Want to kill some time at Adelaide Aiport

[umair]

I am taking a domestic flight from Sydney to Adelaide.
I want to stay at the airpot for about 4 hours after arrival.

Is it possible, does domestic Adelaide airport has lounges etc where i can kill some time ?

 

[JessicaTam]

Adelaide has a QF and DJ lounge if you have access. There are no private lounges as such, but there are some cafes and bars.

Adelaide Terminal Map shows their location.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Do you have status?

 

[ric_melb]

The question is do airport lounges at Adelaide allow arrival access. Not usually unless you have high level status.

 

[JessicaTam]

Of course there is an IKEA about a 10 minute walk away. I find time disappears as soon as I step inside one. Just don't buy anything too big!


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Why, because iCan.

 

[umair]

Of course there is an IKEA about a 10 minute walk away. I find time disappears as soon as I step inside one. Just don't buy anything too big!


Sent from my iThing.
Why, because iCan.

haha! ok .. thanks for the suggestion.

 

[umair]

The question is do airport lounges at Adelaide allow arrival access. Not usually unless you have high level status.

Do you have status?

unfortunately, i dont.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Hire a car go to the barossa for lunch?

 

[HarryB]

Go and have a nice relaxing lunch at Enzo's Ristorante on Port Rd. it's only about 10 minutes drive away. Ensure you have the coffee gelati for dessert

4 hours at Adelaide airport with nothing to do is about 3 1/2 hours too long


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[Archphoto]

Go and have a nice relaxing lunch at Enzo's Ristorante on Port Rd. it's only about 10 minutes drive away. Ensure you have the coffee gelati for dessert

4 hours at Adelaide airport with nothing to do is about 3 1/2 hours too long


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I would have thought more like 3:45 too long. . . . . (no hard feelings dear old ADL - I still love coming home to you.)

 

[umair]

every one has been so kind in sharing their ideas .. so let me tell what actually happened.

I MISSED THE DAMN FLIGHT.

it was QF81 and it is actually an international flight. I was suppose to reach the 'international' terminal about 2 hours ago.
but driver took me to T3 thinking as I am going to Adelaide it should be T3. due to this delay and me leaving already late from home, I missed the flight.

but the kind lady at sales help desk arranged a seat on flight leaving at 4.25pm, despite the seat costing about 4-500 dollars more.

and all the time I needed to wait at Adelaide, I spend waiting in departure lounge of sydney

 

[serfty]

...
it was QF81 and it is actually an international flight. I was suppose to reach the 'international' terminal about 2 hours ago.
but driver took me to T3 thinking as I am going to Adelaide it should be T3. due to this delay and me leaving already late from home, I missed the flight....

Doh!

I don't leave such things to chance - I would have told the taxi driver "Qantas International Please" and nothing else - if queried about destination, well, it's not necessary for the driver to know ...

I know they may have only been trying to help, but the KISS principal (and all that) applies here.

 

[umair]

Doh!

I don't leave such things to chance - I would have told the taxi driver "Qantas International Please" and nothing else - if queried about destination, well, it's not necessary for the driver to know ...

I know they may have only been trying to help, but the KISS principal (and all that) applies here.

will do. it was first domestic flight i took here ...

 

[medhead]

So you flew yesterday?


I should add that you could spend about 25 minutes walking over to the Ross and Keith smith memorial. Plus look at the cricket bats.

 

[serfty]

will do. it was first domestic flight i took here ...

To be fair, I learned this in a difficult manner (if not "the hard way").

Last decade Qantas used to sell tickets on the positioning international flights between MEL and SYD - I would book these as a preference.

One day I had an argument with a taxi driver who insisted my early morning 747 flight to MEL would depart from the "Qantas Domestic" terminal (I know he was only trying to help). I had to demand he go to the international terminal with the driver stating he would not be at fault. It made for a rather stressful journey and it's one of the reasons for the above (sometimes I just say New Zealand or something).

(It was also one of the "bricks in the wall" that built my resolution to avoid using Taxi's whenever feasible.)

 

[JessicaTam]

every one has been so kind in sharing their ideas .. so let me tell what actually happened.

I MISSED THE DAMN FLIGHT.

it was QF81 and it is actually an international flight. I was suppose to reach the 'international' terminal about 2 hours ago.
but driver took me to T3 thinking as I am going to Adelaide it should be T3. due to this delay and me leaving already late from home, I missed the flight.

but the kind lady at sales help desk arranged a seat on flight leaving at 4.25pm, despite the seat costing about 4-500 dollars more.

and all the time I needed to wait at Adelaide, I spend waiting in departure lounge of sydney

So now you will have to make a special trip to ADL to do all the suggestions offered!