Best Beijing OW Lounge
 

{I'm breaking this out from the other thread I posted it in as I suspect it may have been lost in the title. Apologies to those re-reading it.}

I'm OW Emerald, travelling Y with son 1. Mrs paul4471 and son 2 are no status but travelling J.

We have a 14:00 departure from PEK to KIX on 30 Jan and having never been there I'm keen to find out about best OW lounge choice in Beijing. Someone mentioned the AY lounge was good - looking at the AY schedule it doesn't appear they have a flight that day - do they own their lounge (and hence likely to be closed) at PEK or is it shared?

Would appreciate regulars feedback on which lounge would be best choice as OW emerald in PEK?

I believe as we are on JAL we will travel from Terminal 3 - the JAL sitye seems (very confusing FF tiers) to indicate we can use the Air China (*A) First class lounge - anyone experienced it? Very limited and mixed reviews on the * site.

Thanks again, paul4471

T3 in Beijing isn't lounge heaven. The Air China lounge is used by a number of airlines, including OW (JAL, BA, FIN I think). There's a Cathay/Dragon Air lounge that isn't all that great. Qantas uses the BSG operated lounge and is also only ordinary.

I might be mistaken, but basically I think the only OW operated lounge is the CX lounge. Otherwise, you will be limited to the lounge invitation provided at check in.

The CA first lounge at PEK is okay (and much better than the lounges in the old terminal which I have used).

The only OW lounge in PEK I am aware of is the CX/KA lounge. It is actually run by BGS. It is a nice lounge but with limited food offerings - like any lounge in China.

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Yeah, the old lounges in T2 were horrible. I'm pretty sure the CX/KA lounges are not operated by BSG. At least it's a branded facility unlike the BSG lounge QF uses.

That was my first segment home after the Olympics on a business class award and I was given an invitation from JAL for the Air China First Class lounge. Photos linked below. Nothing special in terms of food--think I had some pound cake.

Thanks for the prompt replies - looks like it'll be the Air China lounge for me.

Might wander over to the CX lounge as well if we have time to kill.

It is. Next time when you are in the CX/KA lounge in PEK, you can ask the lounge attendants.

The CA lounge is a third party lounge. Your accessibility is determined by the airline you are flying on. Are you flying JL?

Looks like the answer to that would be "yes".

OW EM flying JL can go to either lounge. IIRC, the CA lounge is next to the CX lounge, but accessed through different stairs. If you have about 15 min to spare, you can check out the CX lounge.