Here I am, happily ensconced in the lounge, and more on that subject in a minute. Firstly, the trip to the airport which took quite some time as the traffic was horrendous. I eventually arrived at the airport at 12:08.


Otopeni Tower

As I was still over three hours early the BA desk was closed but one sad looking soul was camped out against the pillar.



Then to the standard craziness that is Security. Massive queue to get in


Usual chaos pre-security

It was around half an hour from the back of the queue to airside.

Airside most of the reconstruction is done and it looks a bit smarter than previously




To gate three and onwards and upwards to the Dacia lounge




No sir, this is not the lounge for the likes of you! BA passengers now need to go through to the non Schengen side and use the business satellite lounge. This is a mini version of the Dacia lounge, same pitiful food offering, just a lot hotter as it is a huge glass house.











A little sample of the food and a nice cold Ursus



The pizza was as nasty as it looks, one bite was enough. The chicken nuggets were reconstituted, the potato croquettes greasy. It’s been less than a year since the lounges introduced any sort of hot food but I’d hoped they might have upped the game, unfortunate not.

With two hours to wait until boarding it’s time to see how much of this rather good Ursus I can make disappear