Lounge at CDG?
Nov 19, 2021, 10:18 am
#3
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Milano-London
Programs: ITA Executive
Posts: 165
I can understand them not offering lounge access to customers who've been granted Volare status during the current "pre-opening" period, but treating Business pax in this way is a poor show, and is hardly likely to inspire loyalty in travellers in this key market. Disappointing, a full month after the airline began flying.
Brussels wanted a clean break, but not bothering with lounges smacks depressingly of continuity with Alitalia towards the end of its life!
I hope the OP has more luck in Paris.
Jan 22, 2022, 6:49 am
#5
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This link shows all of the lounges ITA has contracted. How they only contracted 12 lounges at this point is baffling to me..
Jan 29, 2022, 3:18 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Paris/Milan
Programs: Flying Blue Platinium; All Gold, A3 Gold, Safar Flyer Gold (OW Sapphire)
Posts: 311
Succed to enter AF lounge in ORY yesterday with an ITA ticket (ORY-LIN) and Flying Blue membership (Plat)
Don't know if with an ITA membership you can enter AF lounge
Don't know if with an ITA membership you can enter AF lounge
Mar 9, 2022, 10:20 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: London
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 2,644
I flew via CDG on 28Feb and was denied entry with Volare as "ITA aren't Skyteam, but your can pay €60 to enter if you like". No amount of arguing and showing the EP status on my app would convince them.
I'm flying back through CDG tomorrow, hopefully the IT will recognise it this time.
Funnily enough in London they let me into the contract lounge without issue.
I'm flying back through CDG tomorrow, hopefully the IT will recognise it this time.
Funnily enough in London they let me into the contract lounge without issue.
Mar 11, 2022, 10:04 am
#11
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Milano-London
Programs: ITA Executive
Posts: 165
The wait continues.
Mar 12, 2022, 5:46 am
#12
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: London
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 2,644
Well you must have the magic touch because I was told in no uncertain terms that ITA status was not on their admission list. I hadn't been hopeful as the lady at check-in had once again told me that there was no lounge here, and said that 'maybe' there would be one when they went back to T4.
The wait continues.
The wait continues.
I ended up paying for an upgrade for CDG-LHR sector, so never got to try the ITA status again for lounge access. This time it didn't even print out the AZ number at the top of the boarding pass, so definitely not showing as SkyPriority.