BA Lounge Database | Far East
Nov 21, 2016, 4:44 am
#226
Join Date: Apr 2010
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ICN First Lounge
There are two Asiana lounges in ICN. This is the business lounge, there is also a First lounge for OWE.
This has broadly the same things but also has lunch options (such as ginseng chicken, soy beans, eggs, sandwiches) as well as the breakfast (bread, cheese, porridge, bagels, croissants). Has Moet champagne, and Haagen-Dazs ice cream (including green tea flavour).
Unlike the business lounge, this one has windows. Very nice lounge. Photo below...
This has broadly the same things but also has lunch options (such as ginseng chicken, soy beans, eggs, sandwiches) as well as the breakfast (bread, cheese, porridge, bagels, croissants). Has Moet champagne, and Haagen-Dazs ice cream (including green tea flavour).
Unlike the business lounge, this one has windows. Very nice lounge. Photo below...
Nov 23, 2016, 3:43 am
#227
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Going to be in Shanghai mid next year - flying out to LHR on BA. I understand that we can access the PVG T2 Dragonair/CX lounge. But, we also have priority pass cards and read in loungebuddy that there is a good lounge no. 77 China Eastern Plaza Premium lounge. Has anyone been to both? Which one is better? [When we were in Beijing a few years ago, we went to a third party lounge for BA F pax (cannot remember its name) and it was absolutely awful.]
Nov 23, 2016, 3:58 am
#228
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Going to be in Shanghai mid next year - flying out to LHR on BA. I understand that we can access the PVG T2 Dragonair/CX lounge. But, we also have priority pass cards and read in loungebuddy that there is a good lounge no. 77 China Eastern Plaza Premium lounge. Has anyone been to both? Which one is better? [When we were in Beijing a few years ago, we went to a third party lounge for BA F pax (cannot remember its name) and it was absolutely awful.]
Nov 23, 2016, 4:04 am
#229
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Yes that old lounge was dreadful, but the Cathay lounge in PVG is a solid offering, modern with good natural light, it's bigger than it looks, it opens out at the back. I think they do noodles for the evening flight, but it's not there for the morning service to London. I can't comment on that Plaza Premium, other than that I also hold a PP card and rightly or wrongly it wouldn't occur to me to go anywhere other than the Cathay lounge at PVG.
Nov 23, 2016, 4:04 am
#230
Join Date: May 2003
Location: DEL
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Going to be in Shanghai mid next year - flying out to LHR on BA. I understand that we can access the PVG T2 Dragonair/CX lounge. But, we also have priority pass cards and read in loungebuddy that there is a good lounge no. 77 China Eastern Plaza Premium lounge. Has anyone been to both? Which one is better? [When we were in Beijing a few years ago, we went to a third party lounge for BA F pax (cannot remember its name) and it was absolutely awful.]
Nov 23, 2016, 4:07 am
#232
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Location: DEL
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A bit like most airlines, the outstations, particular on regional routes, are not much to write home about. They typically use the same airport caterer as other airlines and besides the space (which can be nicer) the offering is typically weak. Both KUL and PVG spring to mind.
Feb 9, 2017, 3:57 am
#234
Join Date: Feb 2011
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QF is much better. Food, showers and seating areas are all much nicer. The BA lounge may be better for alcohol but i don't drink on flights so wouldn't know.
Feb 9, 2017, 6:14 am
#235
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Feb 9, 2017, 7:44 am
#236
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Feb 9, 2017, 7:28 pm
#237
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Yes, I went in twice when it opened and now just go straight to Qantas. I'll give you there might be a greater variety of seat types in the BA lounge but with those horrible high backed things or the boardroom style chairs most are not great.
Sep 22, 2017, 3:24 am
#239
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Just to check from what i've read - we are flying Club from KUL to LHR - we should head to the KUL Platinum Lounge as that is the best one? We have 6 hour layover from our flight into KUL on Air Asia from Vietnam.
Sep 26, 2017, 12:41 am
#240
Join Date: Jan 2015
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As long as BA refresh my status before friday I should be silver for my return trip SIN - LHR. I will probably head to the airport straight from work with the flight leaving at 23:15 so will have a few hours to kill and probably want to eat.
Looking at the lounge database on BA's site it seem to suggest I could use either the BA or the Qantas lounge as it says
"Access for eligible customers traveling on any oneworld member airline" and lists both sapphire and emerald as eligible classes.
Have I interpreted that correctly?
Is is also still the general consensus that that the Qantas lounge is better? Also which is likely to be quieter from 8pm onwards?
Looking at the lounge database on BA's site it seem to suggest I could use either the BA or the Qantas lounge as it says
"Access for eligible customers traveling on any oneworld member airline" and lists both sapphire and emerald as eligible classes.
Have I interpreted that correctly?
Is is also still the general consensus that that the Qantas lounge is better? Also which is likely to be quieter from 8pm onwards?