TG loses the plot. No wine of *ANY* kind or colour in a BKK TG Biz lounge.
Jan 19, 2016, 2:58 am
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A home base Hub lounge for any major carrier not having wine is inexcusable.
It may just have been at that "E" Lounge, as I am sure TG have had wine at the larger ones. Which is entirely normal for major carrier lounges.
I stupidly spilled Champagne on my laptop keyboard in the F lounge at BKK last trip, (darn, I forgot to ask them what the bottle cost) and cooked my motherboard. Even in PEK it was $US800 to replace. OUCH! So maybe pax should not drink it.
Jan 19, 2016, 3:08 am
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Did the champagne taste good even if you don't know its cost?
Jan 19, 2016, 3:18 am
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I am ashamed to admit it here, but it DID taste just fine.
But I must remember to ask next time, as the cost price is soooooooooooo important it seems.
After 32,000 posts over 16 years I always learn something new here each day.
At least the TG F lounge HAS a choice!
But I must remember to ask next time, as the cost price is soooooooooooo important it seems.
After 32,000 posts over 16 years I always learn something new here each day.
At least the TG F lounge HAS a choice!
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Jan 19, 2016, 4:01 am
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unfortunately at the F lounge they do not serve the 250+ USD a bottle Dom as on the plane in F. It's more on the level of the champagne served in J: Veuve Clicquot and Duval Leroy. Forgot the brand. Will check it out next time I am in the F lounge, next Saturday
Jan 21, 2016, 12:24 am
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Homebase lounge - the shambles
For Air France I'd hope they'd have wine.
A home base Hub lounge for any major carrier not having wine is inexcusable.
It may just have been at that "E" Lounge, as I am sure TG have had wine at the larger ones. Which is entirely normal for major carrier lounges.
I stupidly spilled Champagne on my laptop keyboard in the F lounge at BKK last trip, (darn, I forgot to ask them what the bottle cost) and cooked my motherboard. Even in PEK it was $US800 to replace. OUCH! So maybe pax should not drink it.
A home base Hub lounge for any major carrier not having wine is inexcusable.
It may just have been at that "E" Lounge, as I am sure TG have had wine at the larger ones. Which is entirely normal for major carrier lounges.
I stupidly spilled Champagne on my laptop keyboard in the F lounge at BKK last trip, (darn, I forgot to ask them what the bottle cost) and cooked my motherboard. Even in PEK it was $US800 to replace. OUCH! So maybe pax should not drink it.
Speaking of lounge in BKK - dare I mention CX's newly renovated BKK lounge - they have a full bar, full deli and noodle a la carte restaurant service. Stunningly designed, how all the mod cons (charging sockets with USB discretely hidden but well placed) and even a proper hotel trained maitre'd rearranging the sofas after the guests leave.
Sure beats the same pastry and sandwiches for the past 6 years and a service area full of staff having their normal over-load coversation in TG lounges....
Jan 21, 2016, 12:29 am
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Sometimes you have to respect the local culture (broadly defined) of the airline's origins, employees and managers/owners, home base, airports, etc.
Jan 25, 2016, 1:23 am
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Thailand has no liquor restrictions anywhere in the country AFAIK, and the lounge under discussion certainly has endless Hard Liquor and Beer on hand, 365 days a year.
The post - in case you never actually read it - was regarding WINE not being offered to premium cabin travellers. Which is and remains inexcusable in a Hub lounge in BKK.
Jan 25, 2016, 2:07 am
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Jan 25, 2016, 2:55 am
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Jan 25, 2016, 5:41 am
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Jan 25, 2016, 5:42 am
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The 'odd' hours restriction on liquor sales in convenience stores has been the case since when I was living in Bangkok 2005-2007, so in excess of 10 years and before the Sep 2006 coup. Not sure when, or why, the law was instituted.
Jan 25, 2016, 5:46 am
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in the past you could get a wholesale quantity (over 20 liter of beer, wine, liquor) around the clock (always fun to advise the pretty surprised store employee what are the rules!); nowadays also this exception is gone
Jan 25, 2016, 11:38 am
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Jan 25, 2016, 2:40 pm
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Speaking of lounge in BKK - dare I mention CX's newly renovated BKK lounge - they have a full bar, full deli and noodle a la carte restaurant service. Stunningly designed, how all the mod cons (charging sockets with USB discretely hidden but well placed) and even a proper hotel trained maitre'd rearranging the sofas after the guests leave.
Sure beats the same pastry and sandwiches for the past 6 years and a service area full of staff having their normal over-load coversation in TG lounges....
Sure beats the same pastry and sandwiches for the past 6 years and a service area full of staff having their normal over-load coversation in TG lounges....
CX runs a great operation at BKK.