Consolidated CDG connection time/logistics/lounge {Archive}
Oct 12, 2017, 8:42 am
#226
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SNA and XRY
Programs: UA PP, 2 MM; IC;
Posts: 1,043
Hi, I read through most of the thread but a lot of the posts are older so wanted to check . . . I'm flying EWR-CDG-FRA on 10/27 and have a choice of a 1:35 or 2:45 connection in CDG from UA to LH. I'm a 1k flying in C. Should I book the 2:45 connection to be safe? I haven't transited through CDG in years so any input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Oct 27, 2017, 2:23 am
#227
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: San Francisco
Programs: 1K 2.2MM
Posts: 2,352
Who gets Access 1 at CDG?
I'm usually in business from CDG-SFO but am not tomorrow. As a 1k will I get Access 1 for passport and security lines, and if so will my mobile pass work or should I stop by the counter for a card? Anybody here know? Merci!
Oct 27, 2017, 5:32 am
#228
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DCA, IAD (not BWI if I can help it)
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Explorist, status-free on AA, AS, B6, DL, WN, Amtrak, etc.
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Yes and yes in my three CDG departures in the past year and a half. Having *A Gold on the mobile boarding pass sufficed for both airport staff and the scanner before the security checkpoint, which was good since I would have had to wait in yet another line (CDG being CDG) to get a printed BP and a paper "accès N°1" pass.
Oct 27, 2017, 5:36 am
#229
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: All of them, UA-Plat, 1MM*G
Posts: 881
I believe *G is the threshold. So 1K, no question.
Nov 2, 2017, 9:19 am
#230
Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UA 1K & 1MM/AA Gold & 1MM/HH Gold/Marriott Titanium
Posts: 2,928
Haven't flown to/from/through CDG since 1998 and last time was on TWA :-)
Looking to book FRA-CDG on LH connecting to CDG-IAD on UA, all on one UA ticket in J. Is 1h40m connection enough time? Is there security and/or passport checks at CDG? Thanks!
Looking to book FRA-CDG on LH connecting to CDG-IAD on UA, all on one UA ticket in J. Is 1h40m connection enough time? Is there security and/or passport checks at CDG? Thanks!
Nov 5, 2017, 9:49 am
#231
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SNA and XRY
Programs: UA PP, 2 MM; IC;
Posts: 1,043
Should be fine if all is on time... yes passport control before duty free area and then security is at each individual satellite in Terminal 1... you will be arriving in Satellite 6 or 7 and leaving from Satellite 4 for UA..
Nov 12, 2017, 7:38 pm
#232
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 226
I am *G but my wife will be on a separate ticket. Will we need to request an Access 1 card for her to use?
Nov 14, 2017, 12:27 pm
#233
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Redwood City, CA USA (SFO/SJC)
Programs: 1K 2010, 1P in 2011, Plat for 2012,13,14,15 & 2016. Gold in 17 & 18, Plat since
Posts: 8,826
So yes, you would need to request one for her, and I don't know if they'd go along with that or not.
Nov 16, 2017, 7:10 am
#234
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 226
.Far as I know an Access 1 card is not good for multiple users (plus it might be difficult to manage trying, without it looking like you were trying to do something shady).
So yes, you would need to request one for her, and I don't know if they'd go along with that or not.
So yes, you would need to request one for her, and I don't know if they'd go along with that or not.
Nov 16, 2017, 10:45 am
#235
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: All of them, UA-Plat, 1MM*G
Posts: 881
I was in and out of CDG on UA earlier this month. Got and used an Access 1 card. Next week I will again be flying in and out of CDG, but as no status on Aer Lingus -- so don't expect to receive an Access 1 card. But I will bring the card I got and used earlier this month with me, and try using it again at the wicket. My recollection is that these cards were changed out only once a quarter. I will report as to whether the card remained valid.
Nov 23, 2017, 12:25 am
#236
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: All of them, UA-Plat, 1MM*G
Posts: 881
I was in and out of CDG on UA earlier this month. Got and used an Access 1 card. Next week I will again be flying in and out of CDG, but as no status on Aer Lingus -- so don't expect to receive an Access 1 card. But I will bring the card I got and used earlier this month with me, and try using it again at the wicket. My recollection is that these cards were changed out only once a quarter. I will report as to whether the card remained valid.
Dec 29, 2017, 5:05 pm
#237
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 42
Security Sticker?
I will be flying CDG-IAD shortly. Does anyone know if I need to get a security sticker to board (I assume yes) and if so, whether this can be done at some place other than the check-in counter? For example, at LHR they will ask the questions and provide the sticker at the lounge, at FRA they do it at the gate etc. It’s often helpful to have the option to bypass the counter.
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
Dec 30, 2017, 1:25 am
#238
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SNA and XRY
Programs: UA PP, 2 MM; IC;
Posts: 1,043
I will be flying CDG-IAD shortly. Does anyone know if I need to get a security sticker to board (I assume yes) and if so, whether this can be done at some place other than the check-in counter? For example, at LHR they will ask the questions and provide the sticker at the lounge, at FRA they do it at the gate etc. It’s often helpful to have the option to bypass the counter.
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
Jan 1, 2018, 1:43 am
#239
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 42
ICTS Stickers
Just an update — on 1/1 there were plenty of ICTS personnel at the gate area (post security). They told me they could give out the stickers here if you had a mobile BP and skipped the counter.
Happy flying in 2018 everyone!
Happy flying in 2018 everyone!
Jan 1, 2018, 3:56 am
#240
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 16,901
At least today we were called to the gate really early and stood in line in line in what was essentially a sauna for 45 minutes before boarding began.