Lufthansa to install an electronic access system in its lounges
Jun 4, 2010, 5:07 am
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Rambuster didn't say with how many FAs the HON would have those kids.
And how about purchasing access to lounges?If the status holder swipes the card to exit the lounge and the guest doesn't depart within 120 seconds LH Security will automatically be alerted. And both will be denied boarding.
Jun 4, 2010, 5:31 am
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Well, your status is coded into the cardnumber, which together with name, expiry and some more data is written on the magnetic strip on the back. The card reader is not working like a credit card terminal and therefore not getting authorization of any sorts with a card issuer via a dial up or IP network. It just reads out what is written on the magnetic strip, matches it with the scan of the bp, does a look up in the LH data repository, dumping your access date there and that is that.
Jun 4, 2010, 5:34 am
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I thought hand cuffing, apron hand over to police and getting charged the difference between his status miles and what is needed to make it to SEN in Euros for obtaining access to SEN perks surreptitiously is the standard procedure, for which LDs have now again more time, with this access system in place.
Jun 4, 2010, 5:39 am
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Lufthansa to install an electronic access system in its lounges
2010/06/01
In the future, you will be able to enter the exclusive Lufthansa lounges very easily with the help of an electronic access system.
It is an innovation that brings with it many advantages: you can enjoy more peace and quiet as well as greater comfort, as the reception staff will now be able to spend more time looking after you. It will also ensure, that only passengers entitled to use the lounge are permitted to enter.
Automatically better service
In order to enter the lounge, you will simply need to place your boarding pass and, where needed, your status card on a reading device. As the system reads the data, it automatically shows the Lufthansa staff the departure gate and boarding time so that they can let you know of any possible changes to your departing flight.
The electronic access system will be introduced in July 2010, in the Lufthansa Senator and Business Lounges at Frankfurt and Munich. It will then gradually be installed in all other Lufthansa lounges worldwide throughout the remainder of 2010.
2010/06/01
In the future, you will be able to enter the exclusive Lufthansa lounges very easily with the help of an electronic access system.
It is an innovation that brings with it many advantages: you can enjoy more peace and quiet as well as greater comfort, as the reception staff will now be able to spend more time looking after you. It will also ensure, that only passengers entitled to use the lounge are permitted to enter.
Automatically better service
In order to enter the lounge, you will simply need to place your boarding pass and, where needed, your status card on a reading device. As the system reads the data, it automatically shows the Lufthansa staff the departure gate and boarding time so that they can let you know of any possible changes to your departing flight.
The electronic access system will be introduced in July 2010, in the Lufthansa Senator and Business Lounges at Frankfurt and Munich. It will then gradually be installed in all other Lufthansa lounges worldwide throughout the remainder of 2010.
Jun 4, 2010, 5:57 am
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I assume its probably something close to the system SAS uses in their lounges and fast tracks. The attendant scans your BP and it shows them a version of your boarding pass highlighting any changes.
Jun 4, 2010, 8:14 am
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I wish LH would grant HONs a voucher ONCE a year to invite a second guest into the FCL/FCT. (dreaming mode)
I really don't understand, why wife and x number of kids is ok, but not parents ?
Jun 4, 2010, 8:58 am
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Once a year I travel with my parents from Germany to Itlay. As there is no F available I book them in C. However, I do not have access to the FCT on these flights.
I wish LH would grant HONs a voucher ONCE a year to invite a second guest into the FCL/FCT. (dreaming mode)
I really don't understand, why wife and x number of kids is ok, but not parents ?
I wish LH would grant HONs a voucher ONCE a year to invite a second guest into the FCL/FCT. (dreaming mode)
I really don't understand, why wife and x number of kids is ok, but not parents ?
Jun 4, 2010, 9:15 am
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Jun 4, 2010, 11:59 am
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Once a year I travel with my parents from Germany to Itlay. As there is no F available I book them in C. However, I do not have access to the FCT on these flights.
I wish LH would grant HONs a voucher ONCE a year to invite a second guest into the FCL/FCT. (dreaming mode)
I really don't understand, why wife and x number of kids is ok, but not parents ?
I wish LH would grant HONs a voucher ONCE a year to invite a second guest into the FCL/FCT. (dreaming mode)
I really don't understand, why wife and x number of kids is ok, but not parents ?
Funny side note here. Start showing only your HON card to the lady at the SEN lounge and tell her that you got kicked out of the FCL. That face expression is worth everything.
Jun 5, 2010, 2:57 am
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I like this idea. I would also like to extend this to a guest that happens to depart to a different location. So for example I arrived with a friend in Munich on Monday together on the same flight, but on Friday, I went home and he left for his home. They didn't wanna let us both into the FCL. And this would have been the 4th time this year I would have taken a guest into the lounge. The other 96 times I was traveling alone.
Funny side note here. Start showing only your HON card to the lady at the SEN lounge and tell her that you got kicked out of the FCL. That face expression is worth everything.
Funny side note here. Start showing only your HON card to the lady at the SEN lounge and tell her that you got kicked out of the FCL. That face expression is worth everything.
I was flying to VCE, a colleague was flying to VRN, and there was no problem.
Jun 5, 2010, 10:34 am
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For the SEN lounges yes, but for the FCL it is still present. You either have to arrive on exactly the same flight or leave on the same flight at that day.
Jun 11, 2010, 1:49 pm
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The electronic access system will be introduced in July 2010, in the Lufthansa Senator and Business Lounges at Frankfurt and Munich.
Jun 16, 2010, 12:57 am
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I like this idea. I would also like to extend this to a guest that happens to depart to a different location. So for example I arrived with a friend in Munich on Monday together on the same flight, but on Friday, I went home and he left for his home. They didn't wanna let us both into the FCL. And this would have been the 4th time this year I would have taken a guest into the lounge. The other 96 times I was traveling alone.
Funny side note here. Start showing only your HON card to the lady at the SEN lounge and tell her that you got kicked out of the FCL. That face expression is worth everything.
Funny side note here. Start showing only your HON card to the lady at the SEN lounge and tell her that you got kicked out of the FCL. That face expression is worth everything.
Oh well, same thing happened to me last weekend. Of course I didnt now anything about this "Guest has to go to same city" rule, because I mostly travel alone as well. Felt really stupid when the bouncer turned me away, and even more when the SEN Lounge access lady suggested I should go to the FCL, because its much nicer...
Always willing to learn, I checked the LH lounge access rules and it doesnt say anything about guests that have to have the same destination?
Did I miss anything?
"Inviting guests into the lounge
As a HON Circle Member and First Class passenger you may invite one companion into the lounge, as well as family members (spouse/partner, children under 18), provided that they are all flying with you.
[...]
Companions must produce a valid boarding pass for a same-day Lufthansa/Star Alliance flight and leave the lounge with the person who invited them in."