Asiana Club - First Class Lounge in Terminal A?
cgo111
Mar 25, 10, 1:16 am
Hi,
On an upcoming flight, I will be connecting from an SQ flight to a UA flight in F class at ICN, and I believe both flights are in Terminal A. I was wondering if there is an Asiana First Class Lounge in the A Terminal, similar to the one in the main terminal, or if there is just a Business Class Lounge.
makin'miles
Mar 25, 10, 8:11 am
There is a first class section in the Asiana Lounge at Incheon-Terminal A. Its to the left of the reception desk, rather than the right, although I've never been inside. I would hope the food would be a bit better than on the business side.
ORDnHKG
Mar 25, 10, 9:28 am
There is a first class section in the Asiana Lounge at Incheon-Terminal A. Its to the left of the reception desk, rather than the right, although I've never been inside. I would hope the food would be a bit better than on the business side.
It serve the same kind of food as of F lounge in main concourse, don't know what is the food in C lounge, only been to F. However, I don't believe there is any cook-to-order food in A.
The difference between two F lounges are the one in A got the view of the tarmac and some much needed natural light. The F lounge in A is also much smaller than the one in main concourse.
Jgish
Mar 25, 10, 10:24 am
No cook to order in my experience. It's all from chafing dishes, not bad but not that exciting either. Booze selection is nice however. I suppose you could ask nicely for something from the staff; perhaps that would work.
cgo111
Mar 28, 10, 1:01 am
Thanks for the info.
By the way, I do have about 3 hours of layover in ICN. Is there any advantage to going to the main terminal F class lounge?
If you arrive on SQ and are connecting to a UA flight, there's no way to get to the main terminal unless you take the train and go out through immigration, then back in through immigration again. Not worth it IMHO just to try the OZ lounge in the main terminal. Not to mention that they'll likely give you a hard time about entering that lounge with a UA boarding pass. If you really push they'll likely let you in though.
The food isn't exactly the same between the two lounges. There's a lot of similarities, but the main dishes can be different, and there's not as many dishes at the concourse as in the main terminal. They can fix you some noodles if you want. Either ramen, udong, or another type. Just ask one of the attendants if you want that.
The concourse lounge is inferior in many ways. The showers are much smaller and lacking in some of the amenities. There's no TV/DVD room, just TV's out in the open area. But there's also very few passengers there. The main terminal lounge is getting more and more crowded as time goes by, as more and more Koreans are reaching Diamond Plus, allowing them in. Whereas there used to be on average 3 or 4 other passenger there, there's now typically 20 or more. Still not crowded with respect to general seating, but the eating area can be filled up, and the computers in the business area can all be occupied. I haven't noticed any real changes to the number of passenger at the concourse lounge though.