Originally Posted by
lrdpenn
There are also showers landside in T3 (TIAT) but not T1. So if you prefer to hang out in T3 landside, where there are a lot more food / ways-to-occupy-time, another option could be buying a shower there. The Sakura lounge in T1 is fine as a waiting room but the services (besides a shower) are minimal. The food is also more light snack: rice crackers from a container and maybe a pastry.
Thanks, I was going to ask this but felt I was already long winded. So I can say airside and access OWE lounge before going through connections? It seems like I can't use AC to get the three of us into the Sapphire lounge, but at least I could get two of us into the Emerald/First which is one of my favorite lounges. Maybe I can find a pay option for my wife, then we head over to T1 around the 3 hour mark and just pay the 3000JPY, grab a drink or two and some snacks.
If you're saying we can do this, we may go that route. We won't have checked luggage either, so we can be that much more flexible. I take it that there's no single pay for OW lounges? I imagine if there was, it'd be crazy packed.