chris63

They kept telling me it was for safety reasons, however in the much better MUC FCL bedrooms you can switch the lights off completely, go figure...

Ari

The Lufthansa F lounges have always been for First Class passengers (and HON) and their companions and family; my understanding is that the same-flight restriction was put in place to limit guests to actual travel companions and avoid guesting of strangers-- that's why the requirements are looser for admission of family:

Passengers arriving on the same flight and departing on different flights are traveling companions, not strangers and such travelers can certainly present boarding passes "for the same flight".

There is the traditional "departure boarding pass rule" (departure boarding pass dictates lounge access) with the "LH first class passenger rule" (in which case being an 'F passenger for the day of the journey determines access at all lounges at all airports that day). Add the "F companion rule" (same flight) to the "F passenger rule" (same day) and it is not a foregone conclusion that the departure flight from the local airport must be the flight in common.

I have never heard of arguing one's way into a Lufthansa lounge, but I think the rules are on the side of admission in this case.

NickRivas

Haha thanks for your answers guys...well if the flight doesn't get canceled, if we don't go into lockdown here and if the FCL doesn't close......

• For admission to the First Class Lounges, traveling companions must show a valid boarding pass for the same flight as that of the person inviting them. Life partners, spouses and children under 18 must show a valid boarding pass for a flight on the same day as that of the person inviting them.

The problem with that is that although it doesn't specify the same flight being arriving or departing...we both come together on a flight from VIE-FRA (no F just J)...and since I am not HON or anything like that, what gets me into the FCL is the F onward ticket to MEX...which my colleague doesn't have...and if I show that to get access to the F lounge, it would not be "the same flight" for my colleague
We might try it anyway and I'll report back his layover in FRA isn't so long anyway so it's not big deal if he doesn't get in

Right now the question is if this trip will even happen

YuropFlyer

You could always hold hands and claim you're in a relationship

NickRivas

I read that and thought about it Lol...for partners and spouses it just says a BP for a fight the same day

chris63

Yes, new spouse or life partner would clinch it

NickRivas

So any news on the FCL closing or if the services will be cut down even more next week with the whole Germany lockdown thing?

sophialite

I called the HON line and they seemed certain that the FCL A will remain open with the current level of service.

NickRivas

damn you're like an expert <3 thanks

sophialite

Well we'll see. I'll probably call again on November 2 just to be sure.

Anyways, this won't apply to me as my next LH flight (in F no less) is in January, so hopefully lockdown over by then? We'll see. Am more concerned about whether the lounges in CDG are closed as I'm flying through there in a few weeks.

NickRivas

Similar, on return I'll transit at LHR if this even happens, wonder if the LH lounge will remain open

oh well #firstworldproblems

flyertalker28120

As discussed in the other thread, the FCL will remain open but no in-lounge consumption of F&B from today onwards. You won't be allowed to consume outside food. At the lounge, you may elect to pick up a doggy bag with a meal to be consumed outside the lounge premises.

NickRivas

thanks for the update, sucks but we’re in a pandemic so understandable

sophialite

Hence my caveat...

YYCCL3

Any first hand reports not simply copied from the guys at VFT?