SAS Lounge access at St Petersburg, RU

[RTWtraveler]

We are departing LED on SAS J-class, we have Star Alliance Gold with Lufthansa and Air New Zealand. Our members need to know SAS does not have lounge access at St Petersburg, RU. Other Star Alliance members have access, but because we are on an SAS ticket, other Star Alliance Gold cards will not give you access. It is not a Star Alliance member lounge, so a Gold card will not be accepted.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yes, appears they are all contract lounges SAS business class has no lounge facilities, and no star gold: Lounges

 

[sydunipete]

Yes - I've been caught out at Barcelona through the same cost cutting. There is a list of such airports here:

SAS Is Cutting Some Lounge Access, But You Can Still Get In

 

[RooFlyer]

Wow, that takes 'Eurobusiness' to a new low.

 

[dajop]

Even have to be careful at their hub at ARN - no lounge airside of immigration when on non-Schengen flights. Easy to miss that and go straight through and then realise the only lounge is pre-immigration (doh!).

 

[sydunipete]

Even have to be careful at their hub at ARN - no lounge airside of immigration when on non-Schengen flights. Easy to miss that and go straight through and then realise the only lounge is pre-immigration (doh!).

True. I did this on my very first flight out of Stockholm. I exited back through immigration explaining to the agent why and they just put a mark through my exit stamp and all was good.