Does LX F have a chauffeur service to plane like LH?
May 10, 2008, 3:59 pm
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Does LX F have a chauffeur service to plane like LH?
Hi there,
I read on some trip report that a guy flying Swiss F got the chauffeur drive that LH famousley offer to his Swiss A340 in Zurich. I was just wondering if Swiss offer this service to First class passengers or if this was just a one off. I have looked on the swiss website and can't find any mention of such a service although they don't provide much information at all about their F services. So is this a service which LX offers to all its F passangers??
Thanks
I read on some trip report that a guy flying Swiss F got the chauffeur drive that LH famousley offer to his Swiss A340 in Zurich. I was just wondering if Swiss offer this service to First class passengers or if this was just a one off. I have looked on the swiss website and can't find any mention of such a service although they don't provide much information at all about their F services. So is this a service which LX offers to all its F passangers??
Thanks
. Do you know what vehicles they use and if you get to pick which one you can ride in?
May 10, 2008, 6:44 pm
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May 10, 2008, 7:27 pm
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It's not even a limo, it's a Mecedes Van similar to the van that takes you from the FRA main terminal to the FCT. .. and you share that with all the F passengers. It holds a maximum of 6 people however. Did this two weeks ago from ZRH to JFK.
May 10, 2008, 9:58 pm
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Depending
As I remember, they are the Mercedes Limosines like in Frankfurt and Munich if your are alone. And if it is an outsite position of an aircraft, they bring you there. Btw. Lugano and Basel have no service, Geneva a better service than Zurich.
May 11, 2008, 12:46 am
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I was picked up in a S-Class coming in on an LX flight in C connecting on SQ in F a few months ago. It was the official First Class/HON service car.
May 11, 2008, 3:31 am
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Mercedes Mini-Van and R-Class cars are frequently used in ZRH. You are not able to pick, the car size will reflect the no. of fellow passengers going to / from the same aircraft.
May 11, 2008, 6:37 am
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And I will not use that service again, as I had to leave the lounge much earlier then if I take the train. And they release you at the security as everyone else. So I don't see any advantage for that service, expect you might feel special.
It's not like they drop you off directly at the plane to board. Which is sad...
W
It's not like they drop you off directly at the plane to board. Which is sad...
W
May 11, 2008, 7:08 am
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And I will not use that service again, as I had to leave the lounge much earlier then if I take the train. And they release you at the security as everyone else. So I don't see any advantage for that service, expect you might feel special.
It's not like they drop you off directly at the plane to board. Which is sad...
W
It's not like they drop you off directly at the plane to board. Which is sad...
W
You can tell the FC lounge agent that you want to take the later car transfer (and spend more time in the lounge)... They will do that.
The van runs every 10-15 minutes, and they drop you off before security.
May 11, 2008, 7:13 am
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I would be interested to hear from folks who visited the lounge, whether or not they were transfered using the S-Class. My guess is that because there are lots of F passengers in the lounge, transfers from the FC lounge is via Van and transfer on a connecting flight or via remote stand is via Limo.
May 11, 2008, 12:15 pm
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May 19, 2008, 12:37 pm
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Hi there,
I read on some trip report that a guy flying Swiss F got the chauffeur drive that LH famousley offer to his Swiss A340 in Zurich. I was just wondering if Swiss offer this service to First class passengers or if this was just a one off. I have looked on the swiss website and can't find any mention of such a service although they don't provide much information at all about their F services. So is this a service which LX offers to all its F passangers??
Thanks
I read on some trip report that a guy flying Swiss F got the chauffeur drive that LH famousley offer to his Swiss A340 in Zurich. I was just wondering if Swiss offer this service to First class passengers or if this was just a one off. I have looked on the swiss website and can't find any mention of such a service although they don't provide much information at all about their F services. So is this a service which LX offers to all its F passangers??
Thanks
May 19, 2008, 3:38 pm
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It makes perfect sense to use the van for people departing at the same time when shuttling them from the FCL to the E pier - as the point of destination = drop of point from the shuttle at the E pier is all the same irrespectable of where they are travelling.
However when being shuttled out to apron position the choice of car various more often - most of the time I am alone to a particular flight and then it has always been R or S - would say a 1/3 to 2/3 split for the latter
Cheers
Thomas