Things you can buy on Swiss: Lounge Access

It seems unbundling is the name of the game, with Swiss announcing they are offering to sell lounge access at Zürich and Geneva Airports

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As part of the unbundling, passengers in economy class can buy access lounge access.

For those who don’t have Star Alliance Gold, or a Business/First Class ticket and need access to the lounge, a lounge voucher can be purchased for CHF39 (US$38/€36/£30) per person.

The offer is valid for the following lounges:

• Any Swiss Departure lounge at Zürich
• Any Swiss Departure Lounge at Geneva
• Swiss Departure Lounge in Terminal E (International zone).

This is available on both long and short-haul flights operated by Swiss, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines or Edelweiss.

I’m going to be honest – CHF39 is a lot for lounge access (especially at today’s exchange rates), and ultimately, if you’re not paying and have an understanding expense manager – this will be not problem. Those travelling as a single and arriving at the airport early – it’ll be how you value the use of a lounge. Those who are travelling as two or more… I can’t see the value in the lounge, certainly not at CHF39.

If you’re tempted to buy these accesses, you can pre-pay beforehand on swiss.com/swisschoice, where they sell things like WiFi, Chocolate suprises, travel passes, upgrade offers…

Again – all in the name of unbundling.

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