Originally Posted by
UltraRant
Just a few thoughts here...
The way I learned the *G lounge is upstairs is because I always was pointed to my left for entry to the lounge by the host when I was still flying as non-EBG in C. They suddenly pointed right, towards the stairs, when I had that shiny golden card. I'm not so stupid that I can't get a hint when I get one.
Not that there's much difference between the lounges, by the way. In OSL there is (was? *G lounge is now being refurbished, not sure what it will be like) absolutely no difference between the lounges and there's actually no gatekeeper that will stop you as C or Plus passenger to enter the gold lounge.
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When counting upgrades, I have the impression that SK uses the Great Random Generator In The Sky Operated By A Lazy Schroedinger's Cat But In Leap Years By A Pink Hedgehog Drawn By Escher to assign upgraded seats in order to comply with the annoying forced equality principle that still keeps Scandinavia in a harsh grip. Even I, as EBG, haven't by far had the pleasure to be upgraded so often as I should have based on status. If you want to get upgraded with an airline because you are *G, I recommend you fly with LX, OS and TP. I got most of my upgrades with those airlines. LH you can forget. I actually experienced quite a few times that LH rather left passengers on the ground than upgraded a few to C. LH is in love wiht it own rules, not with its passengers.
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They nowadays usually go round the aircraft asking people if they want tea or coffee, giving an empty cup when you said 'yes'. If you're lucky they come through the cabin later on to fill it with something (usually at random, though). Apparently refills have disappeared and sugar and milk are only available on request: they're not offered by default anymore, I always have to ask for them explicitly.
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And, given that SK for example NEVER respects priority luggage tags and such, things can get pretty time consuming anyway.
They are refurbishing the Scandinavian Lounge at OSL now, so everyone has to use the business lounge. As long as the difference isn't huge between the lounges, they don't have to have a dragon to guard the connecting door (even though there is a desk for that). There is a difference, though. The food is better, or at least slightly more upmarket in the *G (Scandinavian lounge), and the drinks are better. There is free hard liquor in the Scandinavian lounge, and better wine (from bottles, usually two red and two white). In the business lounge there is no free liquor, and the wine comes from dispensers, in two varieties: anonymous red and anonymous white.
My experience is that SK respects status when upgrading. I have been upgraded on TP (with partner, EBS) and on LH (once OSL-MUC and once MUC-YUL. LH often gets status level wrong, though: often printing basic status on the boarding cards)
As for tea and coffee, I am
always asked whether I want something in mye tea, and am offered a refill 70 % of the time on my usual 50-minute domestic run.
Priority tagging usually means that the luggage is handled so carefully, that it comes out last...