Tex North wrote:Is there any way to access the lounges if you are jumpseating? I notice on the AC website you need a "same-day confirmed boarding pass" (plus fee) to get in.
As long as your in an AC/Jazz Uniform, you get access any time you want. This includes (for the time being, all AC employees. If your jumpseating on an AC flight and your, for example, a WJ employee, I am not entirely sure what the policy is... I would guess that you can't. Even if your an AC non-Rev (travelling out of uniform), you have to pay the cost of using the louge now. It used to be (some time ago) that non-rev AC employees travelling could use the lounge but not anymore.
If you get AC Maple Leaf Lounge Access, you must check out the one in YYZ. It's one of the better ones!
First I have ever heard of that IB, and being a commuter for a few years you would think that word would get around. If all of the AC/Jazz commuters going through YYZ used the lounge there wouldn't be room for the paying pax.
Not that I've ever been but isn't the LH First Class Terminal at FRA quite spectacular.
I have been there, and yes it was! (Long story, but no, I didn't buy the ticket.) Private security & Customs, amazing food & booze, the Benz limo taking you to the a/c before any other pax get near the a/c... The service & menu on the top deck of the 747 was awesome too! Think fine caviar and excellant filet mignon!
I've spent a few hours in the LH First Class Terminal at FRA, waiting for a connection to Florence. Yes, I pay for the tickets, and yes, that lounge is spectacular!
The disappointment was the LH "First Class" lounge in Boston - actually a couple of "reserved" couches in a corner of the Business Class lounge at Logan. The AC lounges are generally much nicer than most first class lounges in the US.
My favorite is International: Etihad. You can go neraly anywhere from JFK, if you get a stopever in Abu Dhabi. They treat every passenger well, excellent seats, quiet new Airbus aircraft, great in flight entertainment and meals. Excellent first class lounge.
Any lounge where you get free drinks and can smoke and surf inet for free is OK. I sleep enough on the plane. No need for a bed there. Moscow, Dubai, Istambul...
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IBPilot wrote:As long as your in an AC/Jazz Uniform, you get access any time you want. This includes (for the time being, all AC employees. If your jumpseating on an AC flight and your, for example, a WJ employee, I am not entirely sure what the policy is... I would guess that you can't. Even if your an AC non-Rev (travelling out of uniform), you have to pay the cost of using the louge now. It used to be (some time ago) that non-rev AC employees travelling could use the lounge but not anymore.
Guess what.... everything you wrote here is completely wrong
(No shit)
