Best lounge - Paris, brussels or Amsterdam?
Jun 25, 2009, 11:57 am
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In CDG, the lounge is the American Airlines Admirals Club, details (and pictures) of which are in my recent trip report; http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...aris-back.html. 
The AMS lounge is an old style BA Terraces lounge, and there is a new style BA Galleries Club in BRU. I haven't personally visited these lounges.
The AMS lounge is an old style BA Terraces lounge, and there is a new style BA Galleries Club in BRU. I haven't personally visited these lounges.
Jun 25, 2009, 12:01 pm
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I haven't been to CDG (thank God) since the move - they now use an AA Admirals Club. But, errm, it's an Admirals Club. So unless it's somehow magically the best one in the world, BRU without a doubt IMHO. More to the point, if you want booze to abuse, a selection of Belgian beers is surely a big tick!
Jun 25, 2009, 12:01 pm
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Having experienced them all I can say
Amsterdam = sh!thole of a lounge and overcrowded
Paris v= dump
Brussels = Very nice and in fact an early concept of the new Galleries.
Food is OK in the BRU lounge also but the sandwiches seem to go stale very quickly, the beer is good.
Amsterdam = sh!thole of a lounge and overcrowded
Paris v= dump
Brussels = Very nice and in fact an early concept of the new Galleries.
Food is OK in the BRU lounge also but the sandwiches seem to go stale very quickly, the beer is good.
Jun 25, 2009, 12:05 pm
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Jun 25, 2009, 12:06 pm
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I haven't been to CDG (thank God) since the move - they now use an AA Admirals Club. But, errm, it's an Admirals Club. So unless it's somehow magically the best one in the world, BRU without a doubt IMHO. More to the point, if you want booze to abuse, a selection of Belgian beers is surely a big tick!
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Jun 25, 2009, 12:12 pm
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Both, and I would say that AA lounge still falls in to that category. Even the BA lounge back in the day was a dark dungeon.
Jun 25, 2009, 12:15 pm
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I have been to all three, although only CDG and BRU this year.
Whilst the AA lounge at CDG is an improvement on the AF shared lounge (and I was pleased that I managed to talk my way into the CX lounge for food and champagne!), I think the BRU lounge is the best of the three, for the reasons mentioned above and free PCs, although the WC is down the corridor (as in AMS).
AMS has poor food, no PCs or you have to pay, little food and not great drinks selection.
Jun 25, 2009, 2:19 pm
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Maybe it's just me but please tell me that the lounge is not the only criteria you have when deciding where to go?
Each city has it's own charms and personally I would head for Amsterdam. View the lounge as a bonus I would say...
Each city has it's own charms and personally I would head for Amsterdam. View the lounge as a bonus I would say...
Jun 25, 2009, 2:26 pm
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Jun 25, 2009, 2:42 pm
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Tell me! I used it yesterday and to add insult to injury we left from gate D2 (cf T5 gate 10). So a hike from one end of T2 to halfway. Also to compound matters there was a China Air flight going through the same security check point!
Got on board and the captain came out of the cockpit and grabbed the PA! Oh sh*t I thought. Last time that happened it was BA38 nearly landing at LHR.
Anyway it was to tell us of a 75 min delay before startup due to a light breeze from the NE meaning that the N-S takeoff runway was U/S!
Got on board and the captain came out of the cockpit and grabbed the PA! Oh sh*t I thought. Last time that happened it was BA38 nearly landing at LHR.
Anyway it was to tell us of a 75 min delay before startup due to a light breeze from the NE meaning that the N-S takeoff runway was U/S!
Jun 25, 2009, 11:54 pm
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Yes, I believe. It was at the end of some satellite and you turned right, IIRC towards the lounge, down the lift/stairs and into this large square windowless room. Good to have a drinks on a Friday evening with many, many others.
I have been to all three, although only CDG and BRU this year.
Whilst the AA lounge at CDG is an improvement on the AF shared lounge (and I was pleased that I managed to talk my way into the CX lounge for food and champagne!), I think the BRU lounge is the best of the three, for the reasons mentioned above and free PCs, although the WC is down the corridor (as in AMS).
AMS has poor food, no PCs or you have to pay, little food and not great drinks selection.
I have been to all three, although only CDG and BRU this year.
Whilst the AA lounge at CDG is an improvement on the AF shared lounge (and I was pleased that I managed to talk my way into the CX lounge for food and champagne!), I think the BRU lounge is the best of the three, for the reasons mentioned above and free PCs, although the WC is down the corridor (as in AMS).
AMS has poor food, no PCs or you have to pay, little food and not great drinks selection.