Terminal 3 lounge options
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I have no experience of these lounges in T3. Are OWE guest rules applied as rigidly as at T5 where I would never even bother to ask (travelling with cost centers next week).
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Less rigidly, particularly if your cost centres are adorable, as I'm sure they are, and I suspect again you should start at Cathay.
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I am travelling with my husband and father (both blue) at the end of the month. Will I be able to guest hubbie into the BA first lounge, leave him there and then guest my dad into the Cathay lounge? Presumably BA and CX systems don't talk to each other so I wouldn't fall foul of the one guest rule?
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I am travelling with my husband and father (both blue) at the end of the month. Will I be able to guest hubbie into the BA first lounge, leave him there and then guest my dad into the Cathay lounge? Presumably BA and CX systems don't talk to each other so I wouldn't fall foul of the one guest rule?
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I've done this once - but that time I thought it was legit. I had two friends fly through LHR the same day I had a 14 hour connection. First guest was with me for a few hours, then the next one - 4-5 hours later - for another few hours. I didn't feel bad about that.
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I am travelling with my husband and father (both blue) at the end of the month. Will I be able to guest hubbie into the BA first lounge, leave him there and then guest my dad into the Cathay lounge? Presumably BA and CX systems don't talk to each other so I wouldn't fall foul of the one guest rule?
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The CX F is definitely my favourite for dining, one of the best dining experiences of any lounge anywhere, including the CCR. However, that bar is pretty low, I've yet to set foot in an airline lounge where I would willingly pay for the privilege of dining as I would in a normal restaurant.
The asparagus on the CX F lounge menu at the moment is especially good, properly blanched and still crunchy, not at all your overcooked wilting nonsense, so someone in the kitchen definitely cares which is more than can be said for most lounges. The burger is OK, but if the "truffle chips" served with it had seen any truffle, I'm a monkey's uncle, and they weren't seasoned either.
The CX J lounge has a proper bar with stools, an ambience I think I would prefer if in an imbibing mood, and they'll mix you a cocktail, although I've yet to experience it myself in that lounge: sometimes cocktail mixing in an airline like lounge is a bit of a journey into the unknown, as I have found to my cost in the Malaysian F lounge in T4. If it's any gauge, the CX Wing F and particularly Pier F lounges in HKG definitely know how to mix a decent cocktail.
The asparagus on the CX F lounge menu at the moment is especially good, properly blanched and still crunchy, not at all your overcooked wilting nonsense, so someone in the kitchen definitely cares which is more than can be said for most lounges. The burger is OK, but if the "truffle chips" served with it had seen any truffle, I'm a monkey's uncle, and they weren't seasoned either.
The CX J lounge has a proper bar with stools, an ambience I think I would prefer if in an imbibing mood, and they'll mix you a cocktail, although I've yet to experience it myself in that lounge: sometimes cocktail mixing in an airline like lounge is a bit of a journey into the unknown, as I have found to my cost in the Malaysian F lounge in T4. If it's any gauge, the CX Wing F and particularly Pier F lounges in HKG definitely know how to mix a decent cocktail.
Last edited by Howard Long; May 4, 2017 at 1:08 pm
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CDG AF F
SYD QF F
FRA LH FCT/FCL
Happy to pay a reasonable amount for the food served in those places.
At LHR, no way jose.
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Question:
We are arriving BA F from Seattle and connecting same day to Prague BA CE @ T3. We are traveling on Alaska Air awards tickets.
Will we be able to access CX F Lounge?
I ask because we did the same a couple years ago and we were only allowed access to the old J Lounge (before remodel). Agent did not allow us access to First Lounge even though we arrived on BA F. I'm assuming this was a one off and we should be allowed access... Any recent F access denial experiences?
now, all I need to do is decide if I want to use BA Arrivals Lounge or use flight connections and head straight to CX ft shower, etc....
Thanks all...DUT
We are arriving BA F from Seattle and connecting same day to Prague BA CE @ T3. We are traveling on Alaska Air awards tickets.
Will we be able to access CX F Lounge?
I ask because we did the same a couple years ago and we were only allowed access to the old J Lounge (before remodel). Agent did not allow us access to First Lounge even though we arrived on BA F. I'm assuming this was a one off and we should be allowed access... Any recent F access denial experiences?
now, all I need to do is decide if I want to use BA Arrivals Lounge or use flight connections and head straight to CX ft shower, etc....
Thanks all...DUT