LX lounges restarting
Nov 9, 2021, 11:15 am
#661
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: CH
Programs: LX SEN
Posts: 899
As SEN, ZRH is getting bearable, if one chooses the Alpine rather than the E lounge. The cops have restored the automatic passport control on the way to E, so there is no need to leave the lounge too early. Unlike other posters, I do not see any difference in J on the plane compared to pre-covid (neither in F, but I am not a regular F flyer). The only noticeable difference is that LX has acquired new air-Nespresso machines with milk containers (at the least in the a343).
On another note, last time I went from E to A (about 1 month ago), the automatic passport was not commissioned. Is it still offline? The one from E towards the exit is restored.
On another note, last time I went from E to A (about 1 month ago), the automatic passport was not commissioned. Is it still offline? The one from E towards the exit is restored.
Nov 9, 2021, 11:34 am
#662
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CH / NL
Programs: LX HON, FB Platinum for life, Sixt/Hilton Diamond
Posts: 189
Reading so many spot on comments here, I do hope that you also share them with LX management when you get a chance. I do try to share, the good and the bad, via some of the events that happened earlier but also have ping Tamur if I am really bothered (or just have too much time on my hands ;-) ). Maybe they listen, maybe they don't. But if they don't hear anything, they could assume we're all very happy HONs or other type of frequent LX flyers.
Nov 9, 2021, 2:28 pm
#664
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: NYC -- UA 1K; SPG Platinum; HH Diamond.
Posts: 2,921
Reading so many spot on comments here, I do hope that you also share them with LX management when you get a chance. I do try to share, the good and the bad, via some of the events that happened earlier but also have ping Tamur if I am really bothered (or just have too much time on my hands ;-) ). Maybe they listen, maybe they don't. But if they don't hear anything, they could assume we're all very happy HONs or other type of frequent LX flyers.
Nov 9, 2021, 3:16 pm
#665
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Stoke on Trent, UK (MAN ), BUE, BKK, DBV
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Posts: 11,646
Exactly. Like I said in one of these threads, I'd suggest that HONs contact LX about the situation at the FCL A and to push to open the FCL E ASAP. Don't give management a reason/excuse to say "I didn't know". I'm sure this is all painfully clear to the staff at the FCL A, but I doubt they will say something or be heard.
Nov 9, 2021, 5:39 pm
#667
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: NYC -- UA 1K; SPG Platinum; HH Diamond.
Posts: 2,921
I did and I’m not sure if I agree with it or not in terms of how easy or possible it is to reach out to someone who listens to HONs. I was responding here to Nik_Jr post who’s an LX HON and since he knows the secret way of communicating with LX I wanted to express my agreement with his post and encourage others do what he does.
Nov 9, 2021, 8:43 pm
#668
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
Programs: TG ROP Platinum, M&M Senator, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 8,331
yes indeed...that surprised me...they even did it for very complicate destinations (re docs) like BKK and I did not have to queue (a long queue indeed) in front of the gate, where there is no queue for premium passengers...
Nov 15, 2021, 12:11 am
#669
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Nov 15, 2021, 12:46 am
#670
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Golden, CO USA
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 765
It seems to me that the best option for offering lounge distinction in E is to open the Business Class Lounge. There are what, 8-10 F passengers per Int’l flight, compared to a significant number of C customers.
If overcrowding in the Senator E lounge is the real problem, it seems to me the next step is to open the the second lounge.
If the problem is F customers not being isolated from the masses, sound like you will just have to wait a bit longer…..
DEN
If overcrowding in the Senator E lounge is the real problem, it seems to me the next step is to open the the second lounge.
If the problem is F customers not being isolated from the masses, sound like you will just have to wait a bit longer…..
DEN
Nov 15, 2021, 2:38 am
#671
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,731
It seems to me that the best option for offering lounge distinction in E is to open the Business Class Lounge. There are what, 8-10 F passengers per Int’l flight, compared to a significant number of C customers.
If overcrowding in the Senator E lounge is the real problem, it seems to me the next step is to open the the second lounge.
If the problem is F customers not being isolated from the masses, sound like you will just have to wait a bit longer…..
DEN
If overcrowding in the Senator E lounge is the real problem, it seems to me the next step is to open the the second lounge.
If the problem is F customers not being isolated from the masses, sound like you will just have to wait a bit longer…..
DEN
Nov 15, 2021, 4:28 am
#672
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 816
Airports around the world during the pandemic have been operating so stupidly in the name of safety that they end up making for situations that are profoundly unsafe:
4) inconsistency of rules: you couldn’t eat outside food at the United Clubs but you could eat food they served inside. How is eating United provided Oreos in the lounge more safe than eating a taco you had to get with take away from the food court (because the tables there were closed off).
4) inconsistency of rules: you couldn’t eat outside food at the United Clubs but you could eat food they served inside. How is eating United provided Oreos in the lounge more safe than eating a taco you had to get with take away from the food court (because the tables there were closed off).
Nov 15, 2021, 4:31 pm
#674
Join Date: May 2021
Programs: Flying Blue Gold, BA Bronze, Ex-skywards Platnium
Posts: 646
Been noticing a lot of F fares are at J fare rates comparable to Qatar's J fares from the US to Africa/Asia. I'm not surprised that the lounges are packed and hopefully they open the FCL at E by the time I fly with LX.
Nov 15, 2021, 8:04 pm
#675
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: NYC -- UA 1K; SPG Platinum; HH Diamond.
Posts: 2,921
Not sure about Africa or Asia but F prices to Europe are through the roof and nothing near J so that’s what I meant by “what LX is charging” and that they should open up the E lounges, especially the FCL.