100 Best Airport Lounges worldwide
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ThomasCoxParticipantHi Esselle.
Sadly I didn’t take a photo of it. Could have sworn it was a Grosset although a quick scan around their website confirms they don’t appear to make one. Strange. Will investigate further as whatever it was, it was rather tasty!
**Turns our it’s a Petaluma Croser (not Grosset). I grabbed a glance at it before it was poured and squirrelled away beneath the counter**
6 Feb 2018
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AmandaParticipantNo contest – has to be the Qatar lounge at LHR – service, food, facilities are all top notch.
I disagree about the Qatar Al Mourhan lounge st Doha though, which is really disappointing. It looks great (but built for looks not convenience), but the seating is uncomfortable, the layout poor and the food is less than average – always the same. The only thing I can recommend is the showers – absolutely no complaint there.
16 Feb 2018
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barnaclesParticipantI agree with those ‘nerds’ (I am unashamedly one of them) who like a view of the tarmac from a lounge. I think the time of day can be important too, if you are looking for decent food; you may coincide with the ‘break’ between, for example, breakfast and lunch, and thus feel shortchanged. I was impressed with the Oman Air First and Business class lounge in BKK (E gates) on a recent visit – hideous seats and décor, no view, but fresh dates, wonderful appetiser-sized dishes of hummus, hot dishes for main courses, and ‘authentic’ Arab coffee.
The Aspire lounge in LHR’s T5 (south end) consistently disappoints with its cramped space, tired food (for example the quiches), indifferent coffee and unenthusiastic staff.
The Bidvest Premier lounge at CPT (domestic terminal) was impressive this morning; relatively quiet at 9am, with a good selection of properly ripe fruit (melon, pineapple), yoghurt and meusli [which my predictive text just tried to ‘correct’ to ‘Muslims’, bizarrely], cooked breakfast dishes, really good espresso coffee from the machine, interested staff, and an even quieter upstairs section where the blinds were less intrusive, affording a lovely view of the recently arrived BA 747, parked up to await cleaning etc before heading back to LHR. It sits next door to the ‘Slow’ lounge, on which many contributors have commented.
One tip – try to say ‘thank you’ to the staff as you exit (I’m sure all BT readers do . . . ) since they have to deal with a lot of very rude and arrogant pax, as I have often witnessed, and it’s nice to redress the balance when one can!
22 Feb 2018
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londoner37Participant1. Cathay Pacific Airways First Class lounge at Hong Kong Airport
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22 Feb 2018
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crookieLondonParticipant1. Etihad First Class lounge Abu Dhabi
2. Qantas First Class lounge Sydney
3. Concorde Room T5 Heathrow1 Mar 2018
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alainboy56ParticipantI disagree with you Tom and @Blanicka. the AY lounge at the Schengen area of HEL is like a Factory canteen! The ideal description for a Biz Lounge can be found if we return to the English word ‘Lounge’, which is to literally lounge or relax, and one cannot do that in an overcrowded factory canteen. There is another smaller one half way to the far gate areas on the left near the shops which is normally a little quieter, although it is much smaller. I usually use that one.
9 Mar 2018
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Tom OtleyKeymasterThis is what we have so far
Lounge Location
American Express Centurion Houston Intercontinental
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan DohaSingapore Airlines First lounge Changi
Virgin’s Clubhouse London – HeathrowAspire lounge Larnaca Airport
British Airways domestic lounge Johannesburg
Star Alliance lounge Los Angeles – Tom Bradley International Terminal
Cathay Pacific Cabin lounge Hong Kong
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse London – Heathrow
Finnair Schengen Business Lounge Helsinki
Cathay “The Pier” First Lounge Hong Kong
Cathay “The Wing” First Lounge Hong Kong
Qantas First lounge Sydney
United Lounge London – Heathrow Terminal 2Turkish Airlines lounge Istanbul
British Airways Club Gatwick South
Oman Air Business Class lounge Muscat
Cathay Pacific lounge Changi Terminal 4
Qantas lounge Sydney
Finnair Premium lounge (Emerald) Helsinki
Qatar Airways Al Safwa Doha
(BA/Comair) SLOW Lounge Cape Town InternationalVirgin Atlantic Clubhouse JFK New York
Lufthansa First Class Frankfurt
Cathay lounge Bangkok
Business lounge Tallinn International
Air France La Premiere Charles De Gaulle Paris
American Airlines First Class Miami
Singapore Airlines Business Class Singapore
Goldair Handling Lounge (Priority Pass) Athens International Airport (Extra Schengen)
All Nippon First Class Haneda Airport Tokyo
British Airways lounge Washington Dulles
Star Alliance First Class Zurich Terminal E
Brussels Airlines main Schengen Lounge Brussels Airport
Miracle Lounge Bangkok
British Airways Concorde Room JFK New York
Qantas First Lounge Melbourne
Malaysia Airlines First Lounge London – Heathrow
British Airways Lounge Copenhagen
Calpe Lounge (Priority Pass) Gibralter International
Marco Polo Lounge Venice
Cibeles VIP Lounge Madrid Terminal 1
Aspire Lounge Zurich Terminal E
SEA Delta Sky Club Seattle South Satellite
Air New Zealand International lounge Auckland
Cathay First/Business Lounge Manila Terminal 3
American Express Centurion Miami
American Express Centurion London – Gatwick
American Airlines Flagship lounge JFK New York
Qatar Airways lounge London – Heathrow
Oman Air First and Business Class Bangkok
Bidvest Premier lounge Cape Town International
Etihad First Class Abu Dhabi
British Airways lounge Dubai
Bangkok Airways lounge Samui International
British Airways First lounge Chicago
British Airways First lounge Houston
51st & Green lounge Dublin
American Airlines Flagship lounge Chicago
Singapore Airlines lounge Jakarta
United Airlines lounge London – Heathrow Terminal 2
Lufthansa lounge London – Heathrow Terminal 2I’m going to add Sao Paulo – Oneworld, which I thought was good – but surely there must be a few more in the whole of S America.
Qantas LAX
Must be a few votes for one of the Emirates ones?
9 Mar 2018
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roddersParticipantmy favourites are:
Qatar: Al Safwa First and Al Mourjan Business in Doha, and their London lounge is excellent
BA: Concorde Room in London, the new F in Gatwick, and the new lounge complex in Boston, (like the lounge boarding aspect)
CX: both F lounges in Hong Kong, the new London one is also good
QF: Sydney and Brisbane F and the new lounges in Singapore and London
Others: SV lounges in Riyadh and Dammam
not a fan of the large EK complexes in Dubai howeverlook forward to seeing the new lounges in New Muscat International Airport once it opens later this month, I am there on March 28/29
10 Mar 2018
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RussellCruickshankParticipantI don’t get to lounges very often (mostly travelling in Y) but I did thoroughly enjoy my several hours at Hong Kong’s Qantas lounge. Great long bar, great windows, enjoyable food and serenity.
15 Mar 2018
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Tom OtleyKeymasterLatest version
Lounge Location
51st & Green lounge Dublin
Air France La Premiere Charles De Gaulle Paris
Air New Zealand International lounge Auckland
All Nippon First Class Haneda Airport Tokyo
American Airlines First Class Miami
American Airlines Flagship lounge JFK New York
American Airlines Flagship lounge Chicago
American Express Centurion Houston Intercontinental
American Express Centurion Miami
American Express Centurion London – Gatwick
Aspire lounge Larnaca Airport
Aspire Lounge Zurich Terminal E
Bangkok Airways lounge Samui International
Bidvest Premier lounge Cape Town International
British Airways Club Gatwick South
British Airways Concorde Room JFK New York
British Airways domestic lounge Johannesburg
British Airways First lounge Chicago
British Airways First lounge Houston
British Airways lounge Washington Dulles
British Airways lounge Boston
British Airways Lounge Copenhagen
British Airways lounge Dubai
British Airways/Comair SLOW Lounge Cape Town International
Brussels Airlines main Schengen Lounge Brussels Airport
Business lounge Tallinn International
Calpe Lounge (Priority Pass) Gibralter International
Cathay Pacific “The Pier” First Lounge Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific “The Wing” First Lounge Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific First/Business Lounge Manila Terminal 3
Cathay Pacific lounge Bangkok
Cathay Pacific Cabin lounge Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific lounge Changi Terminal 4
Cibeles VIP Lounge Madrid Terminal 1
Delta Sky Club Seattle South Satellite
Emirates First Class Lounge
Etihad Airways First Class Abu Dhabi
Finnair Premium lounge (Emerald) Helsinki
Finnair Schengen Business Lounge Helsinki
Goldair Handling Lounge (Priority Pass) Athens International Airport (Extra Schengen)
Lufthansa First Class Frankfurt
Lufthansa First Class Munich
Lufthansa lounge London – Heathrow Terminal 2
Malaysia Airlines First Lounge London – Heathrow
Marco Polo Lounge Venice
Miracle Lounge Bangkok
Oman Air Business Class lounge Muscat
Oman Air First and Business Class Bangkok
Oneworld/LATAM VIP lounge Sao Paulo
Qantas First lounge Sydney
Qantas First lounge Brisbane
Qantas First Lounge Melbourne
Qantas lounge Los Angeles
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Doha
Qatar Airways Al Safwa Doha
Qatar Airways lounge London – Heathrow
Saudia Jeddah
Saudia Riyadh
Singapore Airlines Riyadh
Singapore Airlines Dammam
Singapore Airlines Business Class Singapore
Singapore Airlines First lounge Changi
Singapore Airlines lounge Jakarta
Star Alliance lounge Los Angeles – Tom Bradley International Terminal
Swiss First Class Zurich Terminal E
Turkish Airlines lounge Istanbul
United Airlines lounge London – Heathrow Terminal 2
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse London – Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse JFK New York16 Mar 2018
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Tom OtleyKeymasterI don’t think we can.
I think it’s an equal list in the sense that we (Business Traveller readers / flyers) can agree on ones we’ve been impressed with, but while we might argue which should be the top, or even in te top 10, we don’t rank them 1-100, because it would be so subjective….
Interesting that the Concorde Room at T5 isn’t in there, but the one at JFK is.
16 Mar 2018
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crookieLondonParticipantStrange Tom because I nominated the T5 Concorde Room in my post on 1st March.
21 Mar 2018
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