New Domestic Business Lounge Open Dates
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I was in the new BNE business class lounge for about 15 minutes at 7:00am this morning.
My first impressions is that it is nothing special and not as good as all the hype that preceded it. It is smallish in size and I would hate to see it packed.
Anyway it was very quiet this morning with probably less than 10 people in there, most in suits. The bar looks the same with a well stocked fridge and self serve soft drinks. I did notice the pancakes but I wanted some yoghurt for breakfast and there was none in sight.
Also only 4 desktops, or was it 5, for internet access. I will have a closer inspection again next week.
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Re: New Domestic Business Lounge Open Dates
I think I might be the first with SYD T3 J Lounge report, albeit second hand. I have a friend (QFF WP and Lifetime Gold) that was flying MEL/PER/MEL yesterday, but in order to see the new J Lounge at SYD, he diverted MEL-PER-SYD, and stayed overnight at the Ibis to see it this morning.
He called me around 11am, and said, "it's nothing special". Apparently this Saturday it's full of children who are running around and since the floors are not fully carpeted it is very noisy.
Coffee was more of the same barista coffee that you get in the SYD/MEL/BNE QPs in the morning, but at least it runs all day. Apparently the food was more of the same that you expect in the QP, with perhaps a little bit more variety (but still the same salads, sandwiches and wraps, pastrami and ham, etc.
It sounds like it's not worth me running up 1400SC per year just to get this! Definitely a case of the hype and expectations exceeding the reality.
Admittedly, this is not first hand - I'll be interested to see whether others agree that it's only marginally better than the current QP - and it will be interesting to see in the morning and afternoon peak times this week what the loads are in the QP vs the J Lounge.
He called me around 11am, and said, "it's nothing special". Apparently this Saturday it's full of children who are running around and since the floors are not fully carpeted it is very noisy.
Apart from the area around the food counters it is fully carpeted. It is considerably less crowded than the main lounge (Monday morning peak) and does not seem unduly noisy. Plenty of seating and PCs. It is larger than (and therefore not as intimate as) the CL but generally comparable.
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