Sep 11, 2016, 10:26 am
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
11 Feb 2019
" Dies ist von dem gebuchten Tarif unabhängig. " ==> "This is independent of the booked tariff (fare)"
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Information for passengers departing with Eurowings:
- Passengers who have booked a SMART or BEST fare and who have a Miles & More HON Circle Member or Senator card have access to Lufthansa Senator and Business Lounges on the day of their departure.
- Passengers who have booked a SMART fare and who have a Miles & More Frequent Traveller card have access to Lufthansa Business Lounges on the day of their departure.
- Passengers who have booked a BEST fare have access to Lufthansa Business Lounges on the day of their departure.
- Passengers who have a Star Alliance Gold card only have access to Lufthansa’s Senator and Business Lounges if they are customers of United Airlines (UA) or All Nippon Airways (NH).
The german version of the Lufthansa website clearly says that no fare restriction apply.
lufthansa.com/de/de/loungetypen-und-zugang
lufthansa.com/de/de/loungetypen-und-zugang
Gäste, die eine Star Alliance Gold Card besitzen, haben nur dann Zugang zu den Senator und Business Lounges der Lufthansa, wenn sie Kunden der Fluggesellschaften United Airlines (UA) und All Nippon Airways (NH) sind. Dies ist von dem gebuchten Tarif unabhängig.
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[LH Lounge access] Advice for passengers who are departing with Eurowings:
- Passengers have free access to the Lufthansa Senator and Business Lounges in Germany provided they have a Miles & More HON Circle Member or Senator Card.
- Passengers who have booked the Eurowings BEST fare and Frequent Travellers who have booked the SMART fare are entitled to use the Lufthansa Business Lounges on the day of their flight.
- Passengers who have a Star Alliance Gold Card, however, do not have access to the Lufthansa Lounges. Exceptions to this are the Star Alliance Gold Card customers of the airlines United Airlines (UA) and All Nippon Airways (NH), who receive access to Lufthansa’s Senator and Business Lounges.
- Not confirmed, but plausible: Rules will change from March 26, 2017:
Access to LH Lounge is only possible when departing on a SMART or BEST fare. BASIC fare does not entitle to lounge access.
Does UA *G get lounge access when flying Eurowings?
Jul 4, 2019, 5:38 am
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Here’s an interesting hypothetical: If I’m flying EW out of LHR, after November 1, will I be able to access the United Club, even as a UC member? I think not, right? No *A boarding pass. Not that I’d necessarily want to because you risk a significant backtrack. As *G Senator Lounge makes more sense but that would appear an odd gap for those who aren’t considering United status earns you benefits on EW.
Jul 4, 2019, 7:01 am
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exactly
agreed
Here’s an interesting hypothetical: If I’m flying EW out of LHR, after November 1, will I be able to access the United Club, even as a UC member? I think not, right? No *A boarding pass. Not that I’d necessarily want to because you risk a significant backtrack. As *G Senator Lounge makes more sense but that would appear an odd gap for those who aren’t considering United status earns you benefits on EW.
Jul 4, 2019, 7:36 am
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”Effective November 1, 2019, United Club customers, including members and their guests, and one-time pass holders will need to provide a same-day boarding pass for travel on United, Star AllianceTM or a contracted partner operated flight for entry into all United Club locations.”
Presumably contracted partner in this case means like Skywest or something but it’s certainly vague enough.
Jul 4, 2019, 7:55 am
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Because Eurowings isn’t a Star Alliance member:
”Effective November 1, 2019, United Club customers, including members and their guests, and one-time pass holders will need to provide a same-day boarding pass for travel on United, Star AllianceTM or a contracted partner operated flight for entry into all United Club locations.”
Presumably contracted partner in this case means like Skywest or something but it’s certainly vague enough.
Jul 4, 2019, 8:45 am
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Because Eurowings isn’t a Star Alliance member:
”Effective November 1, 2019, United Club customers, including members and their guests, and one-time pass holders will need to provide a same-day boarding pass for travel on United, Star AllianceTM or a contracted partner operated flight for entry into all United Club locations.”
Presumably contracted partner in this case means like Skywest or something but it’s certainly vague enough.
Jul 4, 2019, 10:41 am
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Because Eurowings isn’t a Star Alliance member:
”Effective November 1, 2019, United Club customers, including members and their guests, and one-time pass holders will need to provide a same-day boarding pass for travel on United, Star AllianceTM or a contracted partner operated flight for entry into all United Club locations.”
Presumably contracted partner in this case means like Skywest or something but it’s certainly vague enough.
*A and UA lounge access rules are based on operating carrier, not marketing carrier.
Jul 4, 2019, 11:44 am
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This game of alliance carriers using their owned baby carriers’ non-alliance membership status to avoid offering alliance elite status benefits (in full) on parts of their network can’t end soon enough for me. Unfortunately, it’s not likely to end anytime soon with Eurowings since LH is only killing off Eurowings for long-haul while continuing with Eurowings short-haul.
Jul 4, 2019, 12:30 pm
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Agreed, today we get access for WK and EW flights ... I don't see that change an time in the near future.
Jul 4, 2019, 1:17 pm
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Jul 4, 2019, 3:33 pm
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Looking for an answer as the response to this question:
Are all *Gs on all Eurowings flights entitled to Star Alliance lounge access when flying on Eurowings? Doesn’t sound like it.
Are all *Gs on all Eurowings flights entitled to Star Alliance lounge access when flying on Eurowings? Doesn’t sound like it.
Jul 4, 2019, 3:51 pm
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At certain *A lounges, for certain *G programs, yes. LH, UA, NH seem to have an arrangement. LH is explict only UA, NH and LH elites.
However there limited reason to care as EW is transitioning to just a European sport haul carrier and there are not that many other carrier lounges to worry about
But that would be a subject for the other *A forums, this forum is a forum on UA lounges and/or UA elites
Jul 4, 2019, 4:27 pm
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So yes, the answers here as they pertain to partner airlines are generally for UA*G ... else they are better posted and answered in the Star Alliance or another forum. Access to LH bus/sen lounges for UA*G flying EW has not been a consistent problem; a few random denials which IMO are not substantially more frequent than other incorrect denials.
Jul 4, 2019, 4:38 pm
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You wanted to know why I wanted EW gone?
And because Star Alliance benefits are not universally applicable for Eurowings, I not only welcome EW going away on long-haul
If LH folded in Eurowings short-haul or made it a Star Alliance member, the issue of needing to educate/push back for even LH lounge access as a UA*G on Eurowings would decline, and other *Gs would benefit too.
And because Star Alliance benefits are not universally applicable for Eurowings, I not only welcome EW going away on long-haul
If LH folded in Eurowings short-haul or made it a Star Alliance member, the issue of needing to educate/push back for even LH lounge access as a UA*G on Eurowings would decline, and other *Gs would benefit too.