Icelandair's Saga lounge moving this spring
Jan 16, 2017, 11:09 pm
#16
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I was at KEF yesterday and they had started to disassemble the current Saga Lounge. They have signs promoting their new lounge throughout the airport saying "You'll wish your flight was late." A wish come true for many, many Icelandair customers:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-in-the-world
This article highlights that Icelandair was the no. 2 least punctual airline in the world last year. El Al is the worst, and Air India is in third place.
I do not find anything special about this lounge. It's less crowded than it used to be, but I believe that is because their flights are now always running so late that nobody has time to go there who's connecting. So it's only travelers originating in Iceland who can realistically go there.
The quality of their wine is very low and the presentation even worse.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-in-the-world
This article highlights that Icelandair was the no. 2 least punctual airline in the world last year. El Al is the worst, and Air India is in third place.
I do not find anything special about this lounge. It's less crowded than it used to be, but I believe that is because their flights are now always running so late that nobody has time to go there who's connecting. So it's only travelers originating in Iceland who can realistically go there.
The quality of their wine is very low and the presentation even worse.
The new lounge is not ready. What you visited was the temporary lounge put in place in the C-gates until the new lounge is ready which wont be until this summer.
Apr 22, 2017, 12:29 am
#17
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New lounge ready date?
Looking to book a trip thru KEF shortly, but would like to see the new Saga lounge.
Any idea of when the new lounge will open?
The idea of the lounge being over the terminal, and not underground as it has been since long ago, really makes we want to time my trip to visit the new lounge.
E-mailed Iceair, but no response yet.
Thanks
Any idea of when the new lounge will open?
The idea of the lounge being over the terminal, and not underground as it has been since long ago, really makes we want to time my trip to visit the new lounge.
E-mailed Iceair, but no response yet.
Thanks
Apr 22, 2017, 3:12 pm
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Received this from Icelandair via Twitter:
"The current plan is to open the lounge around mid-May but it's hard for us to confirm."
Never did get a reply (yet) to my e-mail, so I used FI's Twitter site to ask.
I have found that e-mail with FI is an iffy proposition, but Twitter always solves the problem or gets the answer.
"The current plan is to open the lounge around mid-May but it's hard for us to confirm."
Never did get a reply (yet) to my e-mail, so I used FI's Twitter site to ask.
I have found that e-mail with FI is an iffy proposition, but Twitter always solves the problem or gets the answer.
May 8, 2017, 7:13 pm
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Thanks for that update. If possible, post back that it really is open, and your impression of the new location.
I have a trip to ARN at the end of the month, and am looking forward to this new location.
My Saga lounge visits go back to 1997, when the lounge was loacate back in a corner of the departure lounge. When the lounge moved to the Schengen end of the terminal in 2003, the new lounge was much nicer, but on the ground floor with no windows.
The Saga lounge has always been a nice place, but this should be a great improvement, as I was told it is on an upper level, above the boarding area. Should have a marvelous view.
Thanks
I have a trip to ARN at the end of the month, and am looking forward to this new location.
My Saga lounge visits go back to 1997, when the lounge was loacate back in a corner of the departure lounge. When the lounge moved to the Schengen end of the terminal in 2003, the new lounge was much nicer, but on the ground floor with no windows.
The Saga lounge has always been a nice place, but this should be a great improvement, as I was told it is on an upper level, above the boarding area. Should have a marvelous view.
Thanks
May 11, 2017, 11:27 am
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May 12, 2017, 11:21 am
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Icelandair has updated their website with this:
http://www.icelandair.us/information...t/saga-lounge/
Really looks nice.
http://www.icelandair.us/information...t/saga-lounge/
Really looks nice.
May 16, 2017, 6:48 am
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Some pics from the new lounge here.
May 16, 2017, 10:08 am
#28
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Yeah it's not far from it's original location right by passport control. Of course if you are connecting non-Schengen to Schengen or vice-versa it doesn't matter. Connecting from non-Schengen to non-Schengen (like from the US to the UK) it means going through passport control to use the lounge and then back through passport control to get back to the gates. Passport control is usually really quick though even if the lines seem daunting at first.