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Carel1 Jan 3, 2015 5:53 am

Quote Goldorak:
Originally Posted by Carel1 View Post
MAD T3 Puerta del Sol Lounge. No champagne, but on request you can have a small bottle of Cava.
Unless I'm wrong, Puerta del sol in T3 is not used for AF pax but for UX flights departing from T3. AF flights depart from T1 and so are directed to Cibeles lounge.

Sorry, KLM flights depart from T3.

nicolas75 Jan 3, 2015 9:13 am


Originally Posted by nicolas75 (Post 24091340)
Name of the lounge
SUMAQ

Location
After security check
After duty-free to the left handside (clearly indicated)

Food offer
Very basic (snacks, no hot option)

Drinks offer
Soft drinks and hot drinks (self service)
Large selection of alcoholic drinks (at the bar)

Services
Wifi: YES (bur works terribly bad)
Showers: YES
Toilets: YES
Quiet zone: YES
Business area: YES
Spa: NO
TV area: YES
Passengers are called: YES
Information screen: YES
Newspapers: very short selection (no papers in English or French)

Number of seats
-- (very busy)

Design
-- (looks like an 80s Delta lounge)

Level of noise
-- (just terrible)

Other information
Very clean (staff is very efficient to clean tables and toilets very often)
Electrical adaptors (not converter) are available upon request at reception

Shall we not follow this template to give complete and standard information?

Goldorak Jan 3, 2015 11:11 am


Originally Posted by nicolas75 (Post 24093666)
Shall we not follow this template to give complete and standard information?

We shall definitely follow it :)

orbitmic Jan 3, 2015 11:26 am

It would probably be good to add 1) entry requirements (see brunos's point), 2) loungers/sleep area, 3) view (a personal pet topic!), 4) opening hours. Also some elements might not fit pre-established criteria (eg multi floors, terrace, smoking area, direct boarding etc). Decor might be quite subjective/hard to characterise but why not indeed!

nicolas75 Jan 3, 2015 12:28 pm

Template - Name of airport
 
Name of the lounge

Location

[b]Opening Hours[b/]

Entry requirements

Food offer

Drinks offer

Services
Wifi:
Showers:
Toilets:
Quiet zone:
Loungers/sleep area:
Business area:
Spa:
TV area:
Passengers are called:
Information screen:
Newspapers:

Other information
Number of seats:
Level of noise:
Design:
Multi floors:
Terrace:
Smoking area:
Direct boarding:

orbitmic Jan 3, 2015 4:55 pm


Originally Posted by nicolas75 (Post 24094597)
Name of the lounge

Location...

Excellent! I'm just proposing to add "view" if that's ok, which would make this as follows:

Name of the lounge

Location

[b]Opening Hours[b/]

Entry requirements

Food offer

Drinks offer

Services
Wifi:
Showers:
Toilets:
Quiet zone:
Loungers/sleep area:
Business area:
Spa:
TV area:
Passengers are called:
Information screen:
Newspapers:

Other information
Number of seats:
Level of noise:
Design:
View:
Multi floors:
Terrace:
Smoking area:
Direct boarding:

_______________________

In the spirit of starting filling the blanks, I'm doing it (partly) for the Skyteam LHR T4 lounge and the NCE lounges:

LONDON HEATHROW

Name of the lounge: Skyteam Lounge

Location: Terminal 4, post security, near gate 10.

[b]Opening Hours[b/]: 5am till departure of last flight

Entry requirements: Any passenger flying in First or Business class, as well as any Skyteam Elite Plus passenger on AF or any other Skyteam operated flight.

Food offer: Hot and cold buffet (on each floor) including special dishes from the countries of Skyteam airlines

Drinks offer: Soft drinks, coffee machines and tea, vodka all day, spirits, wines, and Champagne from about midday

Services
Wifi: Yes
Showers: Yes (downstairs)
Toilets: Yes (both floors)
Quiet zone: No
Loungers/sleep area: Yes (upstairs)
Business area: Yes (downstairs)
Spa: Yes (downstairs)
TV area: No
Passengers are called: It depends!
Information screen: Yes
Newspapers: Wide choice of British and international newspapers including many in French, Dutch, etc.

Other information
Number of seats: Lounge is large
Level of noise: Usually fairly quiet
Design: The LHR Skyteam lounge was the first Skyteam branded lounge and remains in many ways the alliance's flagship. It has a contemporary design with vegetal walls and different types of seatings including chairs, sofas, loungers, table-chair dining areas, etc.
View: Apron and distant view of the runway
Multi floors: Two floors
Terrace: No
Smoking area: No
Direct boarding: No

_________________________

NICE COTE D'AZUR

Name of the lounge: Salon Cap Ferrat (Schengen area) and Salon Cap d'Antibes (non-Schengen area).

Location: Both are post security. For Cap Ferrat, turn left after the main security and across from the Relay shop take lift or stairs upstairs. From Club Airport Premier security, take the small escalators straight across from security and take lift or stairs directly on your right to go upstairs.

For Cap d'Antibes, after passport control, turn right and take lift or stairs upstairs.

[b]Opening Hours[b/]: 5.10-last departure (Cap Ferrat) and 8.00-last departure(Cap d'Antibes)

Entry requirements: Passengers travelling in business class or Skyteam Elite Plus on any Skyteam operated flight. Note that passengers travelling to non-Schengen destinations are required to use the non-Schengen lounge. No invitation necessary.

Food offer: Cold offer (for breakfast: pastries, breads, jam, cheese, yoghurts, compotes, fresh fruits, cereals, dried fruits, etc. Rest of the day: sandwiches, cheese, pissaladieres, quiches, pizzas, fresh fruits, dried fruits, olives, nibbles, etc). Soup is also offered (hot in the winter, gazpacho in the summer).

Drinks offer: Full self-service bar (spirits, wines, beers, soft drinks, juices, waters, etc), coffee (Malongo), large tea selection, Champagne is upon request (but free).

Services
Wifi: Yes (the whole airport offers free wifi but the lounges also have a separate faster wifi service)
Showers: No
Toilets: Yes
Quiet zone: No
Loungers/sleep area: No
Business area: No
Spa: No
TV area: Yes
Passengers are called: Yes (actually through gates announcements but they are audible in the lounges)
Information screen: Yes
Newspapers: Large selection of French, English, and international newspapers and magazines to only be read in the lounge (only few copies).

Other information
Number of seats:
Level of noise: Usually quiet
Design: Refurbished around 2013. Light coloured modern décor.
View: Cap Ferrat has direct view of the terminal and beyond views of the apron, runway and sea. Cap d'Antibes has more direct views of the runway and sea.
Multi floors: no
Terrace: no
Smoking area: no
Direct boarding: no

Goldorak Jan 4, 2015 2:02 am

Excellent template guys and thanks for those first full lounge reviews ^

SDQBound Jan 5, 2015 9:34 am

Name of the lounge
Sala VIP Caribe - Las Americas Intl' Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ)
Location
Concourse A. Past Immigration and the duty free area, and before reaching the gates.
[b]Opening Hours[b/]

06:00 - 23:30

Entry requirements
Lounge invitation provided to Business Class passengers and Elite+ during check-in.

Food offer
Finger food

Drinks offer
Soft drinks, Wine, Liquor

Services
Wifi: Yes
Showers: No
Toilets: Yes
Quiet zone: Yes
Loungers/sleep area: No
Business area: Yes (Very Small)
Spa: No
TV area: Yes
Passengers are called: Yes
Information screen: Yes
Newspapers: Yes

Other information
Number of seats:
Level of noise: Medium
Design: Modern
View: Tarmac, Gates, Hangars
Multi floors: No
Terrace: No
Smoking area: Yes
Direct boarding: No

saraoutou Jan 5, 2015 3:02 pm


Originally Posted by GenevaFlyer (Post 24088715)
For BRU, according to this post http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23059735-post6.html, HOP passengers do seem to get lounge access.

It is the Diamond Lounge, now located on level 0 (it used to be on level 2)

Cheers,

GenevaFlyer

Yes,Diamond lounge is due to move this spring.

saraoutou Jan 5, 2015 3:06 pm


Originally Posted by nicolas75 (Post 24091340)
Name of the lounge
SUMAQ

Location
After security check
After duty-free to the left handside (clearly indicated)

Food offer
Very basic (snacks, no hot option)

Drinks offer
Soft drinks and hot drinks (self service)
Large selection of alcoholic drinks (at the bar)

Services
Wifi: YES (bur works terribly bad)
Showers: YES
Toilets: YES
Quiet zone: YES
Business area: YES
Spa: NO
TV area: YES
Passengers are called: YES
Information screen: YES
Newspapers: very short selection (no papers in English or French)

Number of seats
-- (very busy)

Design
-- (looks like an 80s Delta lounge)

Level of noise
-- (just terrible)

Other information
Very clean (staff is very efficient to clean tables and toilets very often)
Electrical adaptors (not converter) are available upon request at reception

I would put a little more:

Outside smoking zone, "blind", only for the traveler (impossible to invite some one)

saraoutou Jan 5, 2015 3:22 pm

EZE
 
Name of the lounge: Salon Condor (AR)

Location:Terminal C (something like opposite gate 16 (to be confirmed)), first floor.

Open: 24/24

Entry requirements: Sky team Elite +, J Pax on ST flight. When flying with AF or DL got a kind of invitation (copy of boarding pass with a ink-stamp), last time with AZ ounly a handwriting on the boarding pass.

Food offer: only cold edit sonce 2018 better food offer (better sandwiches, soups, empanadas...) to be found between first ans second room.

Drinks offer: decent (self service)

Services
Wifi: yes (key at the reception)
Showers: yes even some with bidet !
Toilets: yes
Quiet zone: yes at the far end
Loungers/sleep area: same
Business area: yes
Spa: no (massage chairs)
TV area: yes
Passengers are called: usually
Information screen: yes
Newspapers: yes

Other information
Number of seats: suposed to be over 200 (did not count :p) second part was quite desert eveytime I went in.
Level of noise: quiet
Design: modern
View: car park :(
Multi floors: no
Terrace: no
Smoking area: no
Direct boarding: no

Remark used by ST and EK.

Milkman Jan 10, 2015 8:06 pm

Quite sure that AF (and KL) allow eligible passengers to use the Copa Club lounge in PTY.
I will come thorugh PTY on Jan 19th and will check on that occasion.

Goldorak Jan 11, 2015 2:08 am


Originally Posted by Milkman (Post 24141745)
Quite sure that AF (and KL) allow eligible passengers to use the Copa Club lounge in PTY.
I will come thorugh PTY on Jan 19th and will check on that occasion.

OK thanks :)

joyu12 Jan 11, 2015 2:24 pm

OSL - Oslo Gardermoen
 
Name of the lounge:
OSL Lounge

Location
Post Security on the upper level, access by stairs/lift just after duty free to the right.

Opening Hours
05.45 - 20.30

Entry requirements

Any passenger flying in First or Business class, as well as any Skyteam Elite Plus passenger on AF or any other Skyteam operated flight. For those without status paid access is available for 250 NOK (Roughly 25-26 Euro).

Food offer
Light buffet, mix of hot & cold plus some finger food available. Pastries available in the morning before 11. Self-service.

Drinks offer
Soft drinks, coffee/tea, beer on tap, wine on tap (yes, weirdly enough), spirits (Available from 13:00 onwards), no champagne or other sparkling wine.
Self-service.

Services
Wifi: Yes
Showers: No
Toilets: Yes
Quiet zone: No
Loungers/sleep area: No
Business area: Yes
Spa: No
TV area: No
Passengers are called: No
Information screen: Yes
Newspapers: Yes, but only to be read in the lounge. Decent selection of international newspapers.

Other information
Level of noise: Usually quiet
Design: Modern scandinavian.
Remark: Lounge might be about to undergo construction work for an expansion.
Lounge used by SkyTeam, OneWorld and EK.

SDQBound Jan 12, 2015 6:50 am

Suggestion: As we continue to provide more details, it would be nice to add a link on the wiki to the post containing the lounge details. I did it for the lounges already posted.


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