Departing from TFS
Feb 20, 2022, 12:21 pm
#16
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,624
Spacious during Winter and covid or likely still to be spacious with all the Avios’rs in Club high summer?
Feb 25, 2022, 2:52 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 69
Thanks for the replies, decision is that it's worth it. By the time you think of the money saved not having to buy food in the airport/on the flight it's a no brainer given the comfort improvement. I'll post some pics and details afterwards.
I had clocked the four hour restriction on the Aena website but hadn't thought about the check in issue you flag. There's a number of other flights with the same airline during the day so hopefully it will just be generic all-flights bag drop desks and we'll be able to dump the bags nice and early.
If purchasing lounge access directly from the Aena website it's capped at a maximum visit of four hours from your flight departure time on your boarding pass. So keep this in mind as I note you specifically mentioned ABOUT 4 HOURS AT THE AIRPORT. Also as most airlines won't open check in until 2 hours prior this may well reduce your expected lounge usage time as the lounge is after security in the airside area.
Feb 25, 2022, 6:31 pm
#18
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 13
Might have just been half term week but TFS was shambolic on 23rd Feb.
We turned up 2.5 hours before the BA flight and still nearly missed it thanks to:
1. A whole hour queuing to check bags. One desk for economy, 2 desks for CE (12 rows on flight).
2. Huge queues for security, vast numbers of Tui/Jet2 flights.
3. Enormous queue for passport control to access the gates (only 2 flustered staff for the whole airport’s passengers). Staff refusing to prioritise passengers whose flights were about to depart. Lots of angry punters in the queue.
Absolutely dreadful.
The Priority Pass Sala Montana Roja lounge is half decent but no time to use it.
If flying economy / no BA status, I’d get there 3 hours before kickoff.
We turned up 2.5 hours before the BA flight and still nearly missed it thanks to:
1. A whole hour queuing to check bags. One desk for economy, 2 desks for CE (12 rows on flight).
2. Huge queues for security, vast numbers of Tui/Jet2 flights.
3. Enormous queue for passport control to access the gates (only 2 flustered staff for the whole airport’s passengers). Staff refusing to prioritise passengers whose flights were about to depart. Lots of angry punters in the queue.
Absolutely dreadful.
The Priority Pass Sala Montana Roja lounge is half decent but no time to use it.
If flying economy / no BA status, I’d get there 3 hours before kickoff.
Feb 25, 2022, 7:04 pm
#19
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,576
I had clocked the four hour restriction on the Aena website but hadn't thought about the check in issue you flag. There's a number of other flights with the same airline during the day so hopefully it will just be generic all-flights bag drop desks and we'll be able to dump the bags nice and early.
