SFO lounge access
Jan 31, 2019, 6:35 am
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Thanks all. Not planning to get there super early, but driving in from Pleasanton and trying to not cut it too close. Good to know the terminal restrooms are fine - I've been to plenty of airports where that can be the single best feature of a lounge in comparison!
Feb 19, 2019, 12:25 am
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It looks like the Virgin Clubhouse at SFO is now airside, not landside. From Virgin's website: "We are located after security, on level 5."
I'll be flying P in September. Can anyone confirm that AF is still sending P passengers to the post-security SFO Virgin Clubhouse?
Thanks!
-- Ethan
I'll be flying P in September. Can anyone confirm that AF is still sending P passengers to the post-security SFO Virgin Clubhouse?
Thanks!
-- Ethan
Feb 21, 2019, 2:22 am
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The best way to verify that would be to ask AF. Either way, SFO's lounge offerings are meagre; I'd use the escort and breeze through onto the plane rather than slum it at any of the subpar lounges (including the Clubhouse) at SFO.
Feb 21, 2019, 10:14 am
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I'm not sure that I'd trust the answer from a phone rep about the current situation at SFO lounges after such a recent change. I'd much rather hear from someone who flew P ex SFO since the lounge became airside. 8-)
Dec 20, 2022, 8:56 pm
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Even the packed UA lounges at SFO in recent days served better food than the SFO AF/KL lounge had on offer whenever I was there in 2021. Maybe I shouldn’t have been raiding the pomegranate by the bowl on Sunday in an SFO UA club, but UA’s pomegranate was better than any fresh fruit offering AF/KL has ever served me at its US lounges within at least the past decade.
Dec 22, 2022, 7:54 am
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Dec 22, 2022, 8:50 am
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AF only grants its F passengers access to the Virgin SFO lounge. J passengers have historically not had access. I’ve heard no news that AF is granting J passengers Virgin SFO lounge access temporarily while the AF lounge remains closed until summer.
Dec 22, 2022, 1:09 pm
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It and the Centurion lounge at SFO were still closed as of earlier this week — so even as terminal hopping is possible, it wasn’t going to fly for lounge access.
Dec 24, 2022, 12:31 pm
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I was going to use my Amex platinum. The post below says virgin lounge is closed though. I wonder if anything is going to be open Christmas day
Dec 26, 2022, 12:27 pm
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AF/KLM have contracted . China airlines to use their lounge. It's above the currently closed KLM lounge. Not much of a food selection, self service sandwiches, pasta and meatballs, fruit, yoghurt and salad. The lounge is small. I went to the Virgin lounge at 2pm when it opened and we had a chicken burger and corn soup. The food was very good.
Dec 26, 2022, 1:21 pm
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AF/KLM have contracted . China airlines to use their lounge. It's above the currently closed KLM lounge. Not much of a food selection, self service sandwiches, pasta and meatballs, fruit, yoghurt and salad. The lounge is small. I went to the Virgin lounge at 2pm when it opened and we had a chicken burger and corn soup. The food was very good.