Aug 16, 21, 10:40 am
Consolidated CDG connection time/logistics/lounge - UA returned Jan 2023 to Term 1
Jun 20, 22, 1:15 pm
#439
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1K / SA Gold here, travelling with wife with no status, in Premium Plus (Plus Points waitlisted and unlikely)... Can we both use the Gold Track thru security at CDG? Or will her lack of status prevent her from using Gold Track?
Jun 20, 22, 1:48 pm
#440
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Originally Posted by threecap
1K / SA Gold here, travelling with wife with no status, in Premium Plus (Plus Points waitlisted and unlikely)... Can we both use the Gold Track thru security at CDG? Or will her lack of status prevent her from using Gold Track?
Jul 2, 22, 1:25 am
#441
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Does anyone know how early the check in counters at CDG open? I have a 9:15AM flight that boards at 8:25AM, and with the strike, I'm worried about chaos at the airport. Will desks be open 3-4 hours in advance like in the US?
Also, I'm *G in J, so will have access to Gold Track. My partner has no status, but will be in J...does Premier Access get them access to Gold Track?
Also, I'm *G in J, so will have access to Gold Track. My partner has no status, but will be in J...does Premier Access get them access to Gold Track?
Jul 2, 22, 7:41 am
#442
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As to Gold Track, see the response immediately above your post.
Jul 2, 22, 8:14 am
#443
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Originally Posted by bioyuki
Does anyone know how early the check in counters at CDG open? I have a 9:15AM flight that boards at 8:25AM, and with the strike, I'm worried about chaos at the airport. Will desks be open 3-4 hours in advance like in the US?
Also, I'm *G in J, so will have access to Gold Track. My partner has no status, but will be in J...does Premier Access get them access to Gold Track?
Also, I'm *G in J, so will have access to Gold Track. My partner has no status, but will be in J...does Premier Access get them access to Gold Track?
good luck transiting to the airport. I’d read the strikes affected travel this past week but I optimistically presumed they were over. I’ll be traveling in a few weeks myself.
Jul 17, 22, 2:48 am
#445
Join Date: Dec 2016
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Originally Posted by TomMM
Masks aren’t required. I was in the AC lounge last week around 10:30 am and it was packed.
Last edited by Samogitian; Jul 17, 22 at 2:56 am
Jul 17, 22, 9:26 am
#446
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Originally Posted by Samogitian
I am in the Air Canada lounge right now. Virtually nobody is wearing masks in the airport except me (I normally don't wear masks, but with this mass of humanity, all sorts of nasty stuff is doubtless going around, plus it hides my scowl). The lounge is completely run down and broken. Screaming spawn, bad food (should have loaded up on the food in Vilnius, I guess, and that tiny lounge isn't much to write home about). Here in CDG we have awful looking mystery meat, a bad selection of drinks, coffee from thermoses, awful lighting, empty magazine racks, outdated decor, inadequate bathrooms. For godssakes, some pain au chocolat would have been a nice touch. But no.
The staff is always huddled up in the back kitchen, I was mistaken by two passengers as staff, asking me where they could get water.
Jul 17, 22, 9:35 am
#447
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Interesting contrast of photos. The first one with the broken machines, for some reason made me feel that the lounge was just way outdated. However the photo above provides a better preview
Jul 17, 22, 10:04 am
#448
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Originally Posted by Flying Machine
Interesting contrast of photos. The first one with the broken machines, for some reason made me feel that the lounge was just way outdated. However the photo above provides a better preview
Jul 17, 22, 10:24 am
#449
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Originally Posted by hirohito888
It's pretty outdated lounge, compared to MLL FRA. But I think all non-AF lounges at CDG are pretty bad, including the *A lounge in T1. (Maybe CX one might be good but I have not been).
Jul 17, 22, 11:14 am
#450
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Originally Posted by Kacee
Unless you're flying La Premiere, you won't go wrong just assuming that literally every aspect of the CDG experience will suck.
I took the train to the airport, used electronic gate access to enter the terminal. Had the special line access for exit immigration imbedded into my boarding pass.
Enjoyed a nice few hours in the star alliance lounge drinking French champagne and at that time the food was quite nice
Depending on one’s experience not all is bad..
Last edited by Flying Machine; Jul 17, 22 at 11:19 am
