nwflyboy

That's good news -- that will make this a much easier connection for us, in the middle of a very long day.

Any chance of catching a quick shower in any of those lounges we can access? We will manage without if needed, but we will still have about 12 more hours of travel ahead of us after we transit FRA, so if we could get one, a quick shower would feel good upon arrival there.

Thanks again, appreciate the very helpful info.

ual744777sta

Showers were open when I transited in January 2021. There might be a line for the showers so check-in right away.

nwflyboy

Thanks. Any specific lounge, or all of those suggested below? Any of them tend to have shorter shower lines?

mpw81

Z50 was turning people away at 1030am today (Saturday) saying they were full. Sort of annoying with 3 hours between flights.

chris63

Indeed, it will help some & not others..... a lot of time is needed to get to FCT, particularly with the current formalities.

Surface Interval

In your estimation, about how long will it take?

chris63

If you arrive at A close to the exit, just 5 minutes, since you would already be in Schengen, from far A gates, maybe 15 minutes, if you arrive at B & have to go through the immigration process & non EU passport could be 1 hour easily.

So many variables & it’s FRA which is such a difficult airport to transit.

squawk

Passing through FRA today as a Star Alliance gold, on my way to the UK. Could anyone advise the current lounge situation - I think I can access the first class lounges, but which ones are open now (and would h be able to get to as a non-Schengen departure)?

The last time I went through in December it was very limited - I think it was just the business lounge in B, with no food and only a coffee to take away.

chris63

Likely your U.K. departure will be from B , so B43 Senator lounge, for *A gold, to access the FCL you need to be arriving in F or HON. FCL A is the only F lounge currently open, there is a F & HON area in B 43 SEN lounge but it’s not great !

squawk

Thank you! I ended up helping an elderly couple on my connection who had missed their transatlantic flight to the US (and subsequent onward domestic) for a couple of hours so I didn’t visit any lounges in the end!

nwflyboy

Thanks again, and one more question about these lounges: I have a ~3 hour connection in FRA, and would like to print out a few pages from email while there, before we board our onward flight. Any reasonable options here?

Ideally we would like to find a "business center" space where we could briefly hop on an internet-connected computer with printer. We are not traveling with a laptop but will have an iPhone, with the document received via email (and would also be able to log in and access the email account from a public computer). So best option: computer + printer we can use. If not that, the next best option: a compatible printer we might be able to print to wirelessly from the phone (depends on what printer is available...I can print to my printer at home from the phone, so I know it's possible with the right printer and app installed).

Anyone know if one of these lounges that we will have access to would have a a computer + printer, or even just a printer connected to the lounge wifi, that we could use? If the lounges don't have printers, any other suggestions on where we could accomplish this task in FRA during our 3-hour layover? Many thanks for any tips.

oliver2002

The A50 lounge has a color laser printer available where you just email what you want to print to a certain email ID and you get a code to punch into the keypad and the mail and its attachments are printed.

chris63

Bravo 👍

We need more like you on this planet

nwflyboy

That would be great. Thanks for the help, much appreciated.

hugolover

Unfortunately Captain Carsten took away our ability to guest such pax into the lounge unless they’re on the same flight