Air China First Class Lounge Access
Sep 25, 2013, 6:52 am
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Sep 25, 2013, 6:54 am
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Sep 25, 2013, 7:17 am
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I don't use FB or Twitter (at all), but Youtube will nice to have because 1/3 of the time I search for an answer to some trivial question on Google, I end up with a bunch of Youtube links and a handful of complicated articles that explain the same thing.
Sep 25, 2013, 9:35 am
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That's the approximate (because both cover enormous areas) driving distance. As the crow flies, it's about 180 km less.... it's amazing how far afield this thread has drifted; it appears that others share my thoughts about the PEK CA lounges (yawn).
Oct 18, 2013, 7:16 am
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Air China First Class Lounge Access
I can confirm that you can access the first class lounge with a J ticket. I'm sitting here now. No difference as others have said, but I find a bit less wear and tear.
Oct 20, 2013, 3:46 pm
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If you are star gold, yes, f lounge. If not, and just departing on CA J - J lounge. Simple. Your LX F flight is irrelevant. Showers are identical in either lounge.
Oct 20, 2013, 11:51 pm
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Oct 21, 2013, 12:58 am
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I don't think I've ever gotten into an F section of a lounge in China using *G either. Even in SFO, *G = the RCC or the SQ business lounge... not the IFL. I really could care less about F v. C lounges in China though. I have BA Gold which gets me into OW F lounges on a regular basis, and I am hard pressed to think of one that doesn't suck (except for HKG of course, but we're talking about the PRC here).
Oct 23, 2013, 10:28 am
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Help! I'm flying first class LAX-PEK on air china that was booked thru united. Do I go to united club in LA or the air china lounge? Then PEK-SIN also bkd thru united. layover in PEK is 3+ hours flying bus class on Singapore air. Do I go to united, star alliance or singapore lounge in PEK? Suggestions? Thanks
Oct 23, 2013, 10:54 am
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Help! I'm flying first class LAX-PEK on air china that was booked thru united. Do I go to united club in LA or the air china lounge? Then PEK-SIN also bkd thru united. layover in PEK is 3+ hours flying bus class on Singapore air. Do I go to united, star alliance or singapore lounge in PEK? Suggestions? Thanks
At PEK, I don't think there is an SQ lounge (even when flying on SQ, I've always ended up in the big lounge).
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Oct 23, 2013, 8:11 pm
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Help! I'm flying first class LAX-PEK on air china that was booked thru united. Do I go to united club in LA or the air china lounge? Then PEK-SIN also bkd thru united. layover in PEK is 3+ hours flying bus class on Singapore air. Do I go to united, star alliance or singapore lounge in PEK? Suggestions? Thanks
As for SQ, the last time I went through PEK, I saw a sign for the SQ at the Beijing Aviation Ground Service (BGS) lounge.
You did not mention if you have any status, meaning *G and above.
Oct 23, 2013, 11:55 pm
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One of my segment from a US Air award ticket was booked as Air China "Fare Class: First (O)". I assume it is the first class and I should be able to access to the first class lounge, right?
Oct 24, 2013, 12:14 am
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At PEK, you can only use the F section if your departing flight is booked in F.
ETA: You could presumably use the *A Lounge in TBIT instead of the AC lounge (I think there is an air side connection), but that's a bit of a walk from T2.
Last edited by moondog; Oct 24, 2013 at 12:42 am