TXL and WAW lounges
Aug 10, 2019, 7:21 pm
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TXL and WAW lounges
I'll be flying WAW-TXL on LOT then TXL-FRA on LH. *G + PP.
Which lounges can I goto at WAW and TXL?
How do the options rank compared to each other? (Mostly interested in food quality.)
If I have time, I don't mind going to multiple lounges just to see since it is my first time to both airports but if one isnt worth visiting at all, its good to know.
Oh, also flying out of FRA on UA back home. I've been to the LH lounges before but never the PP lounges.
Thanks
Which lounges can I goto at WAW and TXL?
How do the options rank compared to each other? (Mostly interested in food quality.)
If I have time, I don't mind going to multiple lounges just to see since it is my first time to both airports but if one isnt worth visiting at all, its good to know.
Oh, also flying out of FRA on UA back home. I've been to the LH lounges before but never the PP lounges.
Thanks
Aug 11, 2019, 3:40 am
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The Polonez’s Elite section reminds me more and more of the former Ballada lounge i.e. tiny, overcrowded and annoyingly noisy with all those alleged CEOs providing clear instructions and closing deals via their mobile phones, often even on loud speaker for the wider audience to take note accordingly.
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Aug 11, 2019, 10:29 am
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The Polonez’s Elite section reminds me more and more of the former Ballada lounge i.e. tiny, overcrowded and annoyingly noisy with all those alleged CEOs providing clear instructions and closing deals via their mobile phones, often even on loud speaker for the wider audience to take note accordingly.
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Aug 11, 2019, 9:42 pm
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FWIW I find that LH’s food offerings at TXL have improved significantly over the past year or so in line with the redesign of presentation (Staub cookware, new buffet...).
Aug 11, 2019, 11:12 pm
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The TXL lounge is also a bit tired. On the plus side, they have a large selection of German and English newspapers. (They may have just enhanced the NYT Europe, though. It wasn't there during my last visit or two.) There is also plenty of space.
In WAW; the Polonez lounge clearly has better food. It's way too small, though. The *G section feels claustrophobic. The C section has a slightly roomier feel. But it can get seriously overcrowded as well.
I do hear LO's non-Schengen lounge is a lot better (haven't been personally) but that not really relevant given the OP's itinerary.
Aug 12, 2019, 1:42 am
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It is fairly small and can be very full during the 3-5 pm TATL peak hours.
Also no champagne - only prosecco.
I would just go to the Elite lounge-within-a-lounge - for slightly better food & Nicolas Feuillatte champagne.
Aug 15, 2019, 11:27 am
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The Polonez’s Elite section reminds me more and more of the former Ballada lounge i.e. tiny, overcrowded and annoyingly noisy with all those alleged CEOs providing clear instructions and closing deals via their mobile phones, often even on loud speaker for the wider audience to take note accordingly.
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