Access / reviews for TK's IAD *A lounge
Aug 11, 2016, 12:07 pm
#2
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Will We Get Access to TK's New IAD Lounge on Domestic Trips?
Wow. What gate is it near? Any idea on opening date? Will it be possible to visit both on the same day or once your ticket is scanned at one lounge are you unable to visit the other?
Aug 11, 2016, 12:39 pm
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Reports are that it will be operated by TAV PrimeClass so no guarantee it will will be a *G lounge (could be) but they (TAV PrimeClass) participates in PP so hopefully it'll at least have that.
If it is *G you can hop between the two lounges as much as you like with your ticket (same process as atany airport with multiple *G lounges if you are eligible to enter - they just scan your boarding pass and give it back - sometimes they ask for credentials if they aren't attached on the ticket but usually not an issue).
Aug 11, 2016, 1:27 pm
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Saw this when I was at IAD a couple weeks ago. It's in the B gates a bit before you get to LH (if coming from the A gates / Moon Buggy) and just a few steps past the gate TK was using that night (which I imagine is the gate they always use). No notations on it about when it was going to open just that it was coming.
Reports are that it will be operated by TAV PrimeClass so no guarantee it will will be a *G lounge (could be) but they (TAV PrimeClass) participates in PP so hopefully it'll at least have that.
If it is *G you can hop between the two lounges as much as you like with your ticket (same process as atany airport with multiple *G lounges if you are eligible to enter - they just scan your boarding pass and give it back - sometimes they ask for credentials if they aren't attached on the ticket but usually not an issue).
Reports are that it will be operated by TAV PrimeClass so no guarantee it will will be a *G lounge (could be) but they (TAV PrimeClass) participates in PP so hopefully it'll at least have that.
If it is *G you can hop between the two lounges as much as you like with your ticket (same process as atany airport with multiple *G lounges if you are eligible to enter - they just scan your boarding pass and give it back - sometimes they ask for credentials if they aren't attached on the ticket but usually not an issue).
Aug 11, 2016, 6:53 pm
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Will We Get Access to TK's New IAD Lounge on Domestic Trips?
See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...ounge-iad.html - I wonder if we (MileagePlus Premier Gold and Above) will get access when we travel on domestic trips....
Aug 12, 2016, 2:09 am
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I doubt they would plan on anyone in their right mind trekking from UA gates to this lounge as a reliable significant source of revenue.
TK adopts a lot of operational practices out of what I would call the "pride" factor. (some sensible, some not)
TK adopts a lot of operational practices out of what I would call the "pride" factor. (some sensible, some not)
Aug 12, 2016, 7:22 am
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Aug 12, 2016, 7:30 am
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No need to pass through security. You have to take the train or moon buggy to terminal B. Basically the same as if going to the A terminal for UX. Doesn't take too long to get over there.