Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
The swiss lounge let me in at ORD but it was pretty bad. Wish I could have used the taipei lounge but I only have 1.5 hours anyway so the 15k point upgrade wouldn't have been worth it.
FYI for those that didn't know (like I did) you get free basic wifi (30mg) for the USA-TPE portion but you need to apply for your voucher ahead of time for Eva airlines. The lady next to me said she paid 8k for her seat so thanks for all of you in this forum for showing me the way! (although it's probably because my destination is HKG)
I used the ORD SAS lounge five years ago when I went to TPE on Asiana (via ICN). The lounge was bad then, and I've heard it hasn't improved much since I last went. I'd love to go to the Polaris lounge in the C terminal, but I'm not sure it's worth it since the Polaris lounge closes at 9 PM and the flight departs at 12:30 AM. Also, I've read on another FT thread that people who upgraded to business class using points cannot check in online; BR requires these passengers go to the ticket counter to get your boarding pass. Since the counters open four hours prior to the flight, that wouldn't give me much time to get a boarding pass and then go to the Polaris lounge; especially since I'd have to change terminals.
I may call the Chicago office 48 hours before my flight to see if there's anyway they can check me in and email me a boarding pass. Or, I may decide to just go to the airport 2 hours prior to the flight.