Originally Posted by
Cathay Dragon 666
thank you, very valuable suggestions by all of you. Yes, I am at the age it's hard for me trying to figure things out like I used to, and like you said since I'm flying C all the time status doesn't really give me much anymore. But I do want to use top lounges. Most airlines C lounge is becoming more and more brutal stuff with people that gets access by cheap status or credit card offering, which I don't blame the people, but because of this the airlines are dumbing down their C lounge offering. And since most routes don't have F cabin anymore that I can no longer buy my way into F lounges with a F ticket and can't get into F lounges without status.
In that case one thing you will find valuable as a BR Diamond is access to "The Garden" lounge in TPE, which is exclusively for Diamond members. I wouldn't say its competitive with top class F lounges like CX have in HKG, but it is less of a zoo than the standard J lounges, and has a small a la carte menu with good Taiwanese food.