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• John says:

  9 Dec9 December 03:43

  Isn’t the EuroAirport actually tri-national? GVA is sort of bi-national.

  Plaza Premium at YVR did have good food and drink, was worth spending one of my Amex Gold lounge club passes rather than settling for the Maple Leaf.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    9 Dec9 December 05:47

    I had a great brownie at PP YVR. Don’t remember the drinks being anything special though.

    • Rob says:

      9 Dec9 December 08:51

      At Plaza Premium in Toronto alcohol is banned before 11am as I discovered this year!

  • Bob says:

    9 Dec9 December 13:21

    I had the same though John and I think you are correct.

    Mulhouse airport is also the airport for Freiburg in Germany.
    There is probably no specific area designed to be the German one but it is still tri-national in my opinion.

    And yes GVA has the France sector.

• EdC says:

  9 Dec9 December 04:03

  Louis’ Tavern? Best in Asia Pacific? It’s not bad, the first class bit we went to (upstairs in G concourse, for those who might be heading to BKK) was quite empty and it has hot food at all hours, but I can’t see how it’s better than some of the Plaza lounges elsewhere in the region.

  • RK says:

    9 Dec9 December 05:26

    I’m confused by this. My memory of this lounge(allbeit at 1am) was that it was small, pokey and the available food was borderline disgusting to look at and/or eat. Most of all though, I remember that we got a sticker on entry from the extremely grumpy dragon that was used to allow them to tell when we had been there the maximum two hours so we could be kicked out! We left as soon as we could, well before the two hours.

    • EdC says:

      9 Dec9 December 06:08

      There are (somewhere in the region of) 6 Louis’ Taverns lounges in BKK, including two (or three, depending on how you count them) on the G-Concourse. One of these is the downstairs “First Class” lounge, and the other is a split level lounge with “Business Class” downstairs by the travelators and the ramps to the gate G2 IIRC, and “First Class” upstairs on the same level you come in on through security.

      We went to the big split level one, the upstairs First bit had about 4 people in and a capacity perhaps of 100+. The downstairs Business bit was heaving, until Qantas left when it also got quiet. There are separate entrances, but a roped off escalator connects the two levels.

      I *think* that the difference between “Business” and “First” lounges is who can use them. Vietnam Airlines gave us a voucher that said it could be used in any of the “Business” lounges and it seemed from the crowds that Qantas did the same, but Priority Pass seems to be accepted in the “First” lounges too. Aside from the seating being more comfy, and it being much quieter, and a bit lighter, there didn’t seem to be much difference between the “First” and “Business” bits. Different food, and a pancake making machine downstairs, same/similar booze.

      The food didn’t look particularly appetising, but bits of it were edible. The sandwiches were surprisingly ok.

      I’m not going to rush to BKK early to hang around there, but it was alright and I’d have no problem sitting there for a couple of hours again. Extremely fast internet too, even over a VPN.

      • Nick says:

        9 Dec9 December 20:04

        Hi EdC, I’m arriving in BKK on 26th Dec Qatar Business and was wondering if you knew of an arrivals lounge for me? I’m also then connecting to Thai J Class up to CNX a few hours later and was wondering if you know of the best lounge I could use for that outbound flight?

• Chico Dusty says:

  9 Dec9 December 04:30

  OT: The new Gibraltar Airport was close to becoming bi-national but the Spanish haven’t yet put up the cash to extend the terminal entrance over the frontier.

• Stuart says:

  9 Dec9 December 05:44

  I visited the Sky lounge just yesterday. It’s quite spacious and relaxing. That said they have a 3 hr limit and the normal seats are too narrow to easily work with you laptop on your lap.

  Food and drink options were ok but not fantastic, they had run out of gin last night!

  Europe airport is bi-national ( French and Swiss) however Germany is only a very short drive away

• Sussex bantam says:

  9 Dec9 December 07:11

  I use this lounge very frequently. It is indeed beautifully designed and is SO huge there is always masses of seating. I have no idea how big they thought BSL was going to end up – maybe the size of Heathrow ! (RK I think you must have visited a different lounge – this is the exact opposite of small and pokey !!)

  Food is ok but not much more than that.

  Oh and I always found the desk guys very friendly and no sign of any timed stickers

• Volker says:

  9 Dec9 December 07:24

  What struck me most when visiting the award-winning lounge in Basel was the quietness – I was the only guest for about 2 hours (that was around midday)! When I had arrived at the airport 4 hours before my flight was due to leave for LHR, the check-in desk was still closed. I asked a BA member of staff who happened to walk past me when they would open. He had a look at my boarding pass. “As you are travelling in Club Europe, I will check in your luggage right now.” He took my bags and closed the counter again afterwards. “I want you to spend some time in our beautiful lounge.”, he said… Certainly one of my most pleasant BA travel experiences so far!

• Jimmyjimmy says:

  9 Dec9 December 07:26

  Wow, Basel is a poor lounge, granted it is spacious but dull, dated, poor food and drink choices.
  J

  • Philip says:

    9 Dec9 December 08:37

    Guess it must depend what day/time of day you arrive. My wife and I were surprised by the extent of choice and quality of food when we were there.

• planeflyer says:

  9 Dec9 December 07:53

  I’ve been into a few of the Louis Tavern lounges, and my impressions are not generally positive. I guess it won as PP has such a massive footfall in BKK that a lot of “average” feedback translates into popularity.

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