CPH-Flyer

No hot dogs today. Last I was in the lounge the food was not too bad. Certainly a drop, or bad luck.

You don't like highballs? They are a very big thing in Japan. I am not a whisky person, so I skip them. But they are a super popular item in any izakaya...

nacho

I know... I haven't got the guts to try them. Had a terrible experience at the whisky museum in Edinburgh, tried whisky mixed with water and it tasted so bad that we had to toss it off. I saw quite some Japanese drinking that in the ANA lounges - maybe I should give it a try next time.

The only time I will ever eat a in the SK lounge is if I know that it will be a while before I have food. If I fly TK, even the on board meal are 100x better than SK lounge food, why waste my stomach capacity for that?

CPH-Flyer

Today was Brćndende Kćrlighed, maybe not the most elegant looking dish but there is a story/tradition to it, which was also explained on the sign next to the food. It was OK tasty for that specific dish, but I can see why it would seem odd to non Scandinavians. To be fair, though, I think it is OK that lounges present some traditional family cooking as well from time to time.

FlyingMoose

It would be great if the lounge operator could be more considerate, especially when you as a local can tell its probably not very inviting to non-locals. They could present locals and non-locals options like many lounges and hotels in Asia do so there is something available for everyone.

Worst case you drop some pizzas or burgers, it doesn't have to Michelin star cooking as long as it is accessible to most common eaters.

nacho

I'll see what they serve when I go there in 2 weeks or so. At least they didn't serve Danish open sandwich or the Swedish sandwich bombs

Mr. won't touch mashed potatoes, if he does I need to send him to psych ward.

If they are considerate, they would have fixed the damn shower and give people more than 1 towel to dry their hair and body, and possibly not just a bubble for all parts of the body. The toilets in the lady room has seen better days.

They did have pizza but it did not look appetizing and was inedible.

CPH-Flyer

I am actually quite OK with lounges setting out items that are local specialities, even if they are a bit odd to the foreign eye. As long as they put a bit of an explanation with it.

There were also chicken meatballs, and the mashed potatoes were not mixed with the bacon for Brćndende Kćrlighed, so you could have the mash with the meat balls which would be perfectly normal.

The salads looked pretty decent and fresh.

Pizzas and burgers are not well suited for a buffet. They dry up, or get too cold pretty quick. If you do like Turkish in their lounges and make a batch of pide every 20 minutes that's always too small for the number of people waiting to get some, then it is always fresh and nice. But I have yet to try a buffet pizza slice in an airline lounge that was worth eating.

vanillabean

So a mental thing, unfamiliar unlike the McDonald"s at home?

SK2751

I love the burning love. It is essentially as salty and fatty as Macdonald. It should be considered inclusive

CPH-Flyer

It was pretty good, Danish comfort food. Now we just need to get them to serve svensk přlseret, and everything else about the lounge could be forgiven.

Amexpat

Does anyone know if I can use the Swiss lounges as SK Gold flying SK at ZRH? I checked the lounge finder function at Star Alliance and saw that there are lounges that just say Swiss with no Star Alliance logo and some that are contract lounges without SK.

dvitasg

Lounge founder at Star Alliance website shows (by definition) only Star Alliance lounges. So the answer is yes, you can use any of them.
Personally, I would recommend Alpine Lounge - nice environment and not that well known, hence relatively quiet.

fassy

True, not well known! I have traveled hundred of times to ZRH over the last couple of years and never heard about this one...

But from the pictures.... I do prefer the normal SEN lounge. Also the chef served meal service is just so much nicer than the buffet in the Alpine lounge. And if it is too crowded downstairs, I love to relax in the old smoker lounge upstairs and have a nap.

gojko88

I haven't gone through ZRH in the last 6 months, but previously the hot meals were always made to order in the Alpine lounge, I don't recall it being a buffet since COVID.

Nick Art

I couldn't disagree more! The Alpine lounge is superior in so many ways imho... It is often more silent, has comfortable seating and a very nice living room vibe. It also has views and the staff is extraordinary. The freshly cooked meals, which they sometimes serve you at your table are also usually great.

It is no surprise some people prefer it over FCL A. Give it a chance!

Shawn02139

This might not be the right forum, but I'm looking to get some business class award tickets on SAS, but don't have SAS points (or I'd have already booked!). Awardhacks.se shoes the availability on SAS, and a link to the sas webpage confirms they are bookable for 50k points.

I see availability in coach with Aeroplan, but not business. Neither United nor Avianca shows availability in business.

I cannot transfer US Amex points to SAS.

Does anyone have any other ideas for how I might book the tickets? Perhaps ANA? or maybe SAS makes these seats available only to its own members, not Star partners?