Hello,
We are scheduled to land at Paris CDG airport in a couple of weeks at 745 A.M (Delta, T2E). We will immediately head to Colmar for about a week via the TGV. The times for the TGV (SNCF) train are 859 A.M and 11:21 A.M. I will not take a chance on getting to the 859 A.M train, opting instead for the 11:21 train. My question is if it possible to get to an Air France Lounge upon arrival at CDG? I do have access privileges to those lounges but it has been a couple of years since I have flown into CDG and cannot verify if we would be allowed to stop at an Air France lounge upon deplaning or if we are forced to queue to Passport Control straight away? If we are forced to go through Passport Control immediately, I fear we will then enter the unsecured baggage claim area and not be able to access the lounges, as it appears all of the Air France lounges are plane-side. Is it possible to go through Passport Control without heading to Baggage Claim (i.e. as if we had a connecting European flight)? We will not check luggage, so the idea of having a couple of hours to relax in comfort in a lounge while waiting for our train is more appealing than waiting in the unsecured area of the airport or taking the longer RER. Any ideas on this are appreciated. Thanks.
Jay