Seriously - Is this a premium offering?
Oct 30, 2017, 8:53 am
#17
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Glad you posted the photos binman - if only so that people who have not yet had the (ahem) pleasure of this facility will be left in no doubt as to just how very dreadful it is : the ultimate example of the need to manage expectations when travelling BA.
Last time I used this AMS lounge a few months back, it was late afternoon and I'm pretty sure the offering was actually worse even than shown here, with folk at the 'buffet'* wondering whether they had suddenly been transported to some parallel world of war-time rationing.
*@LTNPhobia - and IIRC, I do believe it included the cup-a-soup. Truly premium.
Last time I used this AMS lounge a few months back, it was late afternoon and I'm pretty sure the offering was actually worse even than shown here, with folk at the 'buffet'* wondering whether they had suddenly been transported to some parallel world of war-time rationing.
*@LTNPhobia - and IIRC, I do believe it included the cup-a-soup. Truly premium.
Last edited by subject2load; Oct 30, 2017 at 9:01 am
Oct 30, 2017, 9:21 am
#19
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I'm not sure it will serve as a benchmark given that the Crown Lounge is KLM's flagship at their own hub of Amsterdam. In any case: more choice but renownedly poor (and that's an understatement) quality. FYI - there's a dedicated thread with plenty of unbiased (and far from enthusiastic) reviews on the KLM forum.
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Oct 30, 2017, 9:28 am
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Oct 30, 2017, 9:29 am
#21
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Glad you posted the photos binman - if only so that people who have not yet had the (ahem) pleasure of this facility will be left in no doubt as to just how very dreadful it is : the ultimate example of the need to manage expectations when travelling BA.
Last time I used this AMS lounge a few months back, it was late afternoon and I'm pretty sure the offering was actually worse even than shown here, with folk at the 'buffet'* wondering whether they had suddenly been transported to some parallel world of war-time rationing.
*@LTNPhobia - and IIRC, I do believe it included the cup-a-soup. Truly premium.
Last time I used this AMS lounge a few months back, it was late afternoon and I'm pretty sure the offering was actually worse even than shown here, with folk at the 'buffet'* wondering whether they had suddenly been transported to some parallel world of war-time rationing.
*@LTNPhobia - and IIRC, I do believe it included the cup-a-soup. Truly premium.
Oct 30, 2017, 9:40 am
#23
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Last time I looked you could get a AMS-LHR-EZE CW return fare for only a few hundred pounds more than the cost of a WT EZE fare from LHR.
I'm sure the ex EU'ers would rather have cheap premium fares than pay an extra £XXXX for a complimentary fry-up in an ex EU lounge.
I'm sure the ex EU'ers would rather have cheap premium fares than pay an extra £XXXX for a complimentary fry-up in an ex EU lounge.
Oct 30, 2017, 9:46 am
#24
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The KLM lounge isn't great to be honest. When the Aspire lounge was being redeveloped last year, I was delighted to be given a pass to the KLM lounge as an alternative. It was nothing like as good as the LHR BA lounges, with very little in the way of food.
Oct 30, 2017, 9:49 am
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Oct 30, 2017, 10:37 am
#26
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Proof indeed that AA mean business. This place shocked me when I visited last month. Not really a fair comparison with a BA outstation waiting room, but, CCR aside, it kicks BA's proverbial all around the park.
Oct 30, 2017, 10:42 am
#27
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I was in the AMS lounge back in May but don't recall it being so sparse.
The Aspire lounge next door was really superb when I flew QR ex AMS and that's where I would go in future.
Oct 30, 2017, 10:45 am
#28
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And the porridge was quite delicious yesterday !
3 jugs of different juice, fully stocked bar with self pour prosecco and also 2 sorts of muffins/cake
That was yesterday mornings offering.
The JER lounge is a gem compared to others
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Oct 30, 2017, 10:45 am
#29
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Noting the bowl of red apples I wonder if BA have an excess cargo of these they are trying to dump, the Club kitchen on my flight yesterday had no food whatsoever halfway through the flight except for a huge bowl of red apples.
Oct 30, 2017, 10:56 am
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* random example : first flight out, last flight back, Mon 06 Nov : £396 return
