BusinessClass.se Loungen™ 2013

Sitter och äter frukost i den (nu inte så) nya loungen i Z på FRA. En gigantisk förbättring måste man ju säga. Hela FRA känns faktiskt väldigt mycket trevligare nu. Inte varit här på ett tag.
 
Äter frukost i sala VIP på AGP Malaga. Trevlig lounge detta men matutbudet är extremt fattigt, inte ens ost till mackorna. Dricka finns det gott om.
 
Sitter i BC-hörnan i Scandinavian Lounge på T5, ARN.

Inte så väldans mycket folk här just nu.

Lär bli här i åtminstone 4 timmar till, så om någon har vägarna förbi...

Ska vidare till SFT kl 21:10.
 
Mellanlandning i Oslo. Sitter i SAS loungen. Just nu lugnt & skönt. Trevligt utbud av mat, vilket uppskattas då det bara blev en ostmacka på flyget. Lugnt & skönt här. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
 
Ja, då fick jag tillfälle att gästa in en kollega från Kiruna som skulle till St Petersburg ikväll. Insåg att det var ikväll hon skulle åka, kollade tiden och hade turen att hon svarade på tjänstemobilen trots ledigheten.

Hann väl sitta och snacka en timme i alla fall.

Hon är bokad på SK 6106 och det visade sig vara codeshare med Rossiya (FV). Antar att hon inte får poäng för den turen och att den inte egentligen är loungeberättigad. Pratade med loungepersonalen och fick ändå lov att gästa in henne.

Tack, SAS! data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
 
Sitter på KLR tillsammans med en hel A320 charter-pax som skall till Rhodos, själv skall jag bara upp till ARN. Om nån har byggt en lounge här vill jag bra gärna hitta dit innan jag gör något drastiskt med alla charter-pax...

Tydligen skall vi använda samma gate och det är bara 5 min skillnad i avgångstid...
 
Sad i Cloud Nine loungen i Addis her i morges. Ventede på ET801 til Nairobi. Loungen er fin, 20% belægning, hurtigt internet, og der er ca. 10 varme retter at vælge imellem. Vær forsigtig med kaffen. Ethiopisk kaffe er uhyggelig stærk, selv om man fortynder med 50% varmt vand.
 
pep skrev:Sad i Cloud Nine loungen i Addis her i morges. Ventede på ET801 til Nairobi. Loungen er fin, 20% belægning, hurtigt internet, og der er ca. 10 varme retter at vælge imellem. Vær forsigtig med kaffen. Ethiopisk kaffe er uhyggelig stærk, selv om man fortynder med 50% varmt vand.Klicka för att utvidga...


pep, hur fungerar det i Nairobi efter branden?
 
Off Topic: JKIA - Nairobi Airport (NBO)

The Airport burnt down last month. Immigration improving now. Transfers are complicated and very primitive. No apron, one has to walk from terminal to aircraft's. No lounges in the International apart from VIP (not for us at bz-class or gold cards)). The airport is full of temporary surprises and mediocre or missing installations, signage, toilets. Queuing up in lines as check in is semi-manual. Quite some pax miss flights due to poor or incomplete announcements. Lots of delays (but is improving). Domestic uses cargo building. New, tented lounge in the cargo building is actually quite charming with nice chairs and lights in an otherwise primitive environment. Luggage handed out one by one or are picked by pax from trolleys. One has to inquire about flights and crosscheck info on departures and arrivals all the time. In general the airport is a mess, half empty, but somehow there is a system and with a co-operative attitude things are working - even without service being functioning. Airline staff are kind and often allow people to rebook tickets as many misses flights. Internal "Go to Gate" often done 1-2 hours before departure! You may "board" but do not proceed into the inner gate as you will be trapped with people piling up in a small room.Instead, let them take your boarding slip and go around in the airport - at least you can buy a beer or coffee. Arrival: luggage service has improved in new building. They are very strict on documents now (remember yellow card!) after Westgate massacre last week. My two recent domestic trips in Kenya (sent to SKYTRAX):





60. Kenya Airways Economy Class August 2013 Rated 5/10

NBO-EDL-NBO. Domestic flights, all on time. Due to the newly burnt NBO airport, boarding was primitive and lengthy and we were 5-10 passengers who lost our flight due to lack of calls for boarding – other routes were announced clearly. As there was a mess in the temporarily domestic airport (actually the cargohall of JKIA), there were no facilities, no signboard nor search for passengers. Strangely enough, my luggage was unloaded (correctly), but I was furious as I was accused for No Show, despite sitting straight in front of the only exit way in the tent, where all domestic passengers had to walk through to their flights. However, some apology was received and they rebooked me instantly for the following morning but only as a “prioritized waitlist passenger”. However, I got the last seat and was pleased to eventually get it. Otherwise, all flights on time, pleasant FA-service and good announcements on board. Almost new aircrafts Embraer 175 and 170, respectively. No lounges available, despite holding SkyTeam Gold. After request, they offered me 1 snack and 1 soft drink in Nairobi. The lounge in EDL not available for non-VIPs.



61. Kenya Airways Economy Class September2013 Rated 7/10

NBO-KIS-NBO domestic, 11 and 14 September respectively. Both flights on time. Aircrafts (Airbus 320 and Embraer 190, respectively) were clean and well-functioning. The temporary airport in NBO now have established a cozy, tented, temporary lounge for elite flyers, good initiative as compared to 2 weeks ago. Drink and snack (2 bags of nuts) service on board, but no hot drinks offered (50 minutes flights). No entertainment. No gate corridors must walk on the tamark to and from plane. FA staff nice and caring despite busy. VIP-lounge in Kisumu accessed (by Flying Blue gold card) but must pay for all the items served.
 
Sitter i IST och väntar på LH 1773 till MUC. Första gången för

mig i denna lounge, väldigt trevlig lounge många svenskar TK har avgång till ARN,GOT och OSL just nu
 
Fanta och svampsoppa i SL ARN. Har svarat på en kundundersökning om loungen, annars känns det trist att åka Go idag - skulle behöva komma hem tidigare. SK411 kl 18:50.
 
Ett litet besök i inrikesloungen på ARN T4.

Kör ett litet bonus challenge run på ARN-GOT. Åker visst med samma flyg tillbaka som jag nyss klev av. Får se om det är samma personal då... data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
 
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