Originally Posted by
HIDDY
To be honest.....all this talk of having to buy food and drink in lounges is a joke. I'd rather use the terminal facilities. I've found out despite travelling in F on a 4 hour UA domestic flight you are entitled to bugger all in the way of lounge access. You gotta
Depends on the terminal. There are some some pretty grim terminals in the US - even International terminals (thinking Tom Bradley at LAX) where access to a lounge may well be the best dining option you've got once air side.
Originally Posted by
HIDDY
The USA really do have some strange premium cabin flying rules.
Yes, the whole having to buy lounge membership thing is strange. But, if you have a none American OW or *A membership of suitable status, you can fly in economy for four hours and use the lounge when the people in first cannot (and you can buy a substantial sandwich on board when, at some times of the day, the best the passengers in first can hope for is warm nuts)!