Lack

I haven't ventured into the C side there, but the SEN lounge has vastly improved their food offerings in the last year or so. In that aspect it was superior to most German lounges (pecan pie!) and even my one JFK visit (lackluster offerings, but great design and ambiance of course).
As far as domestic goes - SEN have more liquors, C has gummibears.

A380*G

Sitting in the over crowded B SEN lounge now - really look forward to the new SEN lounge which hopefully will have more space!!

jbb

Hello All,

I'm sitting in the brand-spanking new Senator Lounge by gate B43 at FRA. I first went to the old B-gates lounge to find it closed. I must say, this is a nice improvement over the other Senator lounges I've tried and I'd rate it as the best *Gold lounge I've been to in the Americas/Europe (mainly comparing it to AC, CO, UA, SA, SK and the LHR lounges). It has a great set of amenities including a wide variety of seating areas, relaxation room, the usual food/drinks bar, 'Senator Spa', showers, dedicated bar, luggage lockers, smoking room and free wi/fi.

What I particularly like is the refreshing new aesthetics. I always felt that Senator Lounges had good amenities and great food, but looked like a basement cafeteria in an office building. This lounge is bright, airy, contemporary and feels relaxed.

Despite this being the opening day, there's nothing particularly marking it as such. I did notice a photographer earlier taking shots and there appears to be a special manager walking around making sure everything is functioning satisfactorily.

NewbieRunner

Some pictures of the new SEN lounge may be found under:

http://presse.lufthansa.com/en/media...o-library.html -> FRA Senator Lounge

Interesting to see FCT/FCL-style chairs and recliners.

TRAVELSIG

It looks very nice. Perhaps they are getting ready for all the HONs when they ban them from the FCLs if not flying at least C fare class (no D or Z)? Joking... Best Senator lounge there is by the looks of things and a huge improvement over the old B lounge.

hch

With free internet and the new lounges (this one, and next years in A) I'm much less scared of dropping down to SEN now indeed. Let's see how much I'll fly through FRA anyway. Now that they've cancelled the morning INN-FRA flight together with the program enhancement they are really asking me to fly from MUC via LHR with BA.

TRAVELSIG

Let's see indeed what happens- surely there have been some thinking/studies done on the impacts of the program changes- but for the HONs I know the drop of the D class guarantee and the upping of miles required for upgrades from Z to F will both have a big impact and push to other carriers. In my case BA really isn't a good option however QR and EK are sure super agressive lately including calling on our TA and sending out regular updates via PDF on special fares/etc for business/first/premium fares.

Lack

Provided they keep the SEN lounges for humble Senators. It's a first class lounge for anyone else, so maybe it will be only valid for HON members (on non-F fares). The furniture and paid spa would provide a familiar environment.

Meilensammler

Had the chance to take some pictures at the new lounge last week:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...17380074962360

more4less

Thanks Meilensammier ^

Be aware that by clicking the link there are also many other pictures that are not related with the new Sen lounge.
Probably it is OK because you have them in your Facebook, but I do not know if you want everybody to go through them.

Cheers,

kilgore75

I spend yesterday about 3 hours in new SEN lounge. It was quite empty when I arrived around 1500, little bit more busy when I left. I wanted to try their Spa facility to find out it's paid service. And not cheap either. 50EUR/15k miles for 1/2h massage sounds a lot to me. I checked the sleeping rooms also and even they are quite nice and clean, it's more like an open space with couple of beds separated by divider only. Not exactly dark either. Otherwise I quite like it there and it will make my occasional transfer in FRA (I normally prefer MUC or ZRH) little bit better.

fmpacheco

Does this lounge have free showers too?

Im thinking of going for a run in Frankfurt city during a long layover and want to have a shower after!

(much better than sleeping pill in Y!)

NewbieRunner

Yes, 10 of them according to this announcement.

http://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/Lounge-News#ancAbT3

A380*G

The old SEN lounge will become a MLL lounge (AC). Perhaps this means that they will make the new SEN lounge only available for SEN/HON and remove it from the *G directory? Of course, this is given that the new MLL lounge will be opened from early til late for all other *G pax?

bennijiggs

Visited the new lounge for the first time July 15th. I liked it. Nice Aesthetics. Kinda missed the Pasta bar but loved the free Wifi and the sleeping room. I took a nice 2 hour nap. I was bored so I shot, edited, then uploaded this video from my Iphone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u99nKizdrYk