Can someone please remind me what year this is?
Nov 25, 2018, 11:36 am
#31
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For some reason, I’m not nearly as bothered by someone writing my information on a piece of paper as I am by the lounge staff wanting to keep something of mine while in the shower.
I’m not so bothered if they want to keep my (easily replaceable) boarding card. I am much more bothered if they want to keep my passport (as I recall one lounge attendant wanted, although not at a BA lounge).
I’m not so bothered if they want to keep my (easily replaceable) boarding card. I am much more bothered if they want to keep my passport (as I recall one lounge attendant wanted, although not at a BA lounge).
Nov 25, 2018, 12:36 pm
#33
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Well I can attest to the fact that Qantas don’t trouble themselves with such nonsense - at least not in their home lounges. Staff appear to know whether a shower room is available without the need for paper records etc ; and if so, simply direct you to it. If fresh towels have not been made available in the room already, reception personnel will hand them to you at the desk. And in BNE just recently, it was apparent that you could simply make use of the (immaculate) shower facilities without any prior requirement to present yourself to staff at all.
Immaculate? Unfortunately not at SYD domestic J lounge showers. Again, not surprising when they haven't been cleaned between users, though.
Nov 25, 2018, 12:55 pm
#34
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@ LTN Phobia : perhaps I’ve been unusually fortunate timing-wise..... but either way our experiences clearly differ.
I have used (or at least taken a quick look at) shower facilities at all the key QF stations (PER, BNE, MEL, ADL, SYD) and have never been less than impressed with them.
I have used (or at least taken a quick look at) shower facilities at all the key QF stations (PER, BNE, MEL, ADL, SYD) and have never been less than impressed with them.
Nov 25, 2018, 1:18 pm
#36
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@ LTN Phobia : perhaps I’ve been unusually fortunate timing-wise..... but either way our experiences clearly differ.
I have used (or at least taken a quick look at) shower facilities at all the key QF stations (PER, BNE, MEL, ADL, SYD) and have never been less than impressed with them.
I have used (or at least taken a quick look at) shower facilities at all the key QF stations (PER, BNE, MEL, ADL, SYD) and have never been less than impressed with them.
As QF Sydney domestic J lounge is my near-monthly transit point after an international flight at the moment and has been for the last 10 years or so, it's one of those things I'm not happy with. In fact I have skipped shower quite a few times during transit at SYD domestic J lounge after an international flight because the facilities did not look clean enough (it looked like it hadn't been cleaned at all that day), preferring to wait until I get to the destination. It's a bit unfortunate, really.
Another problem at QF SYD domestic J lounge is that you end up loitering waiting for availability nearby, because there is no managed waiting system for the shower.
The managed waiting system that BA use for the showers, and cleaning it after each use, is much more to my liking.
Nov 25, 2018, 2:20 pm
#38
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Nov 25, 2018, 3:02 pm
#39
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There are still many very practical uses for dot matrix printers.
Nov 25, 2018, 3:10 pm
#40
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Ok some experiences with showers etc In the last couple of years-
AA ORD flagship lounge - details written down, BP retained and kept in exchange for the shower key.
AA JFK - flagship - just told to queue up!
AA SFO - manual system and BP retained.
VS LHR - same also manual system for Spa. Treatment.
sometimes when you have multiple facilities and multiple people wanting to use them a manual system works best as you can have a single list to call people off. Most It based systems want to assign a person to a room even though that means they wait longer because they have to wait for that user to finish their shower not just for the first vacant shower.
AA ORD flagship lounge - details written down, BP retained and kept in exchange for the shower key.
AA JFK - flagship - just told to queue up!
AA SFO - manual system and BP retained.
VS LHR - same also manual system for Spa. Treatment.
sometimes when you have multiple facilities and multiple people wanting to use them a manual system works best as you can have a single list to call people off. Most It based systems want to assign a person to a room even though that means they wait longer because they have to wait for that user to finish their shower not just for the first vacant shower.
Nov 25, 2018, 3:40 pm
#41
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Certainly no handwritten logs at CX Pier F - I used the showers there about 4 or 5 times in the last few weeks.
Nov 25, 2018, 6:20 pm
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Well, with all the news recently about people choosing to change things about themselves by self-identifying as something other than what their biology would indicate, I see no problem with that. In fact, IIRC, there's someone in Australia who has chosen to self-identify knocking 20 years off his age; and he's in court trying to establish that fact.
Nov 25, 2018, 7:59 pm
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