Best lounge in HKG for UA Travelers? (HKG UC closed for remodeling Spring 2016)
Aug 15, 2011, 2:23 pm
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Massive thread on this just a couple weeks ago - search is your friend! 
RCC/TG lounge both good. SKL not one of their best, no views.
RCC/TG lounge both good. SKL not one of their best, no views.
Aug 15, 2011, 3:17 pm
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The RCC in HKG is very good, one of the better RCCs if not the best that I've visited. Very good light, very spacious. We used it a couple weeks ago after both UA flights to the US had already departed, and it was not crowded at all. I liked it more than the TG lounge.
If you can get into the Cathay Wing lounge near gate 4, that is also a very nice lounge in HKG.
If you can get into the Cathay Wing lounge near gate 4, that is also a very nice lounge in HKG.
Aug 15, 2011, 3:25 pm
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Out of the 4 CX lounges I would recommend the Pier if flying in F or the Cabin if flying in J until the Wing renovation is complete.
Aug 15, 2011, 10:42 pm
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My vote,
1. SQ (Great food, good seats, but not views)
2. TG (all right food and all right views)
3. RCC (even if it is the best in the system, it's still and RCC
)
1. SQ (Great food, good seats, but not views)
2. TG (all right food and all right views)
3. RCC (even if it is the best in the system, it's still and RCC
)
Aug 16, 2011, 2:18 am
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The RCC has the best showers, by far. The TG shower (yes, only 1) is cramped. The RCC also has the better F section.
For C pax it's a tossup.
I haven't been to the SQ so can't comment on it. I do know that there's no showers so my above comments stand.
Aug 16, 2011, 3:03 am
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You don't even try to hide your bias. Ridiculous.
The RCC has the best showers, by far. The TG shower (yes, only 1) is cramped. The RCC also has the better F section.
For C pax it's a tossup.
I haven't been to the SQ so can't comment on it. I do know that there's no showers so my above comments stand.
The RCC has the best showers, by far. The TG shower (yes, only 1) is cramped. The RCC also has the better F section.
For C pax it's a tossup.
I haven't been to the SQ so can't comment on it. I do know that there's no showers so my above comments stand.
I have been to all three, and anyone who has will admit the SQ lounge is the weakest of the three (and that includes the F section too).
Even though it is a "RCC", it is UA's best in the system.
I highly doubt the OP has been to all three to make a fair comparison.
Aug 16, 2011, 7:05 am
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I've got photos from all three from a trip to HKG a little less than a year ago:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14632005-post4.html
I thought the RCC was the most comfortable, the TG lounge had the best food, and the SQ lounge the best air conditioning.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14632005-post4.html
I thought the RCC was the most comfortable, the TG lounge had the best food, and the SQ lounge the best air conditioning.
Aug 16, 2011, 8:25 am
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You don't even try to hide your bias. Ridiculous.
The RCC has the best showers, by far. The TG shower (yes, only 1) is cramped. The RCC also has the better F section.
For C pax it's a tossup.
I haven't been to the SQ so can't comment on it. I do know that there's no showers so my above comments stand.
The RCC has the best showers, by far. The TG shower (yes, only 1) is cramped. The RCC also has the better F section.
For C pax it's a tossup.
I haven't been to the SQ so can't comment on it. I do know that there's no showers so my above comments stand.
What bias? It is still an RCC, even if it was a PC, I would say the same thing.
I have never used the showers in any, so I can't comment on those, but food wise, I find SQ to be the best, unless you're in F, then the RCC would be better because their F section is better because it's different from their C section.
Aug 16, 2011, 2:44 pm
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What bias? It is still an RCC, even if it was a PC, I would say the same thing.
I have never used the showers in any, so I can't comment on those, but food wise, I find SQ to be the best, unless you're in F, then the RCC would be better because their F section is better because it's different from their C section.
I have never used the showers in any, so I can't comment on those, but food wise, I find SQ to be the best, unless you're in F, then the RCC would be better because their F section is better because it's different from their C section.
Since there aren't any true PCs OUS, it's not really a fair comparison
Aug 16, 2011, 6:08 pm
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The Best *A lounge in HKG is the IFL. They have everything that the RCC offers there, plus bubbly, a wait staff and a menu they provide you where you can order food a la carte from Soup to main dishes, sandwiches etc. It takes 15 minutes or so to get the food served (depending what you order).
So:
1) IFL
2) RCC
3) SQ F section
4) the rest...
As far as the best lounge in HKG, I would go with the CX lounges...the Wing closely followed by the Pier.
So:
1) IFL
2) RCC
3) SQ F section
4) the rest...
As far as the best lounge in HKG, I would go with the CX lounges...the Wing closely followed by the Pier.
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Aug 16, 2011, 6:28 pm
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Aug 16, 2011, 6:40 pm
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Even United/RCC haters would admit that the HKG RCC/IFL are the best in the system and far above the SQ lounges there.
I doubt that the OP of this argument has even visited them.
Aug 16, 2011, 7:33 pm
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Yes, I'm not saying it's terrible, I'm saying I feel the SQ lounge is better.
I said the RCC is the best in the system, but it is not better then the SQ lounge.
And yes I have been to both, but maybe because I went at night that doesn't count?
Aug 16, 2011, 10:38 pm
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Forgot to mention, AVOID the CNAC lounge or whatever it is called... It is run by the Chinese carriers [Air China, China Southern, China Eastern, etc] and it is right across from the abysmal G16 lounge, however, when I was there I wished I was in the G16 lounge...
When flying in OZ in C the CNAC lounge is the primary lounge for business class passengers, but take ANY of the three *A lounges and avoid the CNAC lounge...
I will guarantee you that after visiting the CNAC lounge, dinoscool3 will pick the RCC over that lounge in a heartbeat
When flying in OZ in C the CNAC lounge is the primary lounge for business class passengers, but take ANY of the three *A lounges and avoid the CNAC lounge...
I will guarantee you that after visiting the CNAC lounge, dinoscool3 will pick the RCC over that lounge in a heartbeat
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Aug 16, 2011, 10:45 pm
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Both? You originally made a comparison with three. Which one did you miss? Did you go to the F lounges in each too?