Update on Clubs for Fiji Airways?
Apr 4, 2015, 4:31 pm
#17
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March 2015 travel:
We found the Los Angeles International lounge at LAX satisfactory. We managed to check in our luggage over 4 1/2 hours in advance and precede to the lounge. There is an indoor area and an "outdoor" area (actually in the terminal), but on a "balcony" from the club. It is not too large and has modest bathroom facilities. There is a full bar and modest food. The lounge is on the 6th floor. Flight announcements are made. Our gate, 142, is a long walk from the lounge. Then it is on buses for a long ride to our plane. Then several switchback ramps up to the door to the plane.
The Tabula club at NAN, Nadi (said like nandy) is small. It provides most all of what you might want and has a friendly staff person. It might have been nice at one time, but like the airport itself, the club is tired. The bathroom is really modest. Again full beverages and modest food.
The Quantas business lounge (there is a first class one too) is huge! It has two full food service areas. When we arrived, one area had full hot breakfast and the other was being set up for lunch (roped off). Multiple long center bars had booze, cookies, and there was a gelato cooler and attendant. The club is so staffed, that most things are picked up within 30 seconds of abandonment! Very nice bathrooms with material areas for use. This is truly a superior club, we have only found similar outside the USA.
We found the Los Angeles International lounge at LAX satisfactory. We managed to check in our luggage over 4 1/2 hours in advance and precede to the lounge. There is an indoor area and an "outdoor" area (actually in the terminal), but on a "balcony" from the club. It is not too large and has modest bathroom facilities. There is a full bar and modest food. The lounge is on the 6th floor. Flight announcements are made. Our gate, 142, is a long walk from the lounge. Then it is on buses for a long ride to our plane. Then several switchback ramps up to the door to the plane.
The Tabula club at NAN, Nadi (said like nandy) is small. It provides most all of what you might want and has a friendly staff person. It might have been nice at one time, but like the airport itself, the club is tired. The bathroom is really modest. Again full beverages and modest food.
The Quantas business lounge (there is a first class one too) is huge! It has two full food service areas. When we arrived, one area had full hot breakfast and the other was being set up for lunch (roped off). Multiple long center bars had booze, cookies, and there was a gelato cooler and attendant. The club is so staffed, that most things are picked up within 30 seconds of abandonment! Very nice bathrooms with material areas for use. This is truly a superior club, we have only found similar outside the USA.
Mar 23, 2016, 10:44 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: GSO
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Has anyone transited the Tabua Club lounge at NAN recently? 2 questions:
1) Is there any way to visit the lounge upon arrival, but then exit to customs and enter Fiji? I was originally booked in Business Class on the AA nonstop LAX-SYD, but had to change dates, and the only routing available was LAX-NAN-SYD. Since I did not change my origin/destination, this allowed me to change for free, but now that I am landing in NAN, I will still be holding an onward ticket to SYD, but I'd rather stay in Fiji for a few days. I could use my onward boarding pass for NAN-SYD to pass through transit and access the lounge for a shower upon arrival, but I am unsure if I will then be able to exit through customs. I won't have any checked luggage, so if this isn't possible, I will simply take my carry on luggage and exit to arrivals upon landing in NAN.
2) I noticed in a review of the Tabua Club lounge that there is a shower, but it is noted that no towels are available. Is this accurate? After I stop in Fiji for a few days and continue on to SYD, I was curious if there would be towels in the lounge for shower use.
1) Is there any way to visit the lounge upon arrival, but then exit to customs and enter Fiji? I was originally booked in Business Class on the AA nonstop LAX-SYD, but had to change dates, and the only routing available was LAX-NAN-SYD. Since I did not change my origin/destination, this allowed me to change for free, but now that I am landing in NAN, I will still be holding an onward ticket to SYD, but I'd rather stay in Fiji for a few days. I could use my onward boarding pass for NAN-SYD to pass through transit and access the lounge for a shower upon arrival, but I am unsure if I will then be able to exit through customs. I won't have any checked luggage, so if this isn't possible, I will simply take my carry on luggage and exit to arrivals upon landing in NAN.
2) I noticed in a review of the Tabua Club lounge that there is a shower, but it is noted that no towels are available. Is this accurate? After I stop in Fiji for a few days and continue on to SYD, I was curious if there would be towels in the lounge for shower use.
Apr 4, 2016, 3:50 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Fiji Airways may have arrangements with other airlines to similarly allow access. You'd need to check the lounge eligibility guide for your OWS airline.