Aug 24, 2022, 3:05 pm
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Access
Please see this thread for questions on access to the MLLs and where they're located. Moderator note: questions about access posted in this thread will be deleted.
Directory of Lounge Threads
AC has three types of lounges. Each has its own thread. This thread is for MLLs. If you have questions about another type of lounge, please visit the relevant thread.
Showers
YYZ
YVR
YUL
Please see this thread for questions on access to the MLLs and where they're located. Moderator note: questions about access posted in this thread will be deleted.
Directory of Lounge Threads
AC has three types of lounges. Each has its own thread. This thread is for MLLs. If you have questions about another type of lounge, please visit the relevant thread.
- Maple Leaf Lounges (“MLLs”): essentially, regular lounges
- Café: café-style lounge with limited access and grab-and-go food
- Signature Suites: essentially, only for long-haul international business class passengers
Showers
YYZ
- Dom - open
- Intl - open
- TB - open
YVR
- Dom - closed, pending renovation (inquired on April 20, 2023) (Inquired 22Jun2023, and again on 27-March-2024, "No idea when they will reopen".)
- Intl - open
- TB - open
YUL
- Intl - open
MLLs - information & experiences (July 2022 onwards)
Feb 4, 2023, 9:48 am
#527
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
Programs: AC*SE100K, wood level status in various other programs
Posts: 6,232
YVR TB at 08:15.
More chill than the security line ups chock full o'families and FOTSGs would have fortold.
Usual selection of pastries and fruit.
Think I'm sitting next to the guy who was #2 on the upgrade list with J booked 15/16. He was loudly expressing his bummedness to his spouse on the phone.
Didn't have the heart to tell him that someone more deserving cleared instead.
More chill than the security line ups chock full o'families and FOTSGs would have fortold.
Usual selection of pastries and fruit.
Think I'm sitting next to the guy who was #2 on the upgrade list with J booked 15/16. He was loudly expressing his bummedness to his spouse on the phone.
Didn't have the heart to tell him that someone more deserving cleared instead.
Feb 4, 2023, 3:49 pm
#528
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Kamloops, BC
Programs: Air Canada-Aeroplan, NEXUS, E50K, Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite
Posts: 344
Currently at YYZ INT MLL. Showers being "renovated." Agent smiled/laughed and said he had no idea when reopening but maybe 2 weeks.
Mini burger slides are cold. very empty right now.
Mini burger slides are cold. very empty right now.
Feb 4, 2023, 5:29 pm
#529
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ideally YOW, but probably not
Programs: AC SE*MM
Posts: 1,826
I also asked about the showers as I would have had one but got the “still closed” response, they didn’t say anything about renovations.
They’ve got the fried rice and spicy chicken out, which probably beats the meal in J if my upgrade clears, so dinner here it is.
Feb 15, 2023, 11:01 am
#531
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,331
I was in YVR domestic yesterday around 0700, and there was no line. But it was reasonably full. I chugged a glass of sparkling water and then left.
Feb 15, 2023, 12:21 pm
#532
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Programs: AC 75K, Hertz President’s Circle, Accor Gold, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 10,068
The YEG MLL has hot breakfast wraps last time I was there so there is that. The wine at the MLL needs to be improved to match YYZ and YVR domestic….the current offer sucks. The bar however (and the wine) is FAR FAR superior to the Plaza lounge that serves only the cheapest booze for free….all the nice bottles are pay for! I’d say the food at plaza is better all day. Coffee is better at MLL. Since I have access to both I eat at Plaza and drink at MLL 😀
Feb 15, 2023, 1:49 pm
#533
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: YCD
Programs: AC 75K, HIlton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold Elite, Radisson Rewards Gold
Posts: 513
I'm back now - no line-up, 90% full?
Lunch is the same tomato pasta + poached salmon
Feb 15, 2023, 2:04 pm
#534
Join Date: May 2017
Location: YEG, SFO, VCA, JR JY-13
Programs: hahaha
Posts: 921
Have you checked the fridge for the water bottles? Maybe I'm thinking of another lounge
I, too, have been complacent with the water bottles being there for breakfast service because when they had web-app food ordering, they filled the space normally reserved for the buffet pans with the water bottles lol
I, too, have been complacent with the water bottles being there for breakfast service because when they had web-app food ordering, they filled the space normally reserved for the buffet pans with the water bottles lol
Feb 15, 2023, 2:27 pm
#535
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: YCD
Programs: AC 75K, HIlton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold Elite, Radisson Rewards Gold
Posts: 513
Have you checked the fridge for the water bottles? Maybe I'm thinking of another lounge
I, too, have been complacent with the water bottles being there for breakfast service because when they had web-app food ordering, they filled the space normally reserved for the buffet pans with the water bottles lol
I, too, have been complacent with the water bottles being there for breakfast service because when they had web-app food ordering, they filled the space normally reserved for the buffet pans with the water bottles lol
Feb 15, 2023, 2:41 pm
#536
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: YYZ
Programs: TK *G
Posts: 3,099
I think bottled water has disappeared from MLL (except Cafe) before Covid, it briefly reappeared during Covid but disappeared again after things have more or less been back to normal. Some PP lounges don’t even have bottled juice or pops.
My understanding is it’s a way to discourage guests from bringing drinks outside of the lounge. I often grab a bottle of water or two when I leave the lounge, especially when I am not in J, and I have seen some people filled up their bags with pops.
My understanding is it’s a way to discourage guests from bringing drinks outside of the lounge. I often grab a bottle of water or two when I leave the lounge, especially when I am not in J, and I have seen some people filled up their bags with pops.
Feb 15, 2023, 3:02 pm
#537
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: YCD
Programs: AC 75K, HIlton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold Elite, Radisson Rewards Gold
Posts: 513
I think bottled water has disappeared from MLL (except Cafe) before Covid, it briefly reappeared during Covid but disappeared again after things have more or less been back to normal. Some PP lounges don’t even have bottled juice or pops. My understanding is it’s a way to discourage guests from bringing drinks outside of the lounge. I often grab a bottle of water or two when I leave the lounge, especially when I am not in J, and I have seen some people filled up their bags with pops.
Feb 15, 2023, 5:08 pm
#538
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: YYZ
Programs: TK *G
Posts: 3,099
Hmm, I do recall seeing a tray of bottle water in YYZ DOM in 2021. In 2022 I sometime saw the tray, sometime saw them in the fridge, and sometime I didn’t see them at all. For a few times I tried to bring a bottle of water onboard but couldn’t find any in the lounge.
Feb 15, 2023, 5:09 pm
#539
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM, FB Plat, WS Plat, BA Silver, DL GM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 16,774
I found no bottled water in any MLLs last week (YYZ Dom Wednesday and Sunday, YYZ Intl Thursday, YYC Sunday).
Feb 15, 2023, 5:11 pm
#540
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 57
I think bottled water has disappeared from MLL (except Cafe) before Covid, it briefly reappeared during Covid but disappeared again after things have more or less been back to normal. Some PP lounges don’t even have bottled juice or pops.
My understanding is it’s a way to discourage guests from bringing drinks outside of the lounge. I often grab a bottle of water or two when I leave the lounge, especially when I am not in J, and I have seen some people filled up their bags with pops.
My understanding is it’s a way to discourage guests from bringing drinks outside of the lounge. I often grab a bottle of water or two when I leave the lounge, especially when I am not in J, and I have seen some people filled up their bags with pops.