LX lounges restarting
Jul 15, 20, 3:28 am
#61
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I was able to enter the Aspire lounge in ZRH as a SEN last weekend. It was early morning so it was not too busy, but there was nothing noteworthy there either: you could get a morning coffee or champagne and a pre-packaged plate of pretzels. Note that you will not be able to bring in a guest with this current lounge arrangement.
Jul 15, 20, 3:59 am
#62
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Jul 15, 20, 4:18 am
#63
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Normally they pay for the LX lounges. I don’t know what the contract between LX and Aspire/Priority Pass is, but assumably Aspire just takes guests that would normally be eligible for the LX lounges.
Jul 15, 20, 4:55 am
#64
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AC does not curerntly pay LX, or any other lounge provider in Zurich, for admission.
Jul 15, 20, 5:19 am
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Jul 15, 20, 6:08 am
#67
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If AC pays LX (or *A which forwards money to LX) for lounge fees, and LX is sending their lounge guests to Aspire, wouldn’t that mean that AC pax can probably use that lounge?
Jul 15, 20, 6:44 am
#68
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LX is not gonna pay AC for LX pax not having access to AC lounges (say, in YUL). And AC is not gonna pay LX for AC pax not having access to LX lounges (say, in ZRH).
Jul 15, 20, 7:17 am
#69
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Bur right now it's a pandemic. LX lounges are closed. AC doesn't pay. And AC has no interest in negotiating a separate contract for use of the Aspire lounge. They'd rather save that $.
Last edited by airoli; Jul 15, 20 at 7:25 am
Jul 17, 20, 6:55 am
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Jul 17, 20, 12:05 pm
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