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Old Oct 15, 2017, 12:13 pm
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Originally Posted by TPJ
Why?

Go to the city. ZRH downtown is amazingly nice during fall.
This. I often have 6-ish hour layovers after that flight out of YUL, and my routine has always been the same: quick shower and breakfast in the arrivals lounge then 3-4 hours in town.
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Old Oct 15, 2017, 2:44 pm
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Old Nov 1, 2017, 5:32 am
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After looking on Swiss and Zurich Airport, after calling some of lounges and airlines, finally I've found the place with people who know almost everything (-:

We're flying tomorrow WAW -> ZRH -> TFS, Swiss and Edelweiss. We land 21:50 and take off 6:55. We're flying Business class, so we thought we could enjoy some time in lounges, but it seems we land to late and take off to early. Is there a better option then just sleeping in airport hotel? Is there a point in going to see the city at that timeframe?
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Old Nov 4, 2017, 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by matemaciek
After looking on Swiss and Zurich Airport, after calling some of lounges and airlines, finally I've found the place with people who know almost everything (-:

We're flying tomorrow WAW -> ZRH -> TFS, Swiss and Edelweiss. We land 21:50 and take off 6:55. We're flying Business class, so we thought we could enjoy some time in lounges, but it seems we land to late and take off to early. Is there a better option then just sleeping in airport hotel? Is there a point in going to see the city at that timeframe?
Get some sleep at a hotel. Getting to ZRH at 11 p.m. is not something I would recommend. Sure you can hit a bar or two ... but that's not worth it. There are some decent hotels in the airport vicinity and some that are readily accessible by a 10 min tram ride.
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by cfischer
Get some sleep at a hotel.
This advice is priceless :-) ^
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Old Nov 6, 2017, 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by matemaciek
After looking on Swiss and Zurich Airport, after calling some of lounges and airlines, finally I've found the place with people who know almost everything (-:

We're flying tomorrow WAW -> ZRH -> TFS, Swiss and Edelweiss. We land 21:50 and take off 6:55. We're flying Business class, so we thought we could enjoy some time in lounges, but it seems we land to late and take off to early. Is there a better option then just sleeping in airport hotel? Is there a point in going to see the city at that timeframe?
As others recommended get a hotel. Have a look at hotels with either a shuttle (from Holiday Inn Express to Hilton etc.) but the best option would be the Radisson on the airport premise (can sometimes be quite expensive).

https://www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-zurichairport
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Old Nov 22, 2017, 10:47 am
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I arrive in ZRH on EK at noon and have a LX flight in C to FLR 5 hours later.

Not very familiar with this airport, can someone please explain the procedure and which alternative lounge I can use? I will also have checked luggage.

Thanks
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Old Nov 23, 2017, 2:34 am
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Originally Posted by MosquesAndKebabs
I arrive in ZRH on EK at noon and have a LX flight in C to FLR 5 hours later.

Not very familiar with this airport, can someone please explain the procedure and which alternative lounge I can use? I will also have checked luggage.
As far as lounges go, you can use the LX lounges in D and E. You will have to go through security on arrival (assuming you arrive from DXB) and may have to go through a passport check to reach either lounge.
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Old Nov 26, 2017, 9:59 am
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Doing a schengen-to-schengen transit in ZRH soon. Does anyone here have experience with a non-EU passport and could report on the times it would take (Monday afternoon, flight departing around 17:30) to pass through passport control to the E gates & back? Haven't been through ZRH before and really want to give the lounge a try. Queuing times & experiences would be useful. Thanks
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Old Nov 26, 2017, 11:53 am
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Originally Posted by jimmielin
Doing a schengen-to-schengen transit in ZRH soon. Does anyone here have experience with a non-EU passport and could report on the times it would take (Monday afternoon, flight departing around 17:30) to pass through passport control to the E gates & back? Haven't been through ZRH before and really want to give the lounge a try. Queuing times & experiences would be useful. Thanks
Early afternoon wait times are close to zero, the lounges are virtually empty. Peaks are early/mid-morning and early evening.
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Old Nov 27, 2017, 10:42 pm
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As far as lounges go, you can use the LX lounges in D and E. You will have to go through security on arrival (assuming you arrive from DXB) and may have to go through a passport check to reach either lounge.
Thanks.

Since I'm on separate tickets, I'll have to go through passport control on arrival, collect bags and re-check them with Swiss.

Which lounge would you recommend D or E?
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Old Nov 28, 2017, 4:58 am
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Originally Posted by MosquesAndKebabs
Thanks.

Since I'm on separate tickets, I'll have to go through passport control on arrival, collect bags and re-check them with Swiss.

Which lounge would you recommend D or E?
E, without a doubt, it’s brand new with all the frills!
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Old Dec 6, 2017, 4:51 am
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Originally Posted by dinoscool3
E, without a doubt, it’s brand new with all the frills!
I ended up going to E indeed.

Very nice lounge and it was empty when I was there (2-4pm).

Great showers too, only there was no dental or shaving kit? Thankfully I had my own.
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Old Dec 11, 2017, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by MosquesAndKebabs
I ended up going to E indeed

Great showers too, only there was no dental or shaving kit? Thankfully I had my own.
I think you have to ask though - unless it has been enhanced away, i thought E offered them due to the longhaul commitment.

The showers in the C/SEN lounge A didn't stock any of those unless you were using FCL ones
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Old Jan 1, 2018, 1:02 am
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Last week people were talking about the date April 2018 likely not be happening. They already have 2 months delay in the new F class lounge in A and it seems SEN/C will take them to May/June.
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