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Old Jan 23, 2020 | 9:12 pm
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sydunipete
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Personally I enjoy Swiss. Their food is right up there, Zurich is a very efficient airport and if you like chocolate the little chocolate bars they hand out on the plane are excellent. Once I was the only passenger in J and said something about flying to see my grandson for the first time and they practically gave me the whole basket. Their lounges at Zurich used to have Movenpick ice cream but I don't think that is so common anymore.

I enjoy food and wine, so I appreciate it when an airline showcases onboard, or in their lounges, their local food and wine. They all do a good job of this except for SAS and perhaps Brussels Airlines. I do recall one memorable visit to the VIE lounge and apart from the horrible green painted walls the Austrian wines were really very enjoyable.

One note on SAS. They don't provide lounge access for premium passengers where contract lounges are all that is available. So if there is a *A lounge (Lufthansa, SAS etc) available you are sweet, but if the location doesn't have a *A owned lounge you will not be granted access to any contract lounge. I've been caught out at Barcelona but there are quite a few (including KEF). There is a list here : https://onemileatatime.com/sas-loung...olicy-changes/
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