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Lounge at BOG - from excellent to awful (as of 01/JUL/2018)
Both AF and KL have used the Latam lounge since they started operationg to BOG. The Latam lounge is very nice, centrally located with a nice view over the apron. It offers premium wines from Latin America, fruits, nice and healthy snacks and, of course, also water (more on that below). But that's history now, as from today they are using a MasterCard lounge called "El Dorado Lounge" located underneath Gate 47. Unfortunately, there's nothing positive to be said about this lounge: - The worst: NO WATER available. No, not open, not botteled, nothing. It must be the only lounge globally not offering water to their guests. That's why I used the very strong word "awful" in the title. - Alcoholic beverages are limited to two per person. At least the wine is of very poor quality, the cheapest of the cheap ... - Non-alcoholic beverages are free, however selection is limited to regular Coke, Fanta and Sprite. No diet beverages or juices available. Together with the lack of water this limits you to alcohol and sugar bombs. Food is served in canteen style and quality (overcooked meat, rice and dry cakes). None of the above beverages are served in the canteen, they must be ordered elsewhere. All in all, one of the poorest lounges I ever visited. Don't get to the airport early! |
I was somewhat puzzled looking at the thread’s header as I visited the LATAM lounge at Bogotá quite a few times and -indeed- it wasn’t bad at all. Shame - perhaps somebody amongst the KLM management thought that if the vast majority of premium passengers can put up with the Crown Lounge(s) at Amsterdam, then they’ll be alright with that dump at Bogotá. G |
Could be, but could be also that LATAM does not want anymore to host other airlines for whatever reason (too crowded, etc). In that case, AFKL is left with whatever other airport lounge is available. To OP : please complain to AF/KL about this. It is important to send them that kind of feedback. |
Originally Posted by Goldorak
(Post 29926714)
Could be, but could be also that LATAM does not want anymore to host other airlines for whatever reason (too crowded, etc). In that case, AFKL is left with whatever other airport lounge is available. To OP : please complain to AF/KL about this. It is important to send them that kind of feedback. Re your hypothesis: I don’t know. At least DL is still using the Avianca lounge. The Avianca lounge is not as good as Latam, but way better than the MasterCard lounge. Also the Latam lounge was never overcrowded at least for the (early) KL departure. |
Originally Posted by swiss_global
(Post 29926567)
Don't get to the airport early! |
Originally Posted by irishguy28
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Good advice. Run the risk of missing your flight because there's no water in the lounge! :D :D :D
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IIRC, there was also no water at the subpar HAJ lounge. Only sparkling water, which they prefer... I guess Germans are afraid of rusting... ;)
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Whoow. That's bad news. BOG is my most frequent airport. I liked the LATAM lounge very much. It's the best lounge at BOG. Comfortable and have a wide varity of beverages. A lot better than the Avianca Gold lounge. That AFKL are now using another lounge wich is that bad are really bad news for me.
But overall I don't understand in principle why there is no Skyteam lounge. Except the asian Skyteam carriers almost all Skyteam carriers are flying daily to BOG (DL,AF,KL,UX,AM,AR) and BOG has developed in the last years to the main hub of south america. |
Well, look at the 'main hub' for Central America (PTY). The Copa lounge that is used there is worse than a dentist waiting room!
Though in PTY I don't believe there are much better options. In BOG obviously there are. Could it be temporary due to construction work or something like that? |
Originally Posted by Xandrios
(Post 29931854)
Well, look at the 'main hub' for Central America (PTY). The Copa lounge that is used there is worse than a dentist waiting room!
Though in PTY I don't believe there are much better options. In BOG obviously there are. Could it be temporary due to construction work or something like that? |
Originally Posted by Xandrios
(Post 29931854)
Well, look at the 'main hub' for Central America (PTY).Could it be temporary due to construction work or something like that?
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A shame. The LATAM lounge was very nice. LATAM international lounges are very nice generally.
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The LATAM lounge at BOG is great indeed, also has nice showers. Does the new lounge used have showers?
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Are you sure? I was in BOG 30 June and used the LATAM lounge while flying out with KLM
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Just an update: The new lounge now started serving water, as an extreme improvement. In the snack area they serve still water (only), in the dinner area sparkling water (only). Obviously great care is needed to prevent dinner guests from drinking still water and vice versa ... (sarcasm off) Otherwise not much of improvement, but still wanted to let you know ... Btw: Not heard back from KL. @Nvgfocus: The new rules kicked in on 1 July 2018, so you were on the last flight benefiting from the Latam lounge. |
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