I'm over (most) lounges

[SeatBackForward]

Going to say what I've said on AFF before - You don't HAVE to go into a lounge.

 

[n7of9]

We don't HAVE to talk about travel either, yet here we are.

 

[PumaPilot]

As someone just said, it depends on the lounge. I was in Scotland last month visiting the oldies and a radio add came on saying "book a flight with XYZ airlines and we'll throw in free lounge access." This was aimed at the "tourist" market for flights to the Mediterranean. Personally I HATE the early morning VA lounge in Perth. Most times I'm in the lounge in the morning, I'm the ONLY person not in grease soaked High Viz. Very often I'll have a bit of break then leave the lounge. The Qantas Biz lounge is getting a bit silly and needs a re-fresh, the "wood fired Pizza" has now run its course and needs up-dating.

 

[Forg]

As someone just said, it depends on the lounge.

Indeed! As an example from over a decade ago, the QF domestic J lounge at ... y'know I've forgotten whether it was MEL or BNE, but as per QF domestic J normality there wasn't really any food or drink to get excited about ... HOWEVER it was probably the best view you could get over the tarmac and excitedly watching the 'planes taking off & landing than going out to the observation deck (assuming there are still observation decks).

By comparison I had a flight from SYD up to Tamworth (too lazy to look up the code ) a couple of years ago, there was a cafe selling pints of a nice boutique beer right next to a window which had me overlooking the runway and the gate my QantasLink Dash-8 was leaving from. Quieter & more convenient & better beverages available than trying to share the domestic J lounge with all the high-viz burning my eyeballs ...

 

[Beano]

Such first world problems! Crowded lounges = happy customers. Someone must like lounges, free food and drink, and perhaps away from the Madding Crowd, what's not too like!

 

[SeatBackForward]

We don't HAVE to talk about travel either, yet here we are.

Indeed, but the posts about disappointment and sufferance in the lounges - no one is forcing you into a lounge just because you are entitled to use one.

I'll often prefer the ambiance of a quiet gate, or just people watching (as others have posted) than being in a glorified waiting room. Especially if there's some loudmouth next to me on speakerphone announcing that they're In a lounge loudly in case their neighbours were teleported thorough a wormhole into the adjacent space.

 

[Kimliddiard]

The Cathay lounges in Hong Kong are better than most

 

[Steady]

the "wood fired Pizza" has now run its course and needs up-dating.

Wood fired?

 

[Daver6]

Wood fired?

Yes. They fired the wood (well outsourced it) and use gas instead

 

[Beano]

I sometimes leave lounges very early and enjoy the ambience of the general lounge, but not before I have enjoyed a few nibbles and a wee drop of the cratur!

 

[Steady]

Most times I'm in the lounge in the morning, I'm the ONLY person not in grease soaked High Viz. Very often I'll have a bit of break then leave the

Quieter & more convenient & better beverages available than trying to share the domestic J lounge with all the high-viz burning my eyeballs ...

Indeed, the business flyer should have their own lounge - oh wait, they do…. They named it the business lounge. I’ve not noticed any complaints about the dreary drab beige flyers here or in a lounge - maybe a beige cotton shirt is evidence of a superior being.

I’m not a high vis business traveler, just bemused at the indicated superiority of some cotton wearing frequent flyers. A lot of flights I take are on routes fifo business traveler's are on, and they are way more respectful and polite than others in row 4 IME

 

[Forg]

I’m not a high vis business traveler, just bemused at the indicated superiority of some cotton wearing frequent flyers. A lot of flights I take are on routes fifo business traveler's are on, and they are way more respectful and polite than others in row 4 IME

I don’t have any Row 4 experience, but in the J lounge it was the constant loud ‘phone calls and the boots on the seats to ensure nobody sat near them in the busy lounge wot got up my nose.