Lounges

My Experience at United’s Secret Restaurant “Classified”

My mileage run ended up giving me three hours to kill at EWR. I was pleasantly surprised when earlier this week, I was emailed an invite to dine at United’s invitation-only dining location near gate 120 at EWR. Called, Classified, I read about it when it opened, but was never given an invite to attend…

Lounge Review: The Centurion Lounge in SEA

I usually travel through SEA with my wife who has an Alaska Lounge membership so we spend our layovers in one of the three lounges there.  Here is a review of their newest lounge in the C Concourse.  On this rare occasion, I was on my own on a six hour layover so time to…

‘Tis the Season: Giving Away Four Alaska Lounge Passes

These are passes to the AS Lounges in LAX, PDX, SEA, or ANC and will expire 12/31.  If you are interested, reply to this post and I will draw random winners.

Lounge Review: The Club at BWI

I had reviewed this lounge in its previous version a few years ago when it was an Aspire lounge.  It was a pay for play lounge which obviously didn’t get enough customers and closed a couple of years ago.  Now it has been completely renovated and opened as The Club.  The Club is a rapidly…

Emirates Amazing Business Lounge at DXB

Using our AS miles for a Business Class flight from BUD to DXB and then on to IAD two days later was costly in terms of miles, but the 105K miles were worth it.  One of the benefits that I really enjoyed was enjoying the Emirates’ Business Class Lounge at DXB.  We lived in Dubai from 2000…

Review: China Eastern Lounge in Shanghai

Review of China Eastern lounge 36, Pudong, Shanghai (PVG). By Chuck! This is quite a nice lounge in Shanghai (PVG). My flight arrived about 4AM, and after some international transfer follies some other passengers and I arrived at the lounge about 5AM.  The MU lounge 36 sits next to another lounge, 39.  Even though lounge…

The Nicest Little Lounge in Nice

I was fortunate enough to travel to the French Riviera earlier this month and was very impressed.  Made me homesick for California where I grew up.  Flying out of Nice, I was able to experience one of several very nice private lounges which can be accessed by Priority Pass.  Even though Nice is one of…

Review of the British Airways Galleries Lounge at LHR

I flew a redeye on BA for my recent trip to Nice, which of course means a stop at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).  I was actually looking forward to the trip just to be able to try out BA’s lounge there.  How did I get access?  Not through flying Business unfortunately, nor through a lounge…

A Most Unusual Lounge at Newark

I rarely fly out of Terminal B at Newark, so I researched lounges that I would qualify for using the Loungebuddy app.  Turns out Priority Pass gave me access to a strangely named lounge – “The Art & Lounge”.  I made the mistake of going through security and looking for the lounge, but couldn’t find…