SFO lounge expansion postponed
Oct 9, 2016, 11:23 pm
#92
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With respect, that is not your problem. That is clearly outside the oneworld lounge access rules. You should have asked for the SFO CX lounge manager's details and passed them onto oneworld in an official (written) complaint where you stated the salient facts of what occurred.
Oct 10, 2016, 1:55 am
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With respect, that is not your problem. That is clearly outside the oneworld lounge access rules. You should have asked for the SFO CX lounge manager's details and passed them onto oneworld in an official (written) complaint where you stated the salient facts of what occurred.
Apr 22, 2017, 2:49 pm
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With all the noise about BA's new/increased investment, and improving lounges, does anyone know if the lounge at SFO is going to be a target for this, and if so what will be done with it?
It's definitely in need of serious enlargement and refub, or being moved to a larger space.
rb211.
It's definitely in need of serious enlargement and refub, or being moved to a larger space.
rb211.
Apr 22, 2017, 3:15 pm
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It's definitely on the list of committed lounge developments, including BOS (now completed), Chicago, Houston, Miami, JFK and Seattle, plus a few in Europe (ABZ, GVA, MAN that I can recall). BA management have underlined this investment is happening at GGL and key client events, and in newsletters too, so it's in print so to speak. Precise timeframes I know not, apart from ABZ (September).
Apr 22, 2017, 3:27 pm
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It's definitely on the list of committed lounge developments, including BOS (now completed), Chicago, Houston, Miami, JFK and Seattle, plus a few in Europe (ABZ, GVA, MAN that I can recall). BA management have underlined this investment is happening at GGL and key client events, and in newsletters too, so it's in print so to speak. Precise timeframes I know not, apart from ABZ (September).
rb211.
Apr 22, 2017, 3:52 pm
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Once these announced lounges have been refurbished, that will just leave TXL, BDA and LOS as the only non-Galleries/Galleries Evolution lounges on the BA operated network. There's also NBO, if it ever reopens.
I am not sure whether the lounge at ABV is still BA operated, or whether it's now a third party lounge like JER and STR.
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Jan 27, 2018, 9:57 am
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Hello,
Had a nice chat with SFO lounge manager recently ( wonderful chap) and it seems the lounge renovation is on again, 3rd quarter of this year.
There was mention of turning the library area at the back of the lounge into a F class dining room.
The mezzanine idea has been scrapped it seems as it would have required too much in the way of elevator modifications to stop at an additional floor on the way down.
We shall have to wait and see if this all happens!
Had a nice chat with SFO lounge manager recently ( wonderful chap) and it seems the lounge renovation is on again, 3rd quarter of this year.
There was mention of turning the library area at the back of the lounge into a F class dining room.
The mezzanine idea has been scrapped it seems as it would have required too much in the way of elevator modifications to stop at an additional floor on the way down.
We shall have to wait and see if this all happens!
Jan 28, 2018, 12:22 am
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Super news! I wonder how they’ll handle the space constraints? It seems that if they moved the reception desk to the empty space upstairs and removed the walls around the current F section they could free up quite a bit of usable area. Still, that lounge gets awfully full...
Jan 28, 2018, 6:16 am
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So I can see that the renovation has been restarted, but I presume, from this thread, that posters want BA to do anything no matter the cost?
Why was the blame for the initial cancellation placed firmly at the doors of BA?
How do you know SFO wasn't screwing BA for more money, at which point they said no?
Why was the blame for the initial cancellation placed firmly at the doors of BA?
How do you know SFO wasn't screwing BA for more money, at which point they said no?
Jan 28, 2018, 12:17 pm
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As we have seen at SIN, DXB, IAD and BOS, I would anticipate the refurbished SFO lounge to be a combined F/J facility with either a Concorde Bar or Concorde Dining facility. As the flight is long enough for meal service and sleep, I would anticipate a Bar rather than Dining product.
It would be standard practice for the SFO airport operator to charge higher rent for a larger facility and/or to provide additional landlord services to new/expanded space.
It would be standard practice for the SFO airport operator to charge higher rent for a larger facility and/or to provide additional landlord services to new/expanded space.
Jan 28, 2018, 2:48 pm
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It depends on how extensive the refurbishment is, what the new finishes are like, the state of the existing services to the space, whether the lounge is relocating/expanding or keeping its current size.
So many variables, but a very broad figure would be 5-6 months for a lounge the size of SFO.
So many variables, but a very broad figure would be 5-6 months for a lounge the size of SFO.
May 15, 2018, 11:55 am
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Plus also are there entry restrictions on Golds travelling solo in WTP on an A380 ? I have to go in/out of SFO in June due to lack of flights to/from SJC.