Lounge in JFK
May 5, 2009 | 11:10 am
#2
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 868
You can only use the BA First Class lounge which is a dump. There's no proper food, no showers(if no BA flights are departing). The JFK lounge is the weakest link in the entire journey from JFK to HKG. By the way, the fast track customs doesn't work if there are no BA flights flying out at the time of ur departure.
May 5, 2009 | 3:23 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2007
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There are in fact BA flights leaving JFK in the early morning, I'd think at around 8-9am, earlier than the 841. Those flights are part of a (smaller than the evening) bank of European departures that arrive in Europe at night. I'd imagine that the BA lounge would stay open with full service for pax on the CX flight.
May 6, 2009 | 2:16 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Europe
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I only prefer the F lounge when there are delays in the QF and CX flights, because those tend to cause the J lounge to fill up too much.
May 6, 2009 | 3:13 am
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May 6, 2009 | 8:42 am
#8
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May 6, 2009 | 8:53 am
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May 6, 2009 | 6:29 pm
#10
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Comments on the BA F lounge have been accurate, definitely nothing to write home about.
May 6, 2009 | 7:02 pm
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May 12, 2009 | 11:55 am
#12
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As a lowly Silver I only had experienced in the BA J lounge and always wondered about the F lounge, until I got taken in by a friend of mine who is a Diamond, and I was quickly disappointed. Small place, no good food, and really nothing special. I quickly told him had he ever been to J lounge that it's a lot better, and he looked at me as if I'm crazy, but I convinced him to go take a peek and we did.
3 years later he told me he's never gone back to F but always use BA J at JFK. The only time he uses F is when he wanted dinner at BA F
3 years later he told me he's never gone back to F but always use BA J at JFK. The only time he uses F is when he wanted dinner at BA F