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Old Feb 14, 2019, 5:26 am
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 7:44 am
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Originally Posted by Nick Art
So basically it‘s a (contract-) lounge crawl!
Over my dead Body
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 7:45 am
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Originally Posted by chris63


Over my dead Body
As a resident MAN Aspire Lounger you are the perfect person to show us around
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 7:47 am
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Originally Posted by The Wolf
A triangle MUC (FCL) - MAN (Aspire Lounge) - BRU (The Loft) should be doable in a day, we've got a couple of HON's here able to guest for same flight pax.
In MAN we would force ourselves to spend as much time as we can in the Aspire Lounge (preferrably during LCC rush hour), consume a (paid) hard drink and consume some of the dreadful food
How about MUC - ZRH - BRU ?

As an Englishman I’m just too ashamed of MAN & ‘Aspire ‘
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by The Wolf
What other contract lounges are horrible?
I only know of SOF which is equally dreadful. Could try and do a crappy lounge-a-thon.
BHX ‘Aspire ‘ , seems ‘Aspire’ are running a competition to see which one can be worse & this one is up there with MAN , no restrooms & the Internet is down, no problem they said, just use the airport free wi fi

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Old Feb 14, 2019, 7:57 am
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Originally Posted by The Wolf
As a resident MAN Aspire Lounger you are the perfect person to show us around
Please don’t mock the afflicted

It’s nothing to do with me that MAN has some appalling lounges, EK excepted.
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by Concerto
Couldn't we do a round trip of some of the best lounges? I would be up for that! There are some good ones on the network in Europe, should be possible to hit three in one day! .
Now that’s a great idea & of course the best would be MUC- FRA - ZRH & easily doable in a day
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by chris63


Over my dead Body
We can arrange that.

It'll be Weekend at Bern--- I mean Contract-Lounge Crawls with Chris?
(Didn't work as well as I hoped it would.)
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:12 am
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Originally Posted by chris63
How about MUC - ZRH - BRU ?

As an Englishman I’m just too ashamed of MAN & ‘Aspire ‘
Noooo! The whole thing started while we were discussing MAN. We can’t possibly skip it.

While we are at it how about a visit to the Aspire Lounge in AMS before it’s too late? I believe they brew beer not too far from there as well.

In any case the Aspire lounges are run by Swissport. Someone else in this group should be ashamed.
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by Nick Art
We can arrange that.

It'll be Weekend at Bern--- I mean Contract-Lounge Crawls with Chris?
(Didn't work as well as I hoped it would.)
I think it’s against FT rules to facilitate anything that drastic, or at least it should be

I’m really off contract lounges ..... just now
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:20 am
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Noooo! The whole thing started while we were discussing MAN. We can’t possibly skip it.

While we are at it how about a visit to the Aspire Lounge in AMS before it’s too late? I believe they brew beer not too far from there as well.

In any case the Aspire lounges are run by Swissport. Someone else in this group should be ashamed.
I tried skipping MAN today ..... total disaster..... after Aspire BHX I’m heading for therapy

Fairly sure my therapist is going to recommend no more Aspire !
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:22 am
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Well, whichever it is, MUC-ZRH-FRA FCLs or MUC-MAN-BRU, if anything goes into planning I'll see if I'm available Although judging from that I've only been at the ZRH FCL so far, I do kinda prefer the first option as well. I'm still scarred enough from my visit to the EDI Aspire Lounge last year...
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:23 am
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@chris63 – I see you eventually decided to give Brummieland International another try, I hope the traffic wasn't too bad. As bizarre as it sounds, I miss BHX, the plane-commuting days, the afternoon scones at the Aspire (with the furnishings looking much better, though), the staff welcoming me with a smile and a "Hello G, did you have a good week at work?" ("Yes, glad to see the back of it as ever" ), the free copy of The Times down in the quiet corner opposite gate 42 (great view of the apron) and the usual chat with the Lithuanian gate agent attending the 19:25 service to Copenhagen... You brought some good memories there!

P.S.: the other lounge (No.1, I used to head there when flying SN) is a tad better, at least you can get a decent fish finger sandwich

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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by chris63

Aspire BHX Furnishings
Almost as good as a chair in MAN Hilton. I’ll post a photo when I find it.
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by AlicorporateUK
@chris63 – I see you eventually decided to give Brummieland International another try, I hope the traffic wasn't too bad. As bizarre as it sounds, I miss BHX, the plane-commuting days, the afternoon scones at the Aspire (with the furnishings looking much better, though), the staff welcoming me with a smile and a "Hello G, did you have a good week at work?" ("Yes, glad to see the back of it as ever" ), the free copy of The Times down in the quiet corner opposite gate 42 (great view of the apron) and the usual chat with the Lithuanian gate agent attending the 19:25 service to Copenhagen... You brought some good memories there!

P.S.: the other lounge (No.1, I used to head there when flying SN) is a tad better, at least you can get a decent fish finger sandwich

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Traffic was amazing, just 8 hours Stoke to Airport door

if at at all possible I won’t be doing BHX again & yes whilst trudging to the toilets one has to pass the No1 lounge..... it did look quite inviting & somewhere I would have liked to Aspire to
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