Lounge access based on cabin flown: serving in F, connecting to economy flight
Jul 26, 2014, 2:50 pm
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Lounge access based on cabin flown: serving in F, connecting to economy flight
If I arrive in Frankfurt from JFK on an SQ flight award in suites class, and I'm connecting to a Lufthansa flight to Rome on a business class award (separate PNR) for which an economy seat only is available at present, will I get lounge access based on the arriving flight?
Jul 26, 2014, 3:45 pm
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If I arrive in Frankfurt from JFK on an SQ flight award in suites class, and I'm connecting to a Lufthansa flight to Rome on a business class award (separate PNR) for which an economy seat only is available at present, will I get lounge access based on the arriving flight?
Jul 26, 2014, 9:09 pm
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All the Star Alliance lounge access rules can be found at http://www.staralliance.com/en/benef...access-policy/. It's always based on the departing flight.
Jul 27, 2014, 1:48 pm
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Whilst that's true in this case there are exceptions. eg, UA will give access based on the arriving flight class if it was on UA metal, even if the departing flight is in economy. Plus obviously there are arrival lounges where the access is based on the arriving flight.
Jul 27, 2014, 5:21 pm
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Jul 27, 2014, 6:23 pm
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Although *A lounge access is dependent on status or departing BPs, I seem to remember reading that SQ has an arrangement for their arriving First Class passengers to access Senator Lounges in FRA regardless of the class of their departing flight.
Jul 27, 2014, 8:01 pm
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If they go by the book, no access (unless the exception NewbieRunner mentions still exists.)
That said, it can't hurt to ask or try. I arrived in JFK on OZ F and connected to AC Y. I asked at check-in if I would get lounge access, and the agent made a call to the dragons who OKed access. ^
That said, it can't hurt to ask or try. I arrived in JFK on OZ F and connected to AC Y. I asked at check-in if I would get lounge access, and the agent made a call to the dragons who OKed access. ^