:

Outside the US, do not tip in any lounge. It's tacky. It would be good if tipping in US lounges was stopped as well. Better to pay the bartender a few more buck an hour.

In my own defense, I do tip when I feel a substantial service is rendered. And when it is not expected/demanded. I tip Uber drivers because I think they are underpaid and the company is sleazy for not building a tipping function into their app. I tip something in foreign countries at a meal even when a service charge is added if I have some small money in my pocket and get good service. I tip housekeeping because I know they work hard. I get annoyed and do not tip when people ask for them (it does happen in many places). e.g., was is Thailand recently seeing an elephant show and the handlers (who have questionable treatment of the animals) expected a tip for allowing us to take a picture, which I gave, and then asked for a second one because we had a child and also took a picture with him. I had no problem walking away from that, or from the doorman in hotel in India who asked for "a present" for opening the door for my wife, etc. Tips should never be expected or demanded or built into someone's salary.

+1 on the first and last counts. As a former bartender (who also was a tip-dependent taxi driver for a while), I'm especially inclined to be generous to the lounge bartenders.

I hadn't thought about tipping USA shower attendants because I never take showers in domestic lounges. But if I ever do so, I'll leave a tip.

Don't tip airline employees, including FAs and GAs. For many of them, taking the tip would be a serious violation of their standards for employee conduct.

In the USA, you generally do tip "skycaps", porters, and generally contract airport baggage handlers if they help you. These people are not airline employees.