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My first visit of the Al Sawfa lounge today.

Meh.

It’s a really nice physical space and hardly anyone in here. The lounge seating with the dividers are quite comfortable.

Other than that, not really anything here for me that EK doesn’t do equally well. Actually finding the service here somewhat indifferent with gusts of surly.

Asked for a glass of water and the lady handed me a small plastic bottle of room temperature water. I asked “do you have Cold water?” and she pretty much rolled her eyes and got one from the bartender. Still no glass but I gave up. No name local brand, would have expected an international brand and/or in a glass bottle.

I’m not going to say it’s a bad lounge because it’s clearly not but the overhyped reputation has dampened the experience for me.
 
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Had a couple of visits to the Gold/Platinum North lounge on our recent trip to LCA. First time it was really busy, had to grab some offset seats and wait for a pair to become available. Can't get a decent cup of tea, however the bar was well stocked.

1 hour wait for the shower.

Second visit - about 60% full and much nicer. Shower wait was 15 minutes. Half the charging points (USB and power) weren't working in the area we were in.

No real atmosphere in our 2 visits...

In comparison for that trip, the NZ J lounge in BNE was much nicer (food and atmosphere), which itself is a bit nicer than the QF lounge in BNE International.

Curious fact - being QF SG on a OW flight number, the NZ (Qatar) and QF lounges were available at BNE International :)
 
Curious fact - being QF SG on a OW flight number, the NZ (Qatar) and QF lounges were available at BNE International :)
With that you needed to be travelling QR:


Air New Zealand Lounge​

(BNE) Brisbane Airport (BNE) Departures​

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Access​

  • Business Class
  • First Class
  • Sapphire Tier
  • Emerald Tier

Airlines​

  • Qatar Airways
  • Access for eligible customers traveling on these oneworld member airlines only.
 
No real atmosphere in our 2 visits...

In hindsight I think that was my main issue with the Al Safwa lounge. It had the ambience of a public library (no doubt a function of making the space so huge and open). I’m sure some love that aspect of it, especially stopping between two long haul flights, but I think I prefer a lounge with a bit of life.
 

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