Originally Posted by
DYKWIA
Is that really a problem though? Both lounges are pretty much the same IME. Same food/wine etc.
OK, you tend to be with more smelly Y class passengers, but you can't have everything
Cheers,
Rick
It is if your departure gate is near to the other lounge and you don't want to trek the length of the airport to get to it when boarding.
Also I went there with my mother recently - we had both flown in J, but I was flying out on in Y when she was in J. They wanted me to either leave her there on her own or march her (without the promised wheelchair) to the other lounge - when our departure gate was right next to the J lounge. A supervisor eventually sorted it out, but that sort of thing causes needless stress in the middle of a LON-PER long set of flights with an elderly relative.
Given that - as you say - the features of the two lounges are very similar, why not just give people a free choice to use the one more convenient to their departure gate etc.