{"id":22337,"date":"2025-01-20T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=22337"},"modified":"2025-01-20T20:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:00:34","slug":"skyteam-to-add-lounge-access-to-domestic-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2025\/01\/20\/skyteam-to-add-lounge-access-to-domestic-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyteam to add lounge access to domestic flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unlike Star Alliance and Oneworld, Skyteam restricts lounge access benefits for its Elite Plus members to international itineraries only. For travelling in Europe it might not be a major concern, but in larger countries like USA and China it could be very annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In China for example, members of China Eastern, Xiamen Air and China Airlines can access airport lounges when flying domestic as well thanks to a special arrangement. If you are an Elite Plus member from another airline however, no lounge for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks like it’s finally going to change. China Eastern has just sent out a communication update regarding lounge benefits. I cannot find the source myself and suspect it was an email sent to elite members only, but it’s very widely shared and discussed already. You can find a screenshot of it in this FlyerT thread<\/a>. (UPDATE: Skyteam has made an official announcement<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting from April 1, 2025, China Eastern’s elite members (and understandably all Elite Plus cardholders across the alliance) will have access to select Skyteam lounges when travelling on a domestic flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full list is as below. I trust you can understand the airport code, and please use Google Translate to translate the image if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Air France \/ KLM is the most generous airline here, offering both Paris airports in addition to a few others in France and the USA. If I remember correctly some of them are on Priority Pass already. Given how Delta keeps imposing new restrictions on lounge entry rules, I’m not surprised they’ve remained silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although they are only starting with 25 airports for now, if the trial goes well I expect they extend the benefit to the whole network to achieve parity with Star Alliance and Oneworld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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