New PMR lounge?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: NZ Airpoints GE, Qantas Platinum, Accor Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 965
New PMR lounge?
Arriving on a late CHC-PMR flight last week I noticed the lights were on in the old international departure area. All lit up was our new Koru night club style lounge; the pink and turquoise look we are now familiar with. .
SO any ideas when we will leave the Bach for the nightclub? I am on the early flight tomorrow but I am sure we would have been alerted. However, I am happy to be surprised.
SO any ideas when we will leave the Bach for the nightclub? I am on the early flight tomorrow but I am sure we would have been alerted. However, I am happy to be surprised.
#2
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: New Zealand
Programs: Air NZ *E
Posts: 146
My previous understanding was that a new lounge was quite some way away - i.e., the justification for the 'interim' refurb. Surprising that we may be that close to a brand new one, but great if so.
#5
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: NZ Koru
Posts: 6,414
Its an JQ Regional Port, hence the rapid upgraded. Then followed by the replacement lounge.
#8
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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#9
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 367
Personally I wouldn't choose them as the delays are too frequent, low frequency of flights means cancelled flights often have no alternative on the same day etc... When a $19 flight is cancelled and there is a $19 refund this is little consolation if one has to pay $259 for an Air NZ flight at the last minute. JQ is also much stricter with their lesser cabin baggage allowance and far less flexible than NZ. And as a wise person once said the most valuable thing one has is one's time.
#10
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Big NZ logo now illuminate from within the lounge. It looks like the entrance will be at the opposite end of the terminal from check in - and on the ground floor leading up to a first floor lounge. Quite a classy product for a regional port.
#11
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: NZ GE, QF
Posts: 390
Yes I was chatting with Andrew (lounge guy) the other day and he told me that the entry and exit were at the ground floor level. About 3X larger. Should be ready very soon once liquor licensing is sorted. Hopefully will be ready for a couple of my flights this month
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Our new lounge opens today. I was through on Monday but it was still the old bach-style lounge, but will give it a brief try on Friday, and again on Monday morning.
#13
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Auckland
Programs: NZ Elite Partner/Silver (in own right), PR Classic, QF Bronze, UA Member, VA Red
Posts: 1,551
Might be needed for all those Massey Uni staff with Koru memberships :-0