TAP Air Portugal opens a new non-Schengen lounge in Lisbon

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• Alex G says:

  2 Feb2 February 06:07

  “Nowhere is this more obvious than at Helsinki Airport, where BA passengers get to use the luxurious new lounge facilities in the non-Schengen area.”

  BA no longer flies to Helsinki.

  • Willmo says:

    2 Feb2 February 07:07

    By ‘BA passengers’ I’m sure he means BA exec club members travelling Finnair

    • Alex G says:

      2 Feb2 February 09:27

      I think he means passengers with OW Emerald status (which includes BA Gold).

    • jjoohhnn says:

      2 Feb2 February 09:36

      Or possibly passengers booked on the BA codeshare flight number of the HEL flights?

• David says:

  2 Feb2 February 06:10

  OT: Is it just me that finds TAP livery childish? Always reminds me of a daycare.

  • Harry T says:

    2 Feb2 February 06:39

    You’re not alone.

• Matthew says:

  2 Feb2 February 06:14

  Good news, because based on my visit last week the current TAP lounge is ludicrously overcrowded. Barely a spare seat anywhere, people packing the corridors. Absolute mess.

• tw33ty says:

  2 Feb2 February 07:12

  The vignette and the hie are part of the same building and joined together I believe.

  • Rob says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:48

    Ah!

• NFH says:

  2 Feb2 February 07:19

  “One (minor) upside from the UK being outside the Schengen area is that you often get to use a better airport lounge. As with this new TAP lounge, the main customer in a non-Schengen lounge will be someone flying long-haul on a potentially expensive premium class ticket, and lounges are often designed accordingly.”

  Very good point. Iberia’s lounge at MAD-T4S is another good example of this.

  • Track says:

    3 Feb3 February 02:20

    Yes but Iberia T4 main lounges have very decent food offerings, better on some days than T4S. Ice cream too.

• Red Flyer says:

  2 Feb2 February 07:20

  Ironic that there is no parking at the new Liverpool Vignette hotel and that site previously used to be a cheap £5 all day wasteland car park before being developed.

• BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

  2 Feb2 February 07:47

  The Platinum Wing at HEL is for F Passengers and OW Emeralds so not all BA Elites get to use it (not that BA fly to HEL anymore)

  Plus it’s only open from 10.30 – 17.30

  The Business lounge next door is very good though,

  Even the Schengen Lounge is of a good standard even if it does get busy – I was there last week.

  • Rhys says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:59

    Yes, all of Finnair’s lounges are good. They are building a new Schengen lounge, too.

  • Alex G says:

    2 Feb2 February 09:33

    Glad to hear the Business lounge at HEL is also good. Unfortunately, it doesn’t open until 6am. Which isn’t great if you are landing at 4am from TYO with an onward connection to LHR at 8am. Something to bear in mind if travelling on Finnair.

• AJA says:

  2 Feb2 February 08:34

  Where in Lisbon Airport is this new lounge? Is it located before or after passport control ?

  • Nick says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:48

    The massive clue is in the phrase ‘non-schengen’.

    • AJA says:

      2 Feb2 February 09:04

      OK. But still no idea where in the non schengen bit of the airport it is. Is it closer to gate 47 or is it just after passport control?

      • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

        2 Feb2 February 09:17

        Just after passport control so you still need to walk down the N gates pier after leaving it.

        • TooPoorToBeHere says:

          2 Feb2 February 10:01

          AFTER passport control is great news – would suggest editing the article to make this really clear.

          Passport control at LIS has been slow and chaotic for me.

        • AJA says:

          2 Feb2 February 10:33

          Thanks @BWS

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