IAD to BER -- delayed launch, EWR-BER now operating
Jun 17, 2022, 12:25 am
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Jun 17, 2022, 6:21 am
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Jun 17, 2022, 4:06 pm
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Anyone have experience with the Tempelhof lounge? UA is shown as a partner on the BER website https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/caf....html#partners
Any chance a simple showing my United Club membership might get me in? Technically on KL transferring to UA at AMS (nightmare ensues.) Might that count as same-day rule? ditto for LH lounge i suppose..
Any chance a simple showing my United Club membership might get me in? Technically on KL transferring to UA at AMS (nightmare ensues.) Might that count as same-day rule? ditto for LH lounge i suppose..
Jun 17, 2022, 4:58 pm
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For the LH lounge and UC card, you will need a qualifying *A departing flight BP from that airport
No same day concept for non-UA lounges, it is all about the departing BP
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jun 17, 2022 at 5:05 pm Reason: No same day concept for non-UA lounges
Jun 17, 2022, 10:41 pm
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Anyone have experience with the Tempelhof lounge? UA is shown as a partner on the BER website https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/caf....html#partners
What I loved about BER is that by the time the UA flight arrives the immigration is pretty much empty.
Jun 18, 2022, 12:14 am
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Unlikely without a qualifying departing UA flight BP from that airport. The UC membership will be meaningless at non-*A lounges
For the LH lounge and UC card, you will need a qualifying *A departing flight BP from that airport
No same day concept for non-UA lounges, it is all about the departing BP
For the LH lounge and UC card, you will need a qualifying *A departing flight BP from that airport
No same day concept for non-UA lounges, it is all about the departing BP
Jun 22, 2022, 10:37 am
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UA from BER: lounge? passport check?
I fly out of BER on UA, polaris business. (Last minute equip change from 767-300 to -400, ugh.) Can anyone say how the airport works for this? Is there a lounge I can access *after* having my passport stamped and "leaving" the country? Or is there just one gate area after that point? If so, is there any use of the lounge? Should I even have access to a star alliance lounge?
Jun 22, 2022, 10:57 am
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According to the Star Alliance Lounge Finder, the only lounge at BER is in the Schengen area, so you would not have access flying United.
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Jun 22, 2022, 11:13 am
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According to the Star Alliance Lounge Finder, the only lounge at BER is in the Schengen area, so you would not have access flying United.
Jun 22, 2022, 11:20 am
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OP should be able to. They would need to clear security to enter the airside area and access the lounge, but remember to leave enough time to clear exit passport control on the way to the UA gate. That's how the vast majority of European airports are set up (you can move "freely" between Schengen and non-Schengen as long as you go through the relevant passport controls), but not sure if BER is configured differently/oddly.
Jun 22, 2022, 12:36 pm
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Presumably, OP is departing ex-BER. OP can clear security, go to the LH lounge then clear immigration prior to boarding. As noted above, account for extra time to clear immigration before boarding.
Jun 22, 2022, 12:45 pm
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UA also has The Templehof Lounge as contract lounge for Polaris customers, which is also pre-passport control according to the lounge description. https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/caf...tempelhof.html
Jun 22, 2022, 8:33 pm
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UA also has The Templehof Lounge as contract lounge for Polaris customers, which is also pre-passport control according to the lounge description. https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/caf...tempelhof.html
This is completely right.
I flew in and out of BER a month ago in Polaris.
You can use both the Lufthansa or the Tempelhof lounge. There are pretty much on the opposite side of each other.
I would use the Tempelhof lounge because it is quieter. And by the time boarding starts you have an exclusive passage out of the lounge directly to a immigrattion police officer, specifically for flights out of the Schengen Zone. It is really simple and kinda hassle free tbh.
Jun 23, 2022, 12:53 am
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Think not
Today they seemed to limit priority security to passengers flying business. Not certain but seemed to be. Not a big deal this time because the priority lane was very very backed up and slow.