No First Class Lounge after Landing in FRA?
Feb 7, 2011, 10:45 am
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No First Class Lounge after Landing in FRA?
Arrived in FRA in FC from SFO without a connection. The only lounge I was advised to go to was the Welcome lounge outside baggage claim.
I guess the FC lounges are no longer accessible - or nobody seems to be able to explain how to get there WITHOUT a connecting flight.
The FC product hits a low point if this is correct.
My apologies if this is covered in another thread - I cannot find one...
I guess the FC lounges are no longer accessible - or nobody seems to be able to explain how to get there WITHOUT a connecting flight.
The FC product hits a low point if this is correct.
My apologies if this is covered in another thread - I cannot find one...
Feb 7, 2011, 10:58 am
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Arrived in FRA in FC from SFO without a connection. The only lounge I was advised to go to was the Welcome lounge outside baggage claim.
I guess the FC lounges are no longer accessible - or nobody seems to be able to explain how to get there WITHOUT a connecting flight.
The FC product hits a low point if this is correct.
My apologies if this is covered in another thread - I cannot find one...
I guess the FC lounges are no longer accessible - or nobody seems to be able to explain how to get there WITHOUT a connecting flight.
The FC product hits a low point if this is correct.
My apologies if this is covered in another thread - I cannot find one...
A quick check of lufthansa.com should have confirmed that your arriving LH/LX F BP gives you access to one of the First Class Lounges in FRA.
http://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/Loung...access#ancAbT1
http://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/Arrival-Services
Feb 7, 2011, 11:07 am
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However it may happen that if you arrive from SFO or other non EU destinations and follow the signs that you end up landside and the only option that remains is the welcome lounge. So if you want to visit the FCL on arrival you follow the signs as if you were a connecting pax.
Feb 7, 2011, 11:45 am
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However it may happen that if you arrive from SFO or other non EU destinations and follow the signs that you end up landside and the only option that remains is the welcome lounge. So if you want to visit the FCL on arrival you follow the signs as if you were a connecting pax.
Feb 7, 2011, 3:49 pm
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However it may happen that if you arrive from SFO or other non EU destinations and follow the signs that you end up landside and the only option that remains is the welcome lounge. So if you want to visit the FCL on arrival you follow the signs as if you were a connecting pax.
Last month I arrive at A65 and instead of heading right to baggage claim I headed left and went through passport control, security screening and then into the A26 FCL A for a shower.
(To be honest I forgot that I had to go through security after passport control but as I was first off the plane so there was no queue).
The immigration officer asked me where I was heading next and I answered "to the shower in the lounge". As he was not really satisfied with this answer I stated "and then to DUS". (Which I was....only by train...
).If had remembered the security screening I would have gone to the Welcome Lounge though.
Feb 7, 2011, 5:09 pm
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They must look at individual pax and ask appropriate questions.
Arriving at A63 I had no problem going through passport control and security to the FCL A. I had a connecting flight but from B non-Schengen and no one seemed interested where I was going.
Arriving at A63 I had no problem going through passport control and security to the FCL A. I had a connecting flight but from B non-Schengen and no one seemed interested where I was going.
Feb 7, 2011, 6:47 pm
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So if you go to the lounge on arrival (at destination) without a connection, what do you do with your checked bags? Sure, we all should carry on everything, but I've got a 14 day highly diverse trip upcoming, with the wife, so checked bags is unavoidable. Would love to use the lounge for a bite and shower (can't check in to the hotel for several hours).
Feb 7, 2011, 10:56 pm
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In FRA and MUC the checked bags are kept in a area reserved for lost and found for a couple of hours if you don't show up to claim your bags immediately after landing. So feel free to enjoy the FCL and then hunt for your bags, keeping in mind that you may 'waste' about 15mins doing so. If you want to pick up your luggage and then eat & shower, the welocme lounge in FRA is your friend, its after luggage claim and they store the luggage for you. In MUC there is nothing like it, but F pax can go to the Kempinski for a day room minus the food.
Feb 8, 2011, 12:22 am
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In FRA and MUC the checked bags are kept in a area reserved for lost and found for a couple of hours if you don't show up to claim your bags immediately after landing. So feel free to enjoy the FCL and then hunt for your bags, keeping in mind that you may 'waste' about 15mins doing so. If you want to pick up your luggage and then eat & shower, the welocme lounge in FRA is your friend, its after luggage claim and they store the luggage for you. In MUC there is nothing like it, but F pax can go to the Kempinski for a day room minus the food.
Feb 8, 2011, 12:43 am
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In FRA and MUC the checked bags are kept in a area reserved for lost and found for a couple of hours if you don't show up to claim your bags immediately after landing. So feel free to enjoy the FCL and then hunt for your bags, keeping in mind that you may 'waste' about 15mins doing so. If you want to pick up your luggage and then eat & shower, the welocme lounge in FRA is your friend, its after luggage claim and they store the luggage for you. In MUC there is nothing like it, but F pax can go to the Kempinski for a day room minus the food.
FRA baggage delivery can be terrible.
Feb 8, 2011, 7:28 am
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Arriving on Continental
Have booked a trip in First Class on Continental (CO calls it Business First) from the USA thru FRA on to MAD. Have almost a 4 hour layover until the FRA-MAD leg on LH 1116. Same fare class is shown for both legs.
According to a lounge table on co.com website, it shows LH Senator lounge access for BF passengers. Should I expect any argument from the LH lounge matrons?
According to a lounge table on co.com website, it shows LH Senator lounge access for BF passengers. Should I expect any argument from the LH lounge matrons?
Feb 8, 2011, 8:21 am
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Have booked a trip in First Class on Continental (CO calls it Business First) from the USA thru FRA on to MAD. Have almost a 4 hour layover until the FRA-MAD leg on LH 1116. Same fare class is shown for both legs.
According to a lounge table on co.com website, it shows LH Senator lounge access for BF passengers. Should I expect any argument from the LH lounge matrons?
According to a lounge table on co.com website, it shows LH Senator lounge access for BF passengers. Should I expect any argument from the LH lounge matrons?
Feb 8, 2011, 3:32 pm
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Slippery Slope
However it may happen that if you arrive from SFO or other non EU destinations and follow the signs that you end up landside and the only option that remains is the welcome lounge. So if you want to visit the FCL on arrival you follow the signs as if you were a connecting pax.
Reading the other comments one can slip by here - but HELLO?
Feb 8, 2011, 4:31 pm
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Feb 8, 2011, 4:44 pm
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