Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA

These are very valid points. The Wing/Pier have become a bit blah because we are so used to their facilities and they aren't all sparkly and new. (At least they are in better shape than another former world beater, the EK F lounge - saggy furniture, mouldy showers..) But they are very well pitched IMO. The noodle bar, for example, is a stroke of genius - easily digested comfort food for when your body clock is all over the place.

Rather OT but since you mentioned other airlines using the CX lounges, I was very surprised to find that even SA uses them! Given that there are several *A lounges at HKG I wonder why that is? Just a throwback to their erstwhile codeshares before SA joined *A?