First EY flights
Feb 10, 2014, 9:03 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: EK Skywards Gold, Etihad Guest Gold, VS
Posts: 256
First EY flights
I have just booked my first EY flights, in Y, UK to OZ and return (EY18/470/473/11), out in April, back in May. The price really was too good to miss out on.
Any tips to get the best out of the EY experience would be appreciated.
As EY status matched my EK gold card I guess I get into the various lounges...LHR, AUH, SIN and BNE? How are they?
Thank you.
Any tips to get the best out of the EY experience would be appreciated.
As EY status matched my EK gold card I guess I get into the various lounges...LHR, AUH, SIN and BNE? How are they?
Thank you.
Feb 10, 2014, 2:32 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: homeless
Programs: QF Plat, KL Plat, TK Gold, WY Gold, Bonvoy Tit
Posts: 581
LHR will be the best of the bunch.
AUH is a secondary lounge, Al Reem, which is nowhere near as good as the AUH Biz and First lounges.
SIN is a shared lounge, the CIP I believe, it's really nothing special.
BNE should be passable, Virgin Australia lounge there, have never been in BNE but these are usually fairly busy in MEL and SYD with your typical business commuters.
Enjoy LHR - it's pretty close to what you get in AUH First Lounge, so you can let the imagination stretch a bit when you are in AUH Al Reem
AUH is a secondary lounge, Al Reem, which is nowhere near as good as the AUH Biz and First lounges.
SIN is a shared lounge, the CIP I believe, it's really nothing special.
BNE should be passable, Virgin Australia lounge there, have never been in BNE but these are usually fairly busy in MEL and SYD with your typical business commuters.
Enjoy LHR - it's pretty close to what you get in AUH First Lounge, so you can let the imagination stretch a bit when you are in AUH Al Reem
Feb 10, 2014, 5:00 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 650
Auh biz lounge
I have been told that the biz lounge is full to overflowing in the morning (say, for 10 am departures) and that it's best to stay in the concourses.
Any insight on this matter? I would arrive at airport later if I knew that the lounge was a no-go zone because of crowding.
Thanks
Any insight on this matter? I would arrive at airport later if I knew that the lounge was a no-go zone because of crowding.
Thanks
Feb 10, 2014, 10:12 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: cbr
Programs: QF WP (OWE) / LTG (LT OWS) | Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,972
You'd be better off staying in the general concourse area. The lounge is utterly crap.
Feb 12, 2014, 9:25 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: homeless
Programs: QF Plat, KL Plat, TK Gold, WY Gold, Bonvoy Tit
Posts: 581
I have been told that the biz lounge is full to overflowing in the morning (say, for 10 am departures) and that it's best to stay in the concourses.
Any insight on this matter? I would arrive at airport later if I knew that the lounge was a no-go zone because of crowding.
Thanks
Any insight on this matter? I would arrive at airport later if I knew that the lounge was a no-go zone because of crowding.
Thanks
Unless you are extremely agoraphobic I wouldn't call it a "no-go zone". Busy though, yes.
Feb 13, 2014, 4:00 pm
#6
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 67
Yes, I was in the business lounge in AUH recently waiting for 10 am departure and thought it was a disgeace! Very difficult to find a seat, limited selection of food on offer, bartender didn't know what a Buck's Fizz or Mimosa was, I could go on. Nothing like the experience Emirates offers up the road at dxb. On the positive side, did get a complimentary massage at the spa which was quite good.
Feb 21, 2014, 8:56 am
#8
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: SYD
Programs: QF WP (OWE), VA PLAT, EY GLD, SPG PLAT, Hyatt DIA, Hilton DIA, Hertz PC
Posts: 8,527
EY contracts lounge access from NZ until they open their first Australian lounge in SYD in a few months. For a short while EY used QF Lounges but that relationship ceased shortly thereafter.
