Review: Swiss Senator Lounge Zurich

Lucky, How do they handle gate lice and Y passengers boarding with J passengers with self-boarding?

@ MEOW -- The short answer is that they don't. Which is the case intra-Europe whether they just board business class first or not. 😉

I was there last month. I prefer the Swiss entry lounge on the way in he country.

"Is Zurich worth visiting? I’ll cover that in the next installment" What happened to Zurich?

They can print you a wifi code. Did you ask?

BRU lounges do the same thing with internet. Little piece of paper with a code good for one device and one hour. Then you have to go back and ask for another after an hour. Frustrating.

They definitely print out wifi codes for you. I was there in April and only had an hour transit from BRU and connecting to PEK. Got a stand so thought i wouldn't have time for a shower. Instead got picked up by the business class bus. Hit the terminal, got to the lounge, had a shower and got a wifi code, and still managed to relax a bit before taking the train to my PEK gate. Awesome smooth connection!

@ Tom -- Sorry, slight change in plans. Decided I'll add Taipei to the group of cities and just share my thoughts on all five places in the last installment.

@ dmodemd -- Whoops, wasn't aware and didn't ask. Good to know!

Hey Lucky,

Ref to WiFi at the lounge, I was there last week and all they needed was my boarding pass which they used to print out a code which you could use for up to 5 devices.

@ STelite -- That's great to know, thanks!

Hi Ben

I wanted to get your opinion on what to do with my us airway miles. I have trips already planned out through next yr and I still have 200k miles left in my account. Should I try to burn them or will they become aa miles after the merger?

@ dan -- They will become American miles, though it's anyone's guess whether the award chart will be devalued in the process. If you have some trips you want to take then I'd redeem them as soon as possible since miles are constantly being devalued, and it's tough to beat US Airways' award prices between the US and North Asia, for example.

Cathay's Long Bar isn't longer?

The VS Clubhouse at LHR also has quite a long bar.

Why are some of the sodas in the refrigerator half full?

@ ColaMan -- Because they're not individual serving bottles, but rather bottles you pour yourself a glass from.

"and both the Senator and Business lounge share a single entrance."

Stupid question(s), but what the is the difference between the two, if the Senator lounge isn't a first class lounge? And how does one qualify for the Senator lounge?

@ wwk5d -- The Senator Lounge is available to those flying first class on partner airlines as well as Star Gold members, while the Business Lounge is for business class passengers. In theory the food and drinks are supposed to be mildly better, I think, though in practice I don't really find that to be the case.

so do they have baggage storage like they do in frankfurt?

i didn't notice that in any of the reviews. i am thinking (probably too optimistically) that i might be able to leave the airport during my 4 hour layover and see a bit of zurich.

@Lucky - Is the Senator Lounge the same lounge as "Swiss International Airlines Lounge" which accepts Priority Pass or is it a different one?

@ Rendy AK -- Slightly different. That would be the Swiss Business Lounge, though it's very similar.