Best Oneworld lounges in BKK & HKG

[N860CR]

I'll be passing through BKK and HKG shortly and was after an educated opinion on what are the best One World lounges for an SG to use.

Flying RJ in J out of BKK so i''ll have access to the Thai Royal Orchid lounge, but also to the QF/BA, CX and JL.

Flying QF J out of HKG but I'm guessing there are better options than the QF Club. I'm assuming the Wing/Pier are still the class leaders, any changes?

Thanks

 

[Mal]

Ex- BKK, the Qantas Club (J lounge) doesn't open until 1pm, so your use of it would be limited (assuming a 3:15 RJ flight). I remember reading a report recently about how there was no (or very little) food in that lounge around that time.

In HKG, Qantas has just opened their new J lounge, which is apparently pretty good. Of course the Wing/Pier J lounges are still great lounges.

 

[NM]

Flying RJ in J out of BKK so i''ll have access to the Thai Royal Orchid lounge, but also to the QF/BA, CX and JL.

Depends on the time of your flight. QF/BA lounge is only open from about 1pm until the last QF/BA departure.

Flying QF J out of HKG but I'm guessing there are better options than the QF Club. I'm assuming the Wing/Pier are still the class leaders, any changes?

In my opinion, the new QF J lounge is just as good as the J sections of The Wing and The Pier (with the possible exception of the noodle bar). Its close to gate 15/16 so if using those gates its a logical choice.

 

[N860CR]

Thanks. Yes it's the 1515 RJ flight so QF/BA may not do me for the whole time. Given it's the flagship TG lounge, I'd assume its better than the CX/JL options?

Might have to give them both a run in HKG

 

[coolumbla]

i managed to be the only person in teh BKK J lounge on Monday morning catching a cathay flight at 1pm!

F lounge doesn't open till later IME (BAsed on last Thursday and the Monday just gone)

 

[JohnK]

Interesting that RJ is sending business class passengers to the Thai lounge in BKK and not a Oneworld lounge.

The Qantas business lounge (First Class lounge is too small and can get extremely crowded) and the CX lounges are not bad in BKK and the Wing/Pier in HKG. I will get a chance to try out the new QF lounge in HKG next month.

 

[djfuzz]

On oneworld.com, the Thai Royal Orchid Lounge is noted as a 'Oneworld Lounge', presumably because RJ sends its J pax there.

Anyone have any experience with whether this makes it available for J pax / elites of other Oneworld airlines on a reciprocal basis then? Hoping to meet a Thai pax for a bit in BKK and would be great if we had access to the same lounge, since I doubt we'd be able to get them into the QP or CX lounges.

 

[Mal]

Anyone have any experience with whether this makes it available for J pax / elites of other Oneworld airlines on a reciprocal basis then?

I think your chance is minimal, but of course is worth a shot. Generally it will be only a OW lounge for the purposes of certain pax who have invitations from that airline.

 

[gumpy]

Didn't skytrax just rate this lounge as the best flounge?

Say one was flying RJ J class but a OWE, would that get you in the Thai Flounge or just their normal lounge... ?