Originally Posted by
dadig
Sums it up. Don't sell access if there isn't capacity, ironically the best place to sit and relax after having meals is either in the toilets or outside at the gate, there is a problem. Possible idea for Koru members is to drop the price, retain the benefits but charge per entry based on lounge capacity.
I suspect with Koru they actually want people to pay all the money and then not actually fly enough to consume the cost of membership in food and drink, so profit from it.
With Wellington will be interesting to see how fully featured the regional lounge will be and what food they have. So regional people have no need to go to the main lounge save maybe a shower. As if the regional lounge has a full hot food offering particularly in the morning and the evening it will take the pressure of the domestic lounge. From what I understand the Auckland regional missed the opportunity for the full food offering to relieve pressure in the domestic lounge.