Surprise access to KAL Seoul-GMP domestic lounge
Nov 7, 2019, 4:19 pm
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Surprise access to KAL Seoul-GMP domestic lounge
I flew into ICN this morning at 530 am on DL 27 from ATL, good coach fare and GUCs confirmed both way RDU-ATL-ICN-MSP-RDU. Couldn’t get the good fare including BUS so booked a separate US$90 economy rt GMP-BUS. I wasn’t expecting lounge access at KAL GMP domestic lounge, but I was walk by so stopped in to as. Apparently my ST elite plus gold didn’t do it, but my D1 boarding pass arriving to ICN this morning did.
Nothing special about the lounge - espresso machine, 3 juices, canned soft drinks and packaged pastry, but it was quiet when I got here at 730 am.
Nothing special about the lounge - espresso machine, 3 juices, canned soft drinks and packaged pastry, but it was quiet when I got here at 730 am.
Nov 7, 2019, 5:31 pm
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I flew into ICN this morning at 530 am on DL 27 from ATL, good coach fare and GUCs confirmed both way RDU-ATL-ICN-MSP-RDU. Couldn’t get the good fare including BUS so booked a separate US$90 economy rt GMP-BUS. I wasn’t expecting lounge access at KAL GMP domestic lounge, but I was walk by so stopped in to as. Apparently my ST elite plus gold didn’t do it, but my D1 boarding pass arriving to ICN this morning did.
Nothing special about the lounge - espresso machine, 3 juices, canned soft drinks and packaged pastry, but it was quiet when I got here at 730 am.
Nothing special about the lounge - espresso machine, 3 juices, canned soft drinks and packaged pastry, but it was quiet when I got here at 730 am.
Nov 7, 2019, 9:56 pm
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Granted, the lounge was very basic, but to be honest, GMP domestic is nice, but very limited places to buy food or anything else. Not the shopping mall that ICN or AMS or so many other airports have become.
Nov 8, 2019, 4:03 am
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I realized that is why she asked for the ATL-ICN bp - to verify the same day intl travel. But the GMP-BUS flight wasn’t on the same ticket and not part of the same itin.
Granted, the lounge was very basic, but to be honest, GMP domestic is nice, but very limited places to buy food or anything else. Not the shopping mall that ICN or AMS or so many other airports have become.
Granted, the lounge was very basic, but to be honest, GMP domestic is nice, but very limited places to buy food or anything else. Not the shopping mall that ICN or AMS or so many other airports have become.
As for amenities, most domestic airport terminals are sparse compared to international.
Nov 8, 2019, 8:07 am
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Not being on same ticket doesn't matter. Your STE+ should've gotten you in. The fact you were in D1 doesnt matter. Your post says you couldn't get access as STE+, but did because of you flying D1.
As for amenities, most domestic airport terminals are sparse compared to international.
As for amenities, most domestic airport terminals are sparse compared to international.
Nov 8, 2019, 5:42 pm
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