ced_lx

SEN status does not give you access to F lounges in the LH group...SEN only gives you access to first class check-in.

chris63

Of course SEN don’t get access to F lounges, however SEN status gives you lounge access on arrival, if your arrival flight is in F then maybe the lounge agents can permit access. HON get F arrival lounge access regardless of the ticket class.

ced_lx

It's just that you make it sound like someone with SEN status will get access to the F lounge on arrival. Just how I am reading it I guess.

chris63

See above, Nick Art was denied access whilst other contributors to this thread were not & the striking difference was they were SEN

Nick Art

Okay, thank you all for the vivid discussion. Let me summarise:

It has been suggested that F Lounge access on arrival (with no onwards journey) is no longer a thing, unless one is HON or in the case where the F pax is SEN, as SEN get arrival access to SEN lounges, the F ticket bumps them to F lounge access.

I think we can all agree that had I had an onwards journey on the same ticket, I would have definitely had access.

However, against the above rules speak the suggestion from the lounge agent that had I been on the direct flight to ZRH and terminating in ZRH I would have had access. Maybe a special case due to the Swiss Arrival service at ZRH?

My last F flights were indeed before the pandemic so maybe something changed in the rules since then, which I would find a significant downgrade, as I always enjoyed the arrival access to the F lounges. It always rounded of the trip very well. I think the bad impression of being denied at a lounge entrance far outweighs what little could be optimised/saved with this measure. It just cheapens the whole experience.

I'm still not 100% convinced which exact rules apply now (partially because I don't want to be), so I would like to check with the LX or LHG F service. I tried contacting them via the premium travel E-Mail, however, that no longer seems to be active. Does anybody know what the current E-Mail of the premium travel service at LX is (for us lowly F-flying non-HON/SEN/FTL)?

Edit: Did a typo in the premium travel service E-Mail. Still works. Whoops!

59Impala

Question to you F Lounge experts. What would you recommend…. I‘ll be checking in in ZRH, would you suggest the A lounge or E lounge? Done the E lounge previously, but no experience with A.

is there securityPassport check at A lounge?
is there a transfer via car/van to the E gates?

thanks for insights!!

dkc192

Assuming you are departing on a long-haul LX flight, suggest starting at the A lounge. There is a private security checkpoint at the entrance to the lounge near the general security checkpoint--the entrance is very visible. From there, you can request a car transfer to the E gates and lounge. You'll go through a private passport control after exiting the A lounge and just before getting in the car to E.

59Impala

thanks for the speedy reply! and yes, departing ZRH to ORD.

chris63

Definitely start in A, use the escalators up to the lounge for dedicated security & then transfer when you like from A to E, via the F passport control on the way, they will drive you with the F mini bus

59Impala

THANKS!

chris63

Hope & expect you to enjoy the experience but do let us know how it goes ?

59Impala

will do, but it will be October… just already excited
flew F very often on SR, but LX just once. So can hardly wait

Nic33

I am flying TATL this coming Friday. I will have access to the FCLs. Is the situation back to normal? I was in FCL A last year twice, and it was not great (in the summer, very limited food offering, and in the late autumn the F&B was better, but the lounge was too crowded),

NYC1

Yes, it's much better in terms of overcrowding since the E lounge has reopened. F&B has been normal for a while. But if you're flying TATL, I'd suggest spending more time in E than in A (and using the A lounge for security/transfer to E).

chris63

Current FC! E Menu