AY Schengen lounge at HEL
Nov 3, 2022, 3:57 am
#1216
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum (OWE), HHonors Gold
Posts: 203
Checking the showers is a good point. Otherwise I actually have reasonable experiences of going for runs around the general airport area from various airport hotels and the like in HEL. It's flat, paved and you get to see parts of the ecosystem like cargo terminals and customs that you normally wouldn't. Gives a great appreciation for the airport as a complex organism.
Nov 17, 2022, 10:43 pm
#1217
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,968
Wow the food here at the schengen lounge is just terrible, looks so bad I dont want to taste it or even photograph it.
Luckily Lonkero is available for morning salads and a glass of sparkling on request
Luckily Lonkero is available for morning salads and a glass of sparkling on request
Nov 17, 2022, 11:04 pm
#1218
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,758
Had two slices of bread, butter, cheese, Mettwurst, yoghurt, Müsli and strawberry jam. Two-star hotel breakfast.
Nov 17, 2022, 11:06 pm
#1219
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,968
Not at all crowdwd, I came in 709 and quite empty, though still had to go to the Lumo area 😁 put of principle
Nov 21, 2022, 9:05 pm
#1220
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SFO
Programs: AY Plat, LH FTL
Posts: 7,375
Stopped by the Schengen lounge waiting for passport control to the non-Schengen area to open. Saw many folks with plates full of the eggs with hot dogs. I stuck with the muesli, salad, and cold cuts, which were okay.
Nov 22, 2022, 2:07 am
#1223
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,183
If actually hot-dogs, wouldn't that be the first non-vegetarian dish in that lounge since a longtime?
Nov 22, 2022, 2:35 am
#1225
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: BA Gold, OZ Diamond, LH Silver
Posts: 554
Nov 26, 2022, 2:48 am
#1227
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: BGO (Temporarily HEL)
Programs: AY+ Gold, SK EBG
Posts: 400
Been a while since I've been in HEL Schengen Lounge (and on AY, but that is another matter), but smoked reindeer soup was genuinely quite tasty IMO. And yes reindeer isn't ""exotic"" to me. Don't know if that's new or an older staple I've missed, but felt I had to say it.
Rest "ok" from what I could tell in sub 30 min stay. Mexican veggie patties, not bad baked potatoes, vinegrette etc.
Rest "ok" from what I could tell in sub 30 min stay. Mexican veggie patties, not bad baked potatoes, vinegrette etc.
Nov 28, 2022, 3:08 pm
#1228
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY, SK, TK
Posts: 7,602
Today a tad less overcrowded. I think the only overcrowded area was the Lumo corner! So now we have confirmed thus we have a true Lumofirst dedicated lounge 
Same offerings (Kuortaneen Esson takapihan retiisit) that I didnt touch, had some reindeer soup which they happened to have. Okayish.
Same offerings (Kuortaneen Esson takapihan retiisit) that I didnt touch, had some reindeer soup which they happened to have. Okayish.
Nov 28, 2022, 10:22 pm
#1229
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,758
Tuesday morning, 7:15 am. Crowd is leaving so the lounge is not busy at all. Slight adjustments to the menu; apple jam instead of strawberry, better cheese and worse cold cuts.
Nov 30, 2022, 3:27 am
#1230
Ambassador: Finnair
Join Date: May 2003
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Lumo, BA Silver, HHonors Gold
Posts: 4,270
Quite pleasant now, actually. Not crowded and less dishes around than in a normal student dormitory kitchen area.
Thisvegehöpöbullbeanmössö was better in taste than it looks
Thisvegehöpöbullbeanmössö was better in taste than it looks