TXL lounges
Feb 18, 2016, 5:10 am
#61
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Wedged somewhere between BTS and VIE ✈
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It's all a little confusing, but always best to try your luck.
Feb 18, 2016, 5:41 am
#63
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Sep 14, 2018, 5:40 am
#66
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: London
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There’s way more than 2 working sockets - or at least there were the other week! Some by the windows are difficult to locate; there’s usually a felt tipped-penned arrow indicating where the sockets can be found.
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Sep 14, 2018, 6:29 am
#67
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Central Scotland, UK
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If you think the BA and Terminal A facilities are bad, you should try the non-Schengen gates at Terminal C, as used by EZY. Basically a big tent with portaloos.
Sep 14, 2018, 8:28 am
#68
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I still like TXL just for speed of access but I agree the BA lounge needs to be put out to pasture and that before the enhanced the meager food offering.
Given that it's busy most of the day they could have it catered to the same standards as LH which is a light year in front.
Given that it's busy most of the day they could have it catered to the same standards as LH which is a light year in front.
Sep 14, 2018, 8:32 am
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Sep 14, 2018, 8:53 am
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Given that it's busy most of the day they could have it catered to the same standards as LH which is a light year in front.
Sep 14, 2018, 5:24 pm
#72
Join Date: Mar 2015
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TXL has recently upped its lounge offering. There's now packaged sandwiches, along with the typical six cheese spreads and crackers. Becks Gold, a German staple, is also here (and probably no other lounge anywhere, ever).
All TXL gates are queues to individual security. Think there are 16, maybe 18 gates at A terminal. B and C are about a 3min walk.
Takes a while to pass security if there's a big queue and then you're in the 'bin'. Most holding areas house two to three gates maximum.
Easy airport, soon (well, soonish) to be replaced by bigger and better Berlin major hub...
All TXL gates are queues to individual security. Think there are 16, maybe 18 gates at A terminal. B and C are about a 3min walk.
Takes a while to pass security if there's a big queue and then you're in the 'bin'. Most holding areas house two to three gates maximum.
Easy airport, soon (well, soonish) to be replaced by bigger and better Berlin major hub...
Sep 14, 2018, 5:39 pm
#73
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Somewhere between SFO and LAX...FYI aka FAT
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I know this lounge gets a number of complaints but it's light years ahead of the broom closet it was 20 years ago. I guess my standards are pretty low which usually equals less disappointment.
Sep 14, 2018, 6:54 pm
#74
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It's not a bad lounge but being outside security - if there was no line or a short line when getting to the airport I always just went through and sat at the gate. The lounge to me wasn't worth having to waiting in the single line security they have at TXL.
Sep 15, 2018, 2:03 am
#75
Join Date: Oct 2004
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