Somewhere up thread I said I would document my own personal lounge crawl on the way to AFF HKG crawl but think I went to hard to soon (SIN). Next instalment of my journey to the lounge crawl, belated. Yesterday travelled ICN to BKK via HKG with TG. The via HKG was not preferred but the availability of rewards (direct) was limited.
Takeoff (late) and after weather delays into HKG we were informed the transfer time to re-boarding was 30 minutes. I may be wrong but in my experience narrow bodies struggle to turn-a-round in 30 minutes so a 777 I consider that not possible.
We were at gate 63, went through transfer pretty quickly, and as I achieved *G in Apr I was keen to check out the UA lounge as I have not been there before but from what I have read it is a better *A lounge in HKG.
The most difficult part was getting in as the lounge guards did not understand why I had x1 BP (ICN-HKG-BKK) and a transfer card. I will also admit I wondered/ questioned why I only had 1 BP in ICN but was told it was ok, I assume this may be a TG thing. The UA lounge was quite pleasant and the food was ok when compared to other US lounges.
The PP lounge was next door but gave that a miss and also the AMEX, I will be back here in 4 days.
Next on the list TG
Didn't bother trying to get to SQ.
By the time I got into BKK I missed catching up with
@Hvr and
@JessicaTam, see you on Sunday. It never ceases to amaze me how a 10 minute delay at the start ends in extended delays at the other end, that is flying and I am used to it.
Tomorrow I am on the last leg of the journey BKK-HKG. I suspect I will fall back into my normal habit of finding a lounge, plonking myself there and just waiting for the flight.