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Old Jan 17, 2019, 4:26 am
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Originally Posted by chris63
Transited through HKG yesterday & arrived close to UA & TG lounges, UAGF lounge is completely closed & they are not even using the space !

TG have retained their small F section despite HKG losing F on TG, it’s unchanged, just much quieter since you need to be TG Plat or flying F ex HKG for access.

SQ F lounge, still the J restrooms are out of use, it’s an ok lounge but the lack of windows makes it seem claustrophobic.
Sounds pretty dire.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 4:58 am
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Sounds pretty dire.
It seemed dire when I was there & it didn’t cheer me up thinking about how many times I’m transiting HKG this year
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 5:29 am
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It seemed dire when I was there & it didn’t cheer me up thinking about how many times I’m transiting HKG this year
Will avoid HKG then as much as possible, thanks for the heads up. At least until UA opens the Polaris lounge there.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 5:43 am
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At least until UA opens the Polaris lounge there.
Any possibilty of that ?
Surely they must use the space from the previous UAGF lounge ?
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 8:34 am
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Any possibilty of that ?
Surely they must use the space from the previous UAGF lounge ?
UA explicitly mentions HKG among the few cities that are supposed to get a Polaris lounge. HKG is in the „in planning“ stage.

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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:37 am
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UA explicitly mentions HKG among the few cities that are supposed to get a Polaris lounge. HKG is in the „in planning“ stage.

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Excellent !
By next week, please
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:57 am
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Excellent !
By next week, please
Sorry that I have to disappoint you.

There was talk about 2020/2021 for the Polaris lounges abroad.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 2:25 pm
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Originally Posted by cbourl
IMHO Centurion lounge is worse than UA F Lounge No comfortable seating and it has an open air cafe effect with throngs of people - a bit like the CX C lounges in fact, except they are better SQ F is OK and much less crowded, with food to order
To be clear... I’m talking about the Centurion only section of the Centurion lounge with food to order, vintage Champage and is always empty - I’ve only ever seen one other person in there, once.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 10:24 pm
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Depends what you want. When I was in HKG back in June I did the following:
  1. United Club for the showers (when I was there both TG and SQ showers were out of service)
  2. SQ lounge for the food
  3. TG lounge for the space
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:24 pm
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Originally Posted by j2simpso
Depends what you want. When I was in HKG back in June I did the following:
  1. United Club for the showers (when I was there both TG and SQ showers were out of service)
  2. SQ lounge for the food
  3. TG lounge for the space
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I have to admit I do not like the well-worn and musty UA Club showers too much.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:38 pm
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I have to admit I do not like the well-worn and musty UA Club showers too much.
You've clearly never been to a MLL in Canada have you? At least you didn't have to walk past dirty towels and broken glasses! Granted, the UA Club shower is nowhere near the standards of NH lounges, but then again beggars can't be choosers when you're at HKG!

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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:40 pm
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Originally Posted by j2simpso
Depends what you want. When I was in HKG back in June I did the following:
  1. United Club for the showers (when I was there both TG and SQ showers were out of service)
  2. SQ lounge for the food
  3. TG lounge for the space
-James
Yes but it’s quite a schlep between Gates 60 & 15 !
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:41 pm
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Yes but it’s quite a schlep between Gates 60 & 15 !
No schlep! There's a train that will give you door to door service!
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 11:51 pm
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Originally Posted by j2simpso
No schlep! There's a train that will give you door to door service!
Yes, there is the train, they are often overcrowded & seem like they are a mile below Sea level, however as you said, with the very poor options in HKG it’s difficult
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Old Jan 18, 2019, 12:01 am
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Originally Posted by j2simpso
You've clearly never been to a MLL in Canada have you? At least you didn't have to walk past dirty towels and broken glasses! Granted, the UA Club shower is nowhere near the standards of NH lounges, but then again beggars can't be choosers when you're at HKG!

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I‘ve been to a few lounges including MLLs and the last time I used a shower at the UA Club at HKG I was not impressed. Just because the lounge situation at HKG is so bad does not mean I have to „like“ the showers that are there.

Would I use them? If I had to. Would I enjoy it? No!
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