I reviewed the Lufthansa Welcome Lounge in Frankfurt five years ago and it has not changed much. That’s a testament to the endearing quality of Lufthansa.
Located landside beyond passport control and baggage claim, the lounge serves arriving long haul premium cabin guests on United and Lufthansa as well as Lufthansa Miles & More elite members. United elite members and other Star Gold passengers who traveled in economy class are not granted access. Open daily from 5am to 12:30pm, the lounge offers a full breakfast and showers.
Upon arrival into the lounge, your boarding pass is checked. If you choose, you can store your checked bags in a backroom and there are lockers for carry-on bags. As the lounge gets busy, you can also add your name to the shower queue upon arrival. Typically, though, the lounge is not crowded and you will be given a shower number and can use it as your leisure.
Lufthansa Welcome Lounge Showers
Showers are downstairs. You can choose to wait in a spa-like waiting area for your shower to become available, but your name will be paged if you are sitting upstairs. The shower rooms are simple and compact, with a toilet, sink, and shower. Water pressure is sufficient and the temperature warm.
Lufthansa Welcome Lounge Food
A full breakfast spread is available that exceeds what you will find in a Lufthansa Business or even Senator Lounge. In addition to staple German breakfast items like cold cuts, muesli, and various breads you can find scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and typically a speciality item like French Toast or pancakes. Fresh orange juice, coffee, and various other alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks are available.
Lufthansa Welcome Lounge Amenities
The lounge has ample seating with many plugs. A converter is not needed: there are receptacles for American, British, and European-style plugs.
A work area features a few desktop computers with printing capability and some empty desks for your laptop.
Smoking is permitted in a designated room. A sleeping room is also available with a trio of easy chairs.
Bathrooms are also available upstairs.
CONCLUSION
The Lufthansa Welcome Lounge in Frankfurt is a great way to start your day. While intended for passengers terminating their journey in Frankfurt, if your layover is long enough this is actually a nicer lounge than even the Senator Lounges and rarely as crowded. Whenever I travel to Frankfurt, I now sleep through breakfast service because I know I can eat and shower upon landing.
don’t you think you might want to change your “picture” The pose is a bit argent don’t you think?
You mean the logo that appears on the Boarding Area page? I like it and have been using it for seven years. The only arrogance is that I have aged and should add some wrinkles to it!
sorry spell check got me on that one !
Arrogant
Great read! I’ll have to keep that in mind when I fly through FRA. I usually fly though MUC or ZRH though. I couldn’t find the arrival lounges at either airport. Probably because I didn’t want to lose time from short layovers.
I don’t even know how I stopped up right here, but I believed this put up was great.
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Cheers!
I’m so relieved knowing this exists. I’m stopping over for a night in FRA next week, arriving from BOS at — ugh — 6am. A long shower and a leisurely breakfast before I get on the train to Würzburg sound great, even though with my luck my hotel probably still won’t be ready when I arrive. 😛
Matthew, is this lounge available for arriving business class passengers on Air Canada flights as well? Thx.
No, only Lufthansa or United arriving passengers.
Hi Mathew
I have a priority pass that comes with my credit card.
It says that I can access international airport lounges.
Will that be valid for Frankfurt airport lounge.
I’m flying Lufthansa economy.
Regards
Hi Vasudha,
Unfortunately it will not be valid in the Lufthansa lounge, but you will be able to use the LuxxLounge.
https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2018/07/25/luxxlounge-frankfurt-review/
The lasttime I tried to use the Lufthansa arrivals lounge at Frankfurt, I was travelling Business Class. But they simply refused to let me in with my luggage. They said they have no stoarge facility available and that I would have to leave my bag at the Left luggage counter. I found this annoying and gave up the idea of using the lounge. In the next few months, I will be travelling Lufthansa First Class. Do you think this time they will let my bag inside into their bag storage room. It is quite frustrationg if the lounge does not allow any bags inside. Can you please advise what is a good idea?
If you are flying first class, you can use the Lufthansa First Class Lounge near the A gates after you lounge. Just leave your bags and pick them up later.