justinyvr

Does anyone know if the YUL MLLs will be shutdown from Quebec's restaurant closures or not?

FlyerGoldII

I do not see the LGA MLL hours in this wiki.
Of note, this lounge must open quite early - my niece went into this MLL for a 6:45 am flight to YYZ a couple of weeks ago!

RJBP

Friend there now reports that YUL TB MLL is closed.

cyralax

Massive line to get into the YVR Dom MLL right now.

fumje

I was advised opening is 0500.

It is a pretty nice lounge, and I'm glad it's re-opened.

There was some unclarity about whether proof of vaccination is required to enter (seemingly it is).

capedreamer

With indoor dining shutting down in Ontario again, should we expect the YYZ and YOW MLLs to close?

Adam Smith

The YYZ Dom MLL was open through a previous indoor dining closure.

24left

And looks like the YYZ Dom MLL lost some competition

Since the question was asked if the YYZ Dom MLL is open with the new Ontario dining closures, I was curious so I searched a bit. Didn't find anything for the MLL but the "AC Crew MLL" (Plaza) had this:

"This lounge is temporarily closed for renovation. We invite you to visit our new Plaza Premium Lounge (Domestic Departures, Pre-security, Terminal 1) that’s conveniently located after check in, right before security leading towards D Gates. If you require assistance, please Contact Us . We apologise any inconvenience caused."

It would also be interesting to know if AC is reducing numbers allowed in - which makes little sense to me given how there has been zero social distancing at any gate in any Domestic airport I've flown for any AC flight since at least June 2021.

As for the MLLs, were it only that AC itself could have someone assigned the easy task of updating their own lounge page, although I'm sure AC appreciates all the "unpaid" efforts by the collective in doing it ourselves on AC FT.
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Adam Smith

For a long time, the website was totally useless. For a while, they were updating the website, and it looked like it might be completely up to date. I had thought I could do some checking of the website to what was posted outside the lounges towards the end of my UFP, but didn't get around to it. But perhaps someone else could. If the website is back to being a reliable source (for this, at least), we don't need to worry about keeping the wiki up to date.

canadiancow

Short of a government-shutdown of lounges, or a drastic decrease in flying, I can't imagine any changes other than hours expanding. Or maybe the SS opening.

I think we're past the point of needing a chart in the wiki that's updated twice a day

Short hair Francis

Please don't tell me we're going back to the Line of Terracottas in a queue waiting to get inside the MLL, because the lounge is operating at 25-50% of capacity. 😖😖

Come on now 24left, you trust AC to be that functional? 🤨
Half the time I wonder how functional AC is behind the scene, the popcorns AC supplies between the IT/E-Upg/2022 Benefit threads are enough for a long weekend. 😂😂


If YYZ/YOW/YUL need to shutdown because of Ford's & Legault's pandemic measure, can AC turn the MLL into the cafe. 💡
Scan your BP, go inside, hand out to-go bags with some F&B? 🙏

canadiancow

Airport restaurants do not generally shut down when non-airport restaurants do, because people need to eat.

If I'm at home, I can go get some take-out, and eat outside, in my car, or at home.

If I'm in YYZ during a connection, my options are what... a restaurant, lounge, or gate area? Nothing is particularly "safe" compared to the rest. They can close everything down, and we all starve to death though.

And while I can definitely envision a law that means everyone grabs a bag in the MLL and then eats in a crowded gate, rather than in a crowded lounge, history suggests that the lounges can stay open through most of these rules.

That being said, I have seen jurisdictionS that Forced peOple to do exactly that - grab your food in the lounge and head to a crowded gate area to eat. So who knows

24left

(bolding mine)

Brilliant. Also LMAO.
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YVR4Ever

In North America, this is indeed the case. In May of 2020, I went through LHR on my way (finally) home, and everything was closed except Boots and one other convenience place - all the restaurants, all the lounges, everything. It was impossible to get a hot coffee before or on the flight (which was the most disappointing J TATL ever - nothing served to drink except water, food was a cold box lunch. I was still grateful to get home).

Short hair Francis

Ya, for O/D it's not the biggest problem except for say a 0600-0800 flight.
Connections, ya restaurant, lounge, or gate area are each poison pills in its own way.
There is a % of folk who will nurse their coffee for 1 hr in the lounge just not to wear a mask. ☹️

"Starve to Death" 🤨
Not in this country yet, at least Canada haven't weld somebody inside a dwelling as a quarantine measure.
Worse has to be limall trapped in the AC Cafe Loo 🤣🤣