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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 1:52 pm
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*G----->Love It

*G--access Luthansa Senator's Lounge-->awesome!
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 2:17 pm
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shhhh, lest the Americans find out.
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 2:56 pm
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We already know. There are some who are just waiting until the lifetime *G kicks in to abandon UA for all but domestic flights. So many things are so much better elsewhere.
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 3:55 pm
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Originally Posted by jpsj
*G--access Luthansa Senator's Lounge-->awesome!
I would be a lot more "awesome" if LH would follow other airlines' example (say SQ) and keep the SEN lounges for, well, SENs.
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The most awesome feature by far is that they'll bring you a glass of champagne upon request!
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 11:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Koby
I would be a lot more "awesome" if LH would follow other airlines' example (say SQ) and keep the SEN lounges for, well, SENs.
LH is already following SQ's example: they exclude *A F (non-LH group airlines) from the FCL/FCT. Now where would you put the rest of *A's F pax in FRA/MUC/etc., if you're kicking them out of the SEN lounges- maybe a janitor's closet?
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
LH is already following SQ's example: they exclude *A F (non-LH group airlines) from the FCL/FCT. Now where would you put the rest of *A's F pax in FRA/MUC/etc., if you're kicking them out of the SEN lounges- maybe a janitor's closet?
Allow the F pax(non-LH/LX) in Sen lounges but not the "easy to obtain" *G in the Sen lounges.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
LH is already following SQ's example: they exclude *A F (non-LH group airlines) from the FCL/FCT. Now where would you put the rest of *A's F pax in FRA/MUC/etc., if you're kicking them out of the SEN lounges- maybe a janitor's closet?
Who cares? Lufthansa doesn't.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by more4less
Allow the F pax(non-LH/LX) in Sen lounges but not the "easy to obtain" *G in the Sen lounges.
Of course, that doesn't help the FRA Tower lounge, does it?

*G in C in the C/FTL lounge isn't going to help with THOSE lounges being overcrowded, either. Given that FRA is a pretty important connection point

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Who cares? Lufthansa doesn't.
Well, it's their airport, their alliance, their obligation to not have F and C pax on partners think they're being stuck in a crummy lounge.

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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 12:03 pm
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Surely the OP wasn't referring to any SEN lounge in Germany?
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 12:15 pm
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Surely the OP wasn't referring to any SEN lounge in Germany?
For sure not to the Fra SEN lounge next to gate A26, because very likely on her/his visits had to sit on the floor.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 1:39 pm
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Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
Now where would you put the rest of *A's F pax in FRA/MUC/etc., if you're kicking them out of the SEN lounges- maybe a janitor's closet?
I was indeed referring to *A Golds traveling Y (or even C), as more4less pointed out.
In any case, F-class passengers deserve better than the SEN-lounges IMHO.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 2:15 pm
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When I first read the OP's post I thought he/she must be referring to a SEN lounge in the US such as IAD.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 3:20 pm
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Originally Posted by Koby
I was indeed referring to *A Golds traveling Y (or even C), as more4less pointed out.
In any case, F-class passengers deserve better than the SEN-lounges IMHO.
However, SQ does not exclude *A Golds in C from the SQ C lounges in SIN. Just *G in Y. If LH ran their lounges the way SQ did, it would be something like this:

LH only allows HONs and F pax on LH Group metal to have sit-down meals in the restaurant in the FCL/FCT, which is turned into a separate, private area, but the rest of the lounge is open to F (partners flying F like UA/TG/SQ),

SEN lounges now are the C lounges, and get *G/SENs in C,

C/FTL lounges now get *G/SENs in Y.

The thing is that LH can't do it this way, because LH's F/C/Y mix on planes is very different than SQ.

A333: SQ:0F/30C/255Y LH: 8F/48C/155Y
A388: SQ:12F/60C/399Y LH: 8F/98C/420Y

LH has a lot more potential business pax (with guaranteed lounge access) on their longhaul planes than SQ does... so their lounge rules have to be different (or they'd have to make much bigger C lounges). And this is why the SEN lounges are designated as *G lounges.
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