Best Oneworld lounge at Haneda
Jul 12, 2018, 9:03 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Brexile / Tokyo
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BA Lounge Database | Far East
JAL is always my first/First choice.
Lounge guide gives a fair summary of your options. ^
JAL is always my first/First choice.
Lounge guide gives a fair summary of your options. ^
Jul 12, 2018, 9:07 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: NEW YORK CITY
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It's not even close. JAL first class lounge hands down. Plentiful showers, bounty of food and drink including a chef preparing entrees, smoking room if you need it, and the Red Suite lounge within the lounge.
Jul 12, 2018, 11:42 pm
#5
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Jul 13, 2018, 2:19 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: London
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Just massage chairs when I was there in April - no actual human involved. I believe that they may have removed the human massage. But, I agree, it's a nice lounge with good Japanese curry, beer machines (if you're that way inclined for the early morning BA flight) and, a chef making Japanese pancakes (in the morning anyway).
Before it's renovation I also got a free 5.4 richter scale mini-earthquake- all the Europeans stood up wondering what the hell was going on and the the Japanese just carried on as if nothing was happening!
Before it's renovation I also got a free 5.4 richter scale mini-earthquake- all the Europeans stood up wondering what the hell was going on and the the Japanese just carried on as if nothing was happening!
Jul 13, 2018, 2:52 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Actually, I very much disagree. I think if you told me I could only ever go to one lounge again at HND I'd pick JL F, but the CX lounge has some definite advantages - the food is more substantial, it has better coffee, the decor is better, it has a manned bar with cocktails, it has more comfortable seating. JL F wins on being quieter, better champagne, slightly better service, shoe shine, self serve alcohol. If I'm there for a while I normally go for food and a cocktail in CX before moving to JL F to relax with a glass of champagne until the flight is called.
For the record, I've probably been through HND International Terminal 10-15 times in the last year so this is judging from many visits.
For the record, I've probably been through HND International Terminal 10-15 times in the last year so this is judging from many visits.
Jul 13, 2018, 6:55 am
#13
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Indeed it does, although has been a long time since I've ventured into one of the JL J lounges. CX is technically operating as a combined J/F lounge depending on the time of day I suppose, given there is normally 1 or sometimes 2 CX flights with F a day.
Jul 13, 2018, 1:13 pm
#14
Join Date: Aug 2005
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I prefer the food / cocktails in the Cathay Lounge but the ambiance / wine of the JAL F lounge.
How about you just go to both?
How about you just go to both?
Jul 15, 2018, 10:56 am
#15
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Would second going to both. CX is a nice lounge and the staff working there is top notch. My last visit (December 2017), I got there right before the lounge closed (was on the AA HND - LAX flight) and the head of the CX lounge came over to thank me for visiting and to apologize that I could only stay for 10 minutes because the lounge was closing.
I assured her it wasn't a problem and just wanted some noodles (can't resist Dan Dan noodles from a CX lounge). She offered me something from the bar and I declined and said it was too bad given the price increases that offering Japanese whisky with any age wasn't feasible anymore. She excused herself and came back a couple of minutes later with a glass of Yamazaki 12 that the had hidden in the back (presumably for VIPs -- which I certainly am not).
I assured her it wasn't a problem and just wanted some noodles (can't resist Dan Dan noodles from a CX lounge). She offered me something from the bar and I declined and said it was too bad given the price increases that offering Japanese whisky with any age wasn't feasible anymore. She excused herself and came back a couple of minutes later with a glass of Yamazaki 12 that the had hidden in the back (presumably for VIPs -- which I certainly am not).