Main Biz lounge at BKK too busy
Mar 13, 2014, 1:55 am
#46
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But that's for PG Y class passengers. With every other airline, you get a hard seat at the gate.
PG's Blue Ribbon lounge, for C class passengers, is infinitely better than TG's. F&B requests are taken at your seat, prepared to order, and served to you. And the food is quite tasty as well.
PG's Blue Ribbon lounge, for C class passengers, is infinitely better than TG's. F&B requests are taken at your seat, prepared to order, and served to you. And the food is quite tasty as well.
As for PG's Blue Ribbon lounges (which I am very familiar with) I wouldn't quite call the option of soup OR noodles (microwaved) as prepared to order. Also the only booze they have is JW Black or beer. Clearly in the drink arena TG's lounges are superior.
I would also be happier if the F&B staff (AKA the one woman) would actually be present more often than simply when new pax enter the PG BRL.
SQ closes at 8:30PM which is before TG's lounges get absurdly crowded. Also, for anything but E,F,G (or high D gate) departures the BR lounge is a schlep.
Mar 14, 2014, 9:51 pm
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I would have to defer to your likely more recent and frequent experience at the PG Blue Ribbon lounge. The last time I was there, perhaps six months ago, there was a menu with hot food items, including Thai rice dishes, together with plastic covered examples at the bar.
Didn't check out the booze section, but I did have a glass of red wine, which was passable.
Didn't check out the booze section, but I did have a glass of red wine, which was passable.
Mar 15, 2014, 12:26 am
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I would have to defer to your likely more recent and frequent experience at the PG Blue Ribbon lounge. The last time I was there, perhaps six months ago, there was a menu with hot food items, including Thai rice dishes, together with plastic covered examples at the bar.
Didn't check out the booze section, but I did have a glass of red wine, which was passable.
Didn't check out the booze section, but I did have a glass of red wine, which was passable.
It sounds to me like you're referring to the TG F lounge.
May 10, 2014, 6:19 am
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Greetings all. I will be flying Thai for the first time to Sydney soon (in J) and I have a four hour layover in Bangkok. On Thai's website, it appears that there are half a dozen lounges in BKK. Can anyone guide me to the best one? This thread is making me wonder if I have my expectations too high for TG and it's Business Class Lounge experience! (And on that note, what is the difference between Royal Orchid Lounge and Royal Silk Lounge? I am not Star Alliance Gold - I am just a J Class passenger with no Thai or *A status)
May 11, 2014, 12:41 am
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Royal Silk Lounge (largest one in D, 2 in C, one E east) is normal business class lounge
Royal Orchid lounge (just one in E west) has business class lounge AND a small F lounge as well
lounges are most busy from 0930PM to around midnight, when many long haul flights (TG and *Alliance partners) to Europe, Australia or Northern Asia leave; outside of this peak hour, no problem to find a seat
Offering is pretty much the same everywhere. Some prefer D which is closest to check in and transit (if you transit in A/B/C/D intersection (EAST); if you transit in D/E/F/G intersection (WEST), E lounges would be closest); others head to the lounge closest to their departure gate
Royal Orchid lounge (just one in E west) has business class lounge AND a small F lounge as well
lounges are most busy from 0930PM to around midnight, when many long haul flights (TG and *Alliance partners) to Europe, Australia or Northern Asia leave; outside of this peak hour, no problem to find a seat
Offering is pretty much the same everywhere. Some prefer D which is closest to check in and transit (if you transit in A/B/C/D intersection (EAST); if you transit in D/E/F/G intersection (WEST), E lounges would be closest); others head to the lounge closest to their departure gate
May 11, 2014, 7:10 pm
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Greetings all. I will be flying Thai for the first time to Sydney soon (in J) and I have a four hour layover in Bangkok. On Thai's website, it appears that there are half a dozen lounges in BKK. Can anyone guide me to the best one? This thread is making me wonder if I have my expectations too high for TG and it's Business Class Lounge experience! (And on that note, what is the difference between Royal Orchid Lounge and Royal Silk Lounge? I am not Star Alliance Gold - I am just a J Class passenger with no Thai or *A status)
May 17, 2014, 3:43 am
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but at that time also the lounges in D and C are not very busy
May 18, 2014, 6:36 am
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A solution for a quiet lounge and to reward those frequent flyers on a special way could be, a new lounge for only passengers holding a Royal Silk Ticket and Gold Status.
May 25, 2014, 11:11 pm
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This has been mentioned earlier, but: if you have *G, consider using the SQ or BR lounges, if they are open at your flight time. Both have nicer seating and far better food and beverage service.
May 26, 2014, 5:20 am
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