- Introduction: Zipping To Tokyo Via Mongolia
- Review: American First Class Boeing 737 (MIA-LGA)
- Review: Chase Sapphire Lounge New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
- Review: Chase Sapphire Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)
- Review: VIP ONE Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)
- Review: Primeclass Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)
- Review: Turkish Airlines Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)
- Review: Lufthansa Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)
- Review: Air France Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)
- Review: Air France Business Class Airbus A350 (JFK-CDG)
- Review: Air France HOP Business Class Embraer E190 (CDG-FRA)
- Review: Hyatt Place Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Review: Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Review: MIAT Mongolian Airlines Business Class Boeing 787 (FRA-UBN)
- Review: MIAT Mongolian Airlines Lounge Ulaanbaatar Airport (UBN)
- Review: MIAT Mongolian Airlines Business Class Boeing 737 (UBN-ICN)
- Review: Seoul Incheon Airport Transit Hotel (ICN)
- Review: Oneworld Lounge Seoul Incheon Airport (ICN)
- Review: ZIPAIR Full Flat Business Class Boeing 787 (ICN-NRT)
- Review: Hotel Villa Fontaine Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND)
- Review: TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND)
- Review: Cathay Pacific Lounge Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND)
- Review: Japan Airlines First Lounge Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND)
- Review: Japan Airlines First Class Airbus A350-1000 (HND-JFK)
During my trip to Japan via Mongolia, I had the chance to check out the Primeclass Lounge at Frankfurt Airport. I was flying MIAT Mongolian Airlines’ Boeing 787 business class from Frankfurt to Ulaanbaatar, and this is the lounge that the airline sends its premium passengers to. This is used as a contract lounge by several other airlines, and is also open to Priority Pass members.
I find that Primeclass Lounges are typically a cut above other contract and Priority Pass lounges, like the locations in Muscat (MCT) and New York (JFK). However, I have to say that the Frankfurt location is rather basic and small, though it has an okay selection of food and drinks. It’s not a bad place to kill some time, but don’t arrive early to use the lounge.
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Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt location
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport is located in Terminal 2, which is the terminal used by most airlines that aren’t part of Star Alliance. The lounge is located after passport control, but before security. That’s because each little pier in Terminal 2 has its own security checkpoint.
To get to the Primeclass Lounge, clear passport control, and then walk in the direction of gates E5-E9.
You’ll want to walk past the Priority Lounge and past the Emirates Lounge, and then you’ll see the entrance to the Primeclass Lounge on the left.
Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt hours
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport is currently open daily from 6AM until 10PM, though hours vary based on flight schedules. You can expect that the lounge will be open well ahead of the departure of any flights that use this as a contract lounge.
Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt entry requirements
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport can be accessed in a variety of ways. For one, the lounge is open to Priority Pass members, with usage allowed for up to three hours. There are of course many premium credit cards offering Priority Pass memberships.
This is also used as a contract lounge by a variety of airlines, including Aer Lingus, Etihad, Kuwait Airways, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Oman Air, Royal Air Maroc, and more.
Lastly, you can also purchase access to the lounge, with the cost varying based on how long you’re visiting for.
Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt seating & layout
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport is small — it’s just 275 square meters (~2,960 square feet), with a capacity for 58 guests. Fortunately I was visiting during an off-peak period, so the lounge was empty, but late at night this lounge can get very full.
The lounge primarily consists of just one big, rectangular room. This space has several dining tables with chairs or booths, a bar with high-top seating, and couches.
The only other seating in the lounge is that there’s a small room right by the entrance, which has just seven seats.
So while the lounge’s decor is decent, it’s a very small space, and can fill up very easily. The lounge also doesn’t have much in the way of views, as the lounge faces an outdoor roadway, rather than the apron or runway.
Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt food & drinks
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport has a respectable food and drink selection, though don’t get excited. The lounge has a self-serve buffet along the interior wall of the lounge, opposite the bar.
There are a variety of self-serve drinks, including a coffee machine, tea, juice, and bottled water, soft drinks, and beer. Other drinks, including wine and liquor, are available from the bar.
During my visit, the lounge’s breakfast spread included cereal, muesli, cold cuts, veggies, waffles, croissants, pretzels, soup, scrambled eggs, sausage, rice, veggies, and more.
Of course I couldn’t pass through Germany without having at least one pretzel. While the rest of the food looked okay, the pretzel was as delicious as any other that I’ve had in Germany.
Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt bathrooms
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport bathroom facilities are located in a corridor in the back of the lounge, behind the buffet.
The bathroom facilities are very limited, as the men’s room had one sink, one urinal, and one stall, and that was it.
The lounge also has a single shower suite, though I didn’t use it during my visit.
Bottom line
The Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt is basic but does the trick. The lounge consists of one big room, with an okay selection of food and drinks. This is a pleasant upgrade over the terminal if you have Priority Pass or are flying an airline that contracts to use this lounge, though I wouldn’t arrive early to use this facility.
This is probably the least impressive Primeclass Lounge I’ve visited.
What do you make of the Primeclass Lounge Frankfurt Airport?
Is this the only lounge at Frankfurt behind passport control? I will have to kill time for a 6 hour layover in Frankfurt, and will probably spend a lot of it in there.
You can also access the "Priority Lounge" with your PrioritiyPass right next to the Primeclass lounge. It's very similar there.
That pretzel looks like an American mall food court/movie theater deal. Come to Bavaria if you want REAL pretzels ... the best on the damn planet.
Also, is this new to Priority Pass? I fly in/out of FRA fairly regularly with homes in Bavaria and Florida and I only recall using the Luxx (definitely not deluxe ... old AA Admirals Club I believe) Lounge in the other terminal.
Isn't Primeclass somehow tied to TK?
It's owned and operated by TAV which is the Turkish Airports group...
Fanta and Pretzels in the same place at the same time and you don't give the lounge 5 stars?
That's every lounge in Germany lol
Singapore Airlines just sent us to the Primeclass lounge in FRA, but I also took a walk and checked out the Centurion Lounge and the Chase Sapphire lounge (we're full, give us your cell and we'll let you know when we have room, they texted in 12 minutes and were not crowded). Frankly, they are all just run of the mill lounges, although of the three only Primeclass lacked a bar. I didn't see any...
Singapore Airlines just sent us to the Primeclass lounge in FRA, but I also took a walk and checked out the Centurion Lounge and the Chase Sapphire lounge (we're full, give us your cell and we'll let you know when we have room, they texted in 12 minutes and were not crowded). Frankly, they are all just run of the mill lounges, although of the three only Primeclass lacked a bar. I didn't see any food I wanted to try at any of the three. Only Amex had a vegetarian entree. Centurion lounge had a stairway labeled "EXIT" down to the floor where the gates are, but when I got to the bottom they told me to walk back upstairs again, go out where I came in, and then go down the public stairway. Signs must be really difficult to change?
I'm only guessing, but perhaps it was an emergency exit? As often is the case when it leads you into a stairwell.
Chase Sapphire lounge in FRA? As far as I know the only Intl Sapphire lounge is HKG.
Without a doubt, it's a fantastic blog right here, and Frankfurt is certainly an interesting part of the world. I love their cars. Oh! and their flipping departure and arrival boards near the check-in counter is remarkable to watch. And while these reviews here are fantastically formulaic to the point of OCD, and not necessarily in a bad way, it's like... I know exactly what's going to come next as I scroll down the page....
Without a doubt, it's a fantastic blog right here, and Frankfurt is certainly an interesting part of the world. I love their cars. Oh! and their flipping departure and arrival boards near the check-in counter is remarkable to watch. And while these reviews here are fantastically formulaic to the point of OCD, and not necessarily in a bad way, it's like... I know exactly what's going to come next as I scroll down the page. 'and then, and then, and then' etc. Kudos for making my day a little bit more interesting by reading all about airport lounges lol. Good times.
So yeah, regarding Frankfurt and Germany as a whole, I take a certain amount of pleasure eating at their central markets. It's a shame USA doesn't embrace this type of culture and most of the country is riddled with strip malls and meth. In Frankfurt there are two old ladies who sell a rather famous variety of wurst. Frau Schriber is the owners name, or something along those lines. She's locally a bit famous, all for boiling and serving up sausages in her stand. You can google her or find her in various printed publications throughout the years. I don't speak (much) German but I would estimate that a lot of the content is about sausages. Also, I don't actually know if she makes the wurst or not, and I assuage the same doubtful consideration towards the bread and mustards which are optional with purchase, but you have to absolutely admire a woman who devotes nearly her entire adult life to the craft of boiling sausages. One time I was in Berlin and under the bridge near the central train station there was a stand that had a remarkably big 'doner' rotating upright on their grill. I thought it was as big as 2 5-gallon drums (the blue things you attach to water dispensers, as example). When you order the person at the counter asks what you'd like, and if you chose a doner you can have it in bread, which is the norm, or they do other things like Iskander (sp?), which is the shaved meat, served on a plate of torn up pita bread, with a tomato sauce and yogurt. Anyway, the traditional doner kebab in bread is offered with a combination of lettuce, cabbage, carrot, garlic sauce, you name it! One thing I noticed on my last trip to Germany (I visit frequently), was that there was a tomato shortage, and when you ask to recieve them in your doner I seriously am not joking when I say it's like a quarter of one slice that they put in there!
Overall my impression is that a doner kebab stand is fantastic, and the Germans really know how to do it justice, which makes me wonder why on earth doesn't any lounge in Germany have a doner kebab stand? I mean, I've been to quite a few and never seen one. The Lufthansa lounge has little hot dogs which are a delight, but never have I seen a kebab. Imagine that! The EVA lounge has a (30-45%) famous hot dog stand where you can make your own hotdog with a bun and all those traditional - somewhat cliched - condiments. I love visiting and intentionally choose a flight with a longer connection just so I can sit at the lounge and eat hotdogs.
I’d suggest decaf.
"This is probably the least impressive Primeclass Lounge I’ve visited."
It would also be interesting to know how it compares in your opinion to other PP lounges at FRA (for example, is it better for PP users to come here or to the Air France lounge?).
In my experience, yes, sometimes.
Terminal 2 is used by airlines not part of Star Alliance (Plenty of Airlines not part of LH Group that use T1)
Yeah, MEA for example also uses T1.