[NEWBIE LOUNGE] Ask Your Lufthansa Group Questions Here [2016-]
Apr 4, 2017, 12:11 pm
#1006
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: RTM
Programs: TK*G, AB G ;), HH D
Posts: 87
What about baggage transfer at ZRH? How good are they at it? I'm flying AMS-ZRH-AGP tomorrow in P and have 50 minutes layover. I would like to check in my bag but can I count on it? Or it would be wiser to have only carry-on.
Apr 4, 2017, 12:24 pm
#1007
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Posts: 9,456
ZRH certainly is one of the better airports regarding luggage transfer, but even the best have bad moments. If you can transport it as carry-on, I'd do so (it also saves you a bit of time in AGP, not having to wait for it) - if not, just put everything you absolutely need into your carry-on, and don't worry. I'd say the chance is <1% that you'll not see it on the belt in AGP..
Apr 4, 2017, 12:35 pm
#1008
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: RTM
Programs: TK*G, AB G ;), HH D
Posts: 87
ZRH certainly is one of the better airports regarding luggage transfer, but even the best have bad moments. If you can transport it as carry-on, I'd do so (it also saves you a bit of time in AGP, not having to wait for it) - if not, just put everything you absolutely need into your carry-on, and don't worry. I'd say the chance is <1% that you'll not see it on the belt in AGP..
Apr 4, 2017, 1:13 pm
#1009
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Posts: 9,456
Apr 6, 2017, 12:34 am
#1011
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
Apr 6, 2017, 10:08 am
#1012
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: BRU
Posts: 113
Apr 6, 2017, 10:19 am
#1013
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 63
NUE Star Alliance "Gold Track" Security
As US passport holders, my traveling companion and I will be boarding a Lufthansa flight in NUE on a United-issued business class award (we will have I-class boarding passes for LH). We won't have checked bags.
My understanding from the Star Alliance website is that we do have access to Gold Track security lanes.
I remember having access to a special line in LHR on BA First and it was (somewhat) pointless for a non-EU citizen because we had to go back to passport validation line or something. Is it the same in Germany? Should we bother finding the special security lane?
Any help about how the experience will go would be greatly appreciated.
My understanding from the Star Alliance website is that we do have access to Gold Track security lanes.
I remember having access to a special line in LHR on BA First and it was (somewhat) pointless for a non-EU citizen because we had to go back to passport validation line or something. Is it the same in Germany? Should we bother finding the special security lane?
Any help about how the experience will go would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by bvanderhaar; Apr 6, 2017 at 10:25 am
Apr 6, 2017, 10:34 am
#1014
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Out of position
Programs: Accor, IHG, LH, BAEC, DB
Posts: 266
So Mileage Plus elites get some more benefits when flying LH group than, say, KrisFlyer elites. And it works the other way around as well. For instance, M&M elites can earn exec bonus when flying UA.
Apr 6, 2017, 11:02 am
#1015
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
Apr 6, 2017, 1:28 pm
#1017
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,187
As US passport holders, my traveling companion and I will be boarding a Lufthansa flight in NUE on a United-issued business class award (we will have I-class boarding passes for LH). We won't have checked bags.
My understanding from the Star Alliance website is that we do have access to Gold Track security lanes.
I remember having access to a special line in LHR on BA First and it was (somewhat) pointless for a non-EU citizen because we had to go back to passport validation line or something. Is it the same in Germany? Should we bother finding the special security lane?
Any help about how the experience will go would be greatly appreciated.
My understanding from the Star Alliance website is that we do have access to Gold Track security lanes.
I remember having access to a special line in LHR on BA First and it was (somewhat) pointless for a non-EU citizen because we had to go back to passport validation line or something. Is it the same in Germany? Should we bother finding the special security lane?
Any help about how the experience will go would be greatly appreciated.
Apr 6, 2017, 1:37 pm
#1018
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 63
Apr 7, 2017, 4:42 am
#1020
Join Date: May 2015
Location: ATL/MCO
Programs: Costco Executive, RaceTrac Sultan of Soda, Chick-fil-A Red
Posts: 5,665
I actually have the same issue. Sort of odd that LH doesn't at least give an "April/May" issue of IFE.
