Lounge at Christchurch
May 20, 2016, 6:01 am
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Lounge at Christchurch
Will depart in J on a morning 6:20am QF flight. I am OWE, do i have any choices of lounges? what time does it open? What would have in the lounge? Thanks.
May 20, 2016, 7:29 pm
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As a frequent visitor (in the evening) to that small lounge keep your expectations low. It is a third party operated shared lounge used by QF, EK, CI and others.
Will have a little food and drinks.
Will have a little food and drinks.
May 20, 2016, 8:31 pm
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Has 1 person on the door. Maybe 1 or 2 people out back at that time.
When I am there at 19:00 (JQ) the 1 person does it all. (on the door, checks the food, cleans up). At times I have been the only lounge visitor
At the time I travel immigration does not open until 90 minutes before the flight.
There are several flights that leave at that unsociable hour. http://www.christchurchairport.co.nz...t-information/
The queue through the door check and then the Xray machine (2 machines operating if you are very lucky) could be long. Then use Smartgate.
After escaping from the duty free maze go to the right.
Edit
Some of these images are old. They reduced the area for food a few years back. Looks better in the photos than it is.
http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/ma...e-christchurch
Last edited by Mwenenzi; May 20, 2016 at 9:04 pm Reason: added link
May 21, 2016, 1:56 am
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Jun 20, 2016, 9:45 pm
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In the lounge now. It is actually a quite nice one. Gate agent has already got our names on a piece of paper. Very small as expected, not much hot food, however cold plate is alright. Drinks and wine selection is better than most J class lounges that I've been in Asia ( no need to compare with any F lounge or flagship lounge). Even got shower facility while the longest route is to Melbounre I guess. It is a nice lounge, not the one you want
Jun 21, 2016, 12:12 am
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