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Jun 9, 2015 | 12:23 pm

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Originally Posted by jimindc

Is it possible they don't ever plan to re-open the lounge? The new terminal is slated to open in mid-2017. It would seem odd for them to spend ~15 months renovating a lounge that they only plan to keep open for another ~18 months before moving over to the new terminal.

I was wondering the same thing. Still, 18 months is a decent amount of time to be alienating some high value customers who value an F lounge, especially in combination with EY blatantly reneging on its F lounge promise and the competition from EK, QR and even other airlines. And for that matter, what guarantee is there that the new terminal will actually open in mid-2017?