Paid/Award Business Class - does one get lounge access for a guest
May 16, 2009, 4:26 am
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Paid/Award Business Class - does one get lounge access for a guest
My sister-in-law will get an award for business class flight from YUL to DEL via ZRH. Via return, she will return with a friend who has paid for an economy class ticket. The question is whether my sister-in-law has lounge access privileges for the guest in the SWISS lounge (for passengers on international flights).
If the answer is no (which I suspect is the case), does SWISS offer guest lounge passes? If the answer is yes, I can go to coupon connection, and request one such pass, for something in return.
If the answer is no (which I suspect is the case), does SWISS offer guest lounge passes? If the answer is yes, I can go to coupon connection, and request one such pass, for something in return.
May 16, 2009, 5:17 am
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If you are in LX C you get access to their lounges in ZRH irregardless whether you have an award or revenue ticket. C pax can't guest anyone if they don't hold *G
The Bellevue lounge at the E gates (where YUL and DEL depart/arrive) above E45 is a contract lounge which sells access for 35 CHF, accepts priority pass and diners club too: http://www.loungeguide.net/wiki/u/Zu...ndent_Bellevue
The Bellevue lounge at the E gates (where YUL and DEL depart/arrive) above E45 is a contract lounge which sells access for 35 CHF, accepts priority pass and diners club too: http://www.loungeguide.net/wiki/u/Zu...ndent_Bellevue
May 16, 2009, 5:39 am
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The Bellevue lounge at the E gates (where YUL and DEL depart/arrive) above E45 is a contract lounge which sells access for 35 CHF, accepts priority pass and diners club too: http://www.loungeguide.net/wiki/u/Zu...ndent_Bellevue
LX is very strict for lounge-access, so do not expect any exception.
May 16, 2009, 6:01 am
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May 19, 2009, 3:58 am
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Showing my LX SEN card, dragon asked me, if I was allowed to bring a guest and I said "YES"
no need to lie, as LX SEN is *G 
anyway.
May 19, 2009, 4:28 am
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Actually, any status passenger, to my knowledge, is not eligible to gain access to the Bellevue lounge. It is the business class boarding pass, status or not, that gets you into the lounge (at least without paying the 35 Swiss francs).
May 19, 2009, 6:25 am
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No idea, if they changed their access rules. My incident happened approx. 2 years ago. Back then, no problem to use Bellevue lounge as LX SEN with guest and both in Y.
May 19, 2009, 4:55 pm
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Does the Bellevue lounge allow access to any other status passengers of any other airline frequent flyer programs, whether in Star Alliance, or one of the other 2 alliances, or a status member of a frequent flyer program of an airline not affiliated to any global alliance?
May 19, 2009, 6:54 pm
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The attendant at Bellevue has detailled list on who is allowed and who is not. the last time I was there I witnessed a major row between a gentleman and the warden who wanted to bring in a guest and she wouldn't let him in with a guest.
Another option would be the dnata lounge for 28CHF:
http://www.zurich-airport.com/deskto...spx/tabid-152/
Another option would be the dnata lounge for 28CHF:
http://www.zurich-airport.com/deskto...spx/tabid-152/
May 19, 2009, 8:55 pm
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Does the Bellevue lounge allow access to any other status passengers of any other airline frequent flyer programs, whether in Star Alliance, or one of the other 2 alliances, or a status member of a frequent flyer program of an airline not affiliated to any global alliance?