Originally Posted by
greenpau
The challenge on this concept here in SFO in particular is the number of late night departures, and the fact that the Polaris Lounge sit-down dining closes at 8pm, and the external full hot buffet cleared away at 8:45pm. This makes zero sense with SYD, SIN, MEL, and AKL all departing late. The first three have a Boarding Time of 10:00pm/10:05pm/10:10pm. They need to keep the sit down dining open until 9:30pm and the buffet fully open until the Lounge closes at 10:30pm if this is the overall Catering strategy.
That is crazy and unthinkable at any other major airline. I once had a 2am connection at HKG and the CX lounge was open (
with food) until boarding.