*G Access to First Class Side of Lounge?
Feb 1, 2013 | 10:42 pm
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*G Access to First Class Side of Lounge?
I was directed to the First Class, not Business Class side of the Star Alliance-managed lounge at LHR, despite holding a Y ticket. Same thing at LH, you get into the Senator Lounge.
However, at the Star Alliance lounge at LAX, it was the Business Class side for a Biz ticket.
At which Star-managed lounges do *G on any ticket get into the First Class side, and are there any other lounges beside LH's where that's the case?
Thanks....
However, at the Star Alliance lounge at LAX, it was the Business Class side for a Biz ticket.
At which Star-managed lounges do *G on any ticket get into the First Class side, and are there any other lounges beside LH's where that's the case?
Thanks....
Feb 2, 2013 | 3:29 am
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*G Access to First Class Side of Lounge?
You got lucky at LHR. You should have gone left. Instead, it seems, you went right of the desk? The Senator Lounges for LH are not considered first class lounges. LH has dedicated FCL and First Class Terminal(s) at its main hub(s). As a *G, you correctly were given access to the Senator Lounge and the business class lounge at LAX.
Feb 2, 2013 | 7:21 am
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Feb 2, 2013 | 12:07 pm
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Yeah, I don't like it when people say that SEN lounges are not F lounges. In the same way that SENs can use LH F check-in, their lounge is technically a F lounge as well, just for non-LH F passengers. BA has F lounges in JFK and LHR for OW Emerald and OW F passengers, but just because BA F passengers have CCR access doesn't make their F lounges not "actual" F lounges.