Another Alaska Airlines incident

sierragator · Dec 18, 2024 at 11:09 PM

chemgator said: ↑

I was there last year as well. Did you see the waterfall?
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Yes. Had a long layover on the way to Nepal, so took advantage of the airside hotel for a place to catch a nap and chill. Also had a Singapore Sling to drink just because.

G8trGr8t · Dec 18, 2024 at 11:30 PM

chemgator said: ↑

My new favorite lounge is run by Air Canada in Toronto. They actually have two business class lounges almost next to each other (within 30'). One is a standard one, and the other an invitation-only lounge. Somehow, before my first Air Canada flight, I got an invitation last year when I checked in on a business class flight. The lounge itself wasn't especially impressive, but they had a sit-down restaurant with a menu that was fantastic. Incredible food. They also had a snack bar with drinks, etc. And it wasn't very crowded. The only downside was that I had to fly Air Canada to use it. My 8:00 p.m. flight had delays at the gate, and a stoppage halfway to the runway, and finally turned around and returned to gate (faulty rear stabilizer) at 1:30 a.m. The only good thing about that, other than the free hotel room, was that I got another invitation to the lounge the next day. I didn't get to my hotel in India until 6:00 p.m. on a Sunday, with business meetings first thing on Monday morning.

I used the British Airways lounge in LHR on the way back on that trip. I found the lounge (and the entire airport, for that matter) to be very crowded, like the airport had been expanded multiple times without making the walkways bigger. It seemed like a bigger sea of humanity than Atlanta (although, the security lines in Atlanta are unbelievably long).
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perhaps because it was a Saturday morning at 9 am for us in the winter

best thing about air canada is their frequent flier program. they get some of the best redemption rates for transatlantic business class for us poor schleps that can't afford the cash value for those seats, especially on Swiss AIrways, with low taxes, somethign I hate about LHR

Also great value for business flights to Patagonia and New Zealand. 1 and 1 A on the bucket list for spring 26

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G8trGr8t · Dec 18, 2024 at 11:32 PM

demosthenes said: ↑

It’s a very nice airport. I’ve been there a couple times as my company built portions of a few buildings out there including the Marina Bay Sands.

Not the same airport but I really enjoyed the Qatar business class lounge in Doha. A couple restaurants, bars, numerous work spaces, its own waterfall, showers, etc.
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yeah, those oil subsidized ME lounges don't count though

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