Originally Posted by
Prospero
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Maybe i've been unlucky, but every time I've entered the D15 Admirals Club it has been a zoo. Very unpleasant. D30 is calmer. Depending on the length of connection, the Premium Lounge over at Concourse E is an option. Opens daily at 1pm so may work with the second stint at MIA. Its a ten minute walk from Skytrain Stop 3 (D26-D39)
Fully agree, re. D15. I've stopped even bothering now, always far too busy, and the staff often ask you to sit outside the lounge on that daft mezzanine seating area if it's packed in the lounge (which invariably it is).
I've made a few trips over to the E concourse, but the cons have always outweighed the pros:
Free-pouring wine and free nibbles (occasionally sandwiches if you hang around like a vulture) ^
Wine that is free-pouring is undrinkable
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Bit less industrial feeling ^
Clearly not what it used to be (former bar area that has been left to decay, a bit like the bmi lounge at LHR, etc)
I don't bother any more. Although open bar in the E lounge means no obligation to tip (Yorkshireman in me showing), I'm happy enough to drink AA's house vodka at D30, which is just a short hazy stagger to the skytrain. Horselamps for courses though.