Originally Posted by
NYC1
Good summary of the mess that T1 usually is.
Re your last sentence -- wow. You can also pay $35 for that service with the company that runs that room.
Really? How and where can I do that? Happily pay that. Heck, I have bought an « Airport Pass » for Blade to save time, so 35 USD is definitely something I’d be happy to part with save time. Buying a cancelling a ticket is even less expensive, but much more of a hassle, and in fact I do believe that AF should actually offer an escort service to its ULTI pax.
Originally Posted by
Fluhalp
Referring to lounge staff as Dragons always negates to me anything else a poster may say. For all of the high fliers I would be very curious to hear your opinions if you slipped into the “dragons” shoes for one hour.
Just like the other poster I do not use the term « dragon » in a derogatory way. It’s just a term which is quicker to type than « premium and frequent flyer lounge receptionist » 🤣 Seriously, I hope you have noticed that I actually said something positive about my encounter with the - sorry - dragon at the AF lounge the other day, who offered to escort me to the upper level and make sure that I have a nice table in the dining area. Something I didn’t need, didn’t request, but truly appreciated. In fact, all dragons I have met over the past weeks in any of the AF lounges (CDG 2F, 2E-K, 2E-L, ORY Schengen and non-Schengen, JFK), were a model of courtesy, class and good manners (that is where AF beats most other airlines). Contract lounges, even those labelled and designed AF, are a different story, but AF - usually great.However, if you would like to pass on feedback with your colleagues in the JFK lounge area, I might share a perspective on the catering staff - but as you said, putting myself in their shoes and given how unsubstantial the criticism is I do not think it justifies being posted here.
PS: great username. Is that the Fluhalp I think about (a common name for high altitude pastures in the Alps,true. But there is one that is quite well known, in the Swiss Alps, just below the Rothorn, with a view on the Matterhorn/Mont Cervin)?