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#16
Join Date: May 2007
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But as Basil said, "May I ask what you expected?... Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain..." I still can't understand those on Flyertalk who recommend spending a whole day there, although I will try to time things when travelling F so as to be there for an hour or so.
Last edited by LeisureFirst; Jan 27, 2011 at 7:54 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
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As you say, if you're after excitement, juggling waiters, pool tables, chef stations and the like, then you'd be better off at one of the bars/ restaurants in the main terminal
#18
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We were in transit BHX-FRA-MCO. Arrived late morning and the place was close on deserted. Wife took the baby off for a bath (early start so she was still in PJs), waiter came over, immediately turned the TV showing CNN to some cartoon channel for my son.
I said to him "do you have a code for the.." and before I could get any further he produced a t-mobile card from his inside jacket pocket for me to use.
Service was absolutely 5* - drinks kept topped up and some excellent food on the go, plus huge picture windows overlooking the airport IIRC. I'm sure the big winner was the fact the place was so quiet, but it was absolutely spot on. Better than the equivalent FCL at MUC.
#20
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If I fly LH F again....highly unlikely till they send the old F seats off to the museum....I would rather use the FCL than the FCT.
FCT is excellent but the place has a very strange atmosphere to it.....something about it I didn't like.
#21
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#23
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Have a great trip ^
#24
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CarolynUK enjoy your flight!
#25
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I believe that would have still entitled him to advance seat assignment, which seems like a pretty good deal to me.
#26
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Personally, I enjoy the descriptions, including trip reports and all the nitty gritty details in them. Reading other passengers experiences is one of the joys of returning to FT.
It's also good to read the constructive criticism on lounges. I fly for leisure, not business, therefore I won't get to experience first hand most of the lounges I hear or read about, hence why I value other's descriptions.
#27
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+1
....Or go and queue for a cuppa at Costa/Pret??? by the lifts to B & C gates. I love the CCR for the very reason some peolpe feel underwhelmed by it. At the end of the day I'm a copper's daughter from Yorkshire, I'm no lady of the manor and I like the laid back feel of the place.
....Or go and queue for a cuppa at Costa/Pret??? by the lifts to B & C gates. I love the CCR for the very reason some peolpe feel underwhelmed by it. At the end of the day I'm a copper's daughter from Yorkshire, I'm no lady of the manor and I like the laid back feel of the place.
#28
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I love a good drama. Yesterday, I was treated to:
(i) Angry man at security convinced his wallet and passport were going to disappear in the tray at the end of the conveyor, cue shouting, panting and pushing people out of the way. Excellent entertainment.
(ii) Loud and obnoxious man at the Flounge portcullis, attempting to bring in his entire family, cue "But I'm a GOOOOOLD card holder". Hilarious.
(iii) Fat Ivan and Skinny Natasha at the Flounge Banquet. Fat Ivan stuffying his face with absolutely everything on offer, half of it making his mouth, the other half ending up on the floor. Skinny Natasha pouting and posing and generally not eating anything. A match made in a seedy nightclub somewhere east of Kiev. So funny.
I love it.
#29
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(iii) Fat Ivan and Skinny Natasha at the Flounge Banquet. Fat Ivan stuffying his face with absolutely everything on offer, half of it making his mouth, the other half ending up on the floor. Skinny Natasha pouting and posing and generally not eating anything. A match made in a seedy nightclub somewhere east of Kiev. So funny.
I love it.
I love it.
#30
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Actually, it isn't that much fun for those of us observing it. It makes my blood boil to see some poor, hapless employee in the service industry taking a lot of flak for something that is more often than not outwith their control. But take it they apparently must. It is extremely poor behaviour to take one's anger out on those who are not in a position to answer back, as I have pointed out to the manifest irritation of fellow customers in several scenarios, including in an airport lounge. They don't like it up 'em !
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