Originally Posted by
aristoph
Yes the National Bank Lounge was pretty poor. We visited for one drink but fortunately I had researched in advance so we had bought access to the really rather good AirFrance/Premium Plaza lounge. As both AF flights had left it was pretty empty; the seating was great; the staff were super nice; and we drank our entry fee in Nicholas Feuillate! (The sparkling in the BA lounge was some horrendous acid at 9% vol.)
I’m jealous of your AF lounge visit - sounds like it’s a good hack to improve the ground experience! I tried to visit but bad weather meant AF were delayed and the lounge was at capacity so they weren’t allowing others in.