Feb 7, 2014, 11:49 pm
Last edit by: Adam Smith
This is a master thread to post any lounge meet up requests / invite requests forum members might have. It'd be great if you could post your lounge guesting/request in the same format as below...
A reminder - those offering guesting are quite happy to be guested to a superior lounge!
If you have the ability to make changes to the WIKI, please do so yourself rather than replying to the thread! If you are asking to be guested, please only add to the wiki - do not post in the thread.
OFFER REQUEST MEET (i.e. will be there but can't guest) dd-MMM-yyyy / hh:mm / XXX / Terminal Lounge / FlyerTalkName
Please note the date format so as to avoid confusion
Please do not write OFFER/MEET; if you are able to guest someone in, it is implied you can also meet them without guesting them in.
A reminder - those offering guesting are quite happy to be guested to a superior lounge!
If you have the ability to make changes to the WIKI, please do so yourself rather than replying to the thread! If you are asking to be guested, please only add to the wiki - do not post in the thread.
OFFER REQUEST MEET (i.e. will be there but can't guest) dd-MMM-yyyy / hh:mm / XXX / Terminal Lounge / FlyerTalkName
Please note the date format so as to avoid confusion
Please do not write OFFER/MEET; if you are able to guest someone in, it is implied you can also meet them without guesting them in.
I'm in the MLL/AC Cafe/Signature Suite now......Lounge meet-up master thread
Aug 10, 2015, 10:45 pm
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Aug 10, 2015, 10:46 pm
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Aug 10, 2015, 10:47 pm
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That being said, I assume the opening hours are based the las scheduled AC flight and the lounge will only stay open in the event of delays if sufficient staff is available etc.
Aug 10, 2015, 10:49 pm
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Which is the problem
Aug 11, 2015, 12:36 am
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The AC website says MLLs close 30min before the last AC flight departure. (I've experienced domestic MLLs close ~40min before departure, but generally the MLLs seem to stick to this policy).
That being said, I assume the opening hours are based the las scheduled AC flight and the lounge will only stay open in the event of delays if sufficient staff is available etc.
That being said, I assume the opening hours are based the las scheduled AC flight and the lounge will only stay open in the event of delays if sufficient staff is available etc.
YVR Dom - Tries to close between 11-11:30pm despite redeyes departing well after Midnight.
YYZ Dom - Tries to close 11:15-11:45pm (depending on the pax load) when the last flight out to YUL (IIRC) is 12:30am. There is even a new plaque in the elevator clearly showing a Midnight closure and the dragons insisted when shown that it was wrong and put a sticky note over it to reflect 11:30pm!
YYC - Has been reported closed before midnight, again with redeyes departing well after midnight.
YUL TB - Closes at 8, even if AC flights are delayed past that (which IME is a frequent experience). Station supervisor agreed they should be open but says its out of his hands despite being in his airport.
I have heard excuses from the cleaners need to get in, to ''we don't get paid this late'', to ''it's always been this way'', the AC website/altitude twitter/Ben Smith are wrong'', ''you need to be at your gate 30-45 mins prior to departure'', to ''no one has ever complained about our closing hours before, it's not really an issue''.
The only thing I've found that is somewhat effective in asking the dragons to follow the published rules/back is to ask for a manager to come and explain why they are closing earlier than their posted time/rules. They usually tend to back down after that. But as someone who flies/arrives late at night its really annoying to have to fight maintain the published rules!
So moral of the story is if anyone is in a MLL and seeing they are trying to close early, please provide immediate assertive feedback to the dragons. This is the only way its going to change.
Last edited by kwflyer; Aug 11, 2015 at 12:43 am
Aug 11, 2015, 12:41 am
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Highly doubtful *A has fixed payment rules for carriers that are often much higher than the retail price of a PPL admission.
Aug 11, 2015, 8:35 pm
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However, one time when I was a super delayed flight, the lounge dragon and the contract crew collectively agreed to stay open for us an extra hour. Totaly did not expect that and it was definitely a kind and unecessary gesture. ^
Aug 11, 2015, 8:49 pm
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Aug 11, 2015, 8:53 pm
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I think that one more word would help me understand your point. Do you mean that it is highly doubtful that *A has..., or that it is highly doubtful because *A has...?
Aug 12, 2015, 2:20 pm
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Sitting in the YVR Domestic MLL for the next 10-15 minutes. Sitting by the window at the top of the stairs next to gate 50 in a black polo. Come say hi or meet me at YYC in a couple of hours!
Aug 13, 2015, 9:03 am
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Aug 13, 2015, 11:04 am
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I was wondering why one of the AMEX reps at YYZ DOM was remarking they were low on wine glasses so they were asking you to bring back your first glass if you wanted a refill.
Aug 13, 2015, 3:01 pm
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The funny thing is, those are the exact same wine glasses that AMEX uses for taste testing in the YYZ DOM lounge. I wasn't aware they offered that in YVR (didn't see any stands), so I'm thinking someone shipped them in the cargo from YYZ and didn't bother telling AMEX.
I was wondering why one of the AMEX reps at YYZ DOM was remarking they were low on wine glasses so they were asking you to bring back your first glass if you wanted a refill.
I was wondering why one of the AMEX reps at YYZ DOM was remarking they were low on wine glasses so they were asking you to bring back your first glass if you wanted a refill.
Not sure if it's still going on, but I know they only sample on certain days of the week.