Originally Posted by
sandj
the airport at the maldives has enough shops etc to while away an hour and the seaplanes don't drop you there with loads of time to spare, plus I have read somewhere that the club lounge is not that great.
Correct - shared with all other users. Comfortable enough, but not great and limited refreshments. There is also a flight to Moscow at about the same time as the BA flight and, at least when we were there 4 weeks ago, the lounge was very full of noisy pax for that flight. As we walked to the gate from the lounge we passed a small cafe that looked perfectly OK.
Only other thought is that you can arrive rather earlier than some of the other posters have suggested - all depends on the whim of the seaplane schedulers. Our flight was moved forward by an hour (at 10 minutes notice!) and we spent around 2 1/2 hours in the MLE lounge. Perhaps the Conrad has a firmer grip with their (somewhat tacky!!) gold Twotter
