BKK - JAL lounge and transit desk hours?
Aug 7, 2008, 12:19 pm
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BKK - JAL lounge and transit desk hours?
Does anyone know what the opening hours are for the JAL lounge or the JAL transit desk are in Bangkok? I haven't been able to find those anywhere. I'm arriving in late morning but my outbound flight isn't until late evening.
Aug 8, 2008, 11:51 am
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As OneWorld Sapphire you can also use the CX Lounge which will be open and also the Qantas Lounge which opens around 1pm I think.
Both are much nicer than the poorly furnished and equiped JAL Suckua Lounge
Both are much nicer than the poorly furnished and equiped JAL Suckua Lounge
Aug 14, 2008, 2:41 pm
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Just to close out the thread, I had an email response from JAL.
"In regards to your inquiry, the operation hours for the Sakura Lounge at Suvarnabhumi International Airport is as follows: 05:45 to 08:30 and 15:00 to 23:30 (local time). Unfortunately, a JAL staff will not be available at the transit counter until 19:30, as the hours are 19:30 to 23:25 (local time) for all JAL evening departure flights from Bangkok."
I am truly hoping that the CX and/or Qantas lounge will let me in with just an itinerary showing a later departure and my AA platinum card, but no boarding pass . . . and perhaps more importantly that I'll be able to get to the international departures area from the international arrivals area.
"In regards to your inquiry, the operation hours for the Sakura Lounge at Suvarnabhumi International Airport is as follows: 05:45 to 08:30 and 15:00 to 23:30 (local time). Unfortunately, a JAL staff will not be available at the transit counter until 19:30, as the hours are 19:30 to 23:25 (local time) for all JAL evening departure flights from Bangkok."
I am truly hoping that the CX and/or Qantas lounge will let me in with just an itinerary showing a later departure and my AA platinum card, but no boarding pass . . . and perhaps more importantly that I'll be able to get to the international departures area from the international arrivals area.
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Aug 14, 2008, 3:09 pm
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Is this all one ticket on OW carriers? If so, they should give you your JAL boarding pass when you check in for your first flight. At least, they do when I check in with AA and I'm connecting to JAL in either Chicago or New York.
Aug 14, 2008, 3:20 pm
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No. Separate ticket from Phnom Penh to Bangkok on Thai. The onward JAL ticket is an AA award.
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Aug 17, 2008, 8:50 am
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Like the OP, I too will have 3-4 hours to spend at the Bangkok Airport coming in from Siem Riep on a separate ticket, flying out JL718 in business BKK-NRT on AA award tickets. Can we use either the CX or QF lounge in place of JL if it's that bad? Is there anything else to do or a good place to eat at the BKK airport?
Aug 19, 2008, 7:28 pm
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Like the OP, I too will have 3-4 hours to spend at the Bangkok Airport coming in from Siem Riep on a separate ticket, flying out JL718 in business BKK-NRT on AA award tickets. Can we use either the CX or QF lounge in place of JL if it's that bad? Is there anything else to do or a good place to eat at the BKK airport?
http://www.bangkokairportonline.com/node/131
Jan 14, 2018, 6:04 pm
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Can anyone who has been there recently please confirm what you found? TIA.
Jan 17, 2018, 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by henry999
Can anyone who has been there recently please confirm what you found? TIA.
Jan 19, 2018, 9:32 am
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Was in bkk last weekend and (while lounge hopping between the Eva lounge and Singapore Airlines lounge) passed by the Sakura lounge several times. I did notice that the lounge hours haven’t changed.