Saddest airport lounge you have ever visited
Jul 19, 2021, 9:33 pm
#31
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Just tried out the OGG lounge for the first time and would have to agree with all the previous comments. Struggling to think of a more uncomfortable domestic lounge that I've been in.
Hot, stuffy, with almost every seat taken, and wifi that varied between extremely slow and non-functional.
I spent about 10 minutes there which was probably 9 minutes too long and then left go to sit out in an open air section of the terminal where it was much more comfortable.
Hot, stuffy, with almost every seat taken, and wifi that varied between extremely slow and non-functional.
I spent about 10 minutes there which was probably 9 minutes too long and then left go to sit out in an open air section of the terminal where it was much more comfortable.
Jul 20, 2021, 2:06 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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That makes sense...now. Lol. The Polaris Lounge at ORD is excellent (well..pre COVID anyway!)
Jul 24, 2021, 9:55 pm
#33
Join Date: Apr 2002
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The Jet Lounge in VIE. I posted a review of it somewhere in the forum. It has the worst lighting ever--cold fluorescents that make everything look unreal. Cramped. Worn out. The plants are plastic, obviously.
And currently closed. No great loss.
And currently closed. No great loss.
Jul 24, 2021, 9:59 pm
#34
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And I'd add the Maple Leaf Lounge in Toronto that's past U.S. immigration--good lord. My one visit, it was absolutely filthy. The dirtiest airport lounge I've ever experienced. Plus cracked, worn furniture, scratches and scuff on the walls, torn and stained carpet . . . the works.
Jul 24, 2021, 10:55 pm
#35
Join Date: Jul 2010
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I've been to this lounge. Not great. No windows and the food options are not "premium." But I wouldn't call it the saddest. Decent coffee/drink selections, some not-great food, okay seating (more comfortable seating away from those tables) and good wifi.
Jul 28, 2021, 6:52 pm
#38
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Jul 29, 2021, 10:21 am
#39
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: WAS
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It certainly beat the pants off the United Club at ORD that I would nominate as the worst lounge I've been to. I visited at some point after the removal of showers and was greeted with sad cheese cubes following a *A partner F flight.
Last edited by Beltway2A; Jul 29, 2021 at 10:28 am
Jul 25, 2022, 1:23 pm
#40
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: CMH, West Coast
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1980s-style "juice" machine
Decimated soda fridge
The extent of the snacks
You better NOT want more than one of those awesome snacks.
No bathroom, no decor from this millennium, no use.
Last edited by nineworldseries; Jul 25, 2022 at 2:59 pm
Jul 25, 2022, 2:58 pm
#41
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: BOS & SFO
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The basement AF/KLM lounge in BOS is quite pitiful...dingy lighting, no window views (blocked off due to Terminal E expansion), extremely limited food selection, desserts have long gone stale, and now highly crowded due to the fact that Delta no longer has enough space at A to service all of its international flights and has moved several to E.
The worst part is that this is the lounge that Qatar J pax are supposed to use, since QR/BA don't have a lounge agreement in BOS and therefore QR J pax aren't allowed to use the much better BA lounge. In fact, the BA lounge dragons in BOS are known to deny entry to oneworld elites flying QR, even though they should have access by oneworld rules.
The worst part is that this is the lounge that Qatar J pax are supposed to use, since QR/BA don't have a lounge agreement in BOS and therefore QR J pax aren't allowed to use the much better BA lounge. In fact, the BA lounge dragons in BOS are known to deny entry to oneworld elites flying QR, even though they should have access by oneworld rules.
Jul 25, 2022, 2:59 pm
#42
Join Date: Apr 2014
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I've been to all the lounges that were at BLR (including that one) before the renovations and I recall it being perfectly decent. Probably had the best food of the domestic lounges, and my parents thoroughly enjoyed the vada and there was a fresh dosa station, if I'm recalling correctly.
It certainly beat the pants off the United Club at ORD that I would nominate as the worst lounge I've been to. I visited at some point after the removal of showers and was greeted with sad cheese cubes following a *A partner F flight.
It certainly beat the pants off the United Club at ORD that I would nominate as the worst lounge I've been to. I visited at some point after the removal of showers and was greeted with sad cheese cubes following a *A partner F flight.
Jul 26, 2022, 6:23 am
#43
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Here’s my entry. The Passport Club at SAV. Yes, this is the entire lounge. The only snack’s available are chips ahoy cookies behind the lounge dragon, and coffee water and tea.
Jul 27, 2022, 5:38 pm
#44
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Back then they only had water too
Jul 27, 2022, 6:06 pm
#45
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Wow, that looks like the quiet room they'd send you to at school. At least the lounge had cubicles --you cant say that much of even some of the nicer lounges fwiw.