Do you get tempted to indulge in the lounge, just because it's "free"?

[ksthommo]

Yes I normally indulge and sometimes over do it when a flight is delayed.
Has mentioned previously, food has gone downhill in Qantas lounges, Virgin is much better.

Didn't have a chance to visit the Qantas Lounge, Brisbane International recently due to the
huge lines channeling through security.

Paid a visit to the AA Chicago Flagship lounge recently, nice selection of spirits.
Food wasn't too bad either.

 

[Daver6]

I'm disappointed in myself when I don't manage to take a shower in the lounge. I'm sure the novelty will wear off eventually which I think will be largely due to status based entry rather than single use vouchers and paid invites.

I have to say, a shower is probably the thing I value the most in lounges quite often. Even an average shower helps you feel so much better.

The AA flagships used to have decent tea bags, I may have a stash of them

The problem isn't so much the tea bags...but the required boiling water to use them

 

[flyingfan]

I indulge in the sense of enjoying or at least making use of food/snacks (I don't really drink), although I abhor waste - not one to pile a plate high of food that I'll leave uneaten. Normally I'll try what looks good and return for an indulgent portion only after I've had a taste. So fortunately instances of leaving food uneaten (because it's so awful) are extremely rare.

 

[Mark1966]

Ahhh yes, that pivotal life moment when you have been to a lunch in Sydney, are sitting in the lounge mid afternoon on the way to Adelaide for a dinner event and you contemplate the drink and plate of carbs in front of you and ask - What meal is this?

That was my epiphany. Now I eat and drink less, both in the lounge and on the plane, and feel more productive and better for it

 

[SeatBackForward]

Ahhh yes, that pivotal life moment when you have been to a lunch in Sydney, are sitting in the lounge mid afternoon on the way to Adelaide for a dinner event and you contemplate the drink and plate of carbs in front of you and ask - What meal is this?

That was my epiphany. Now I eat and drink less, both in the lounge and on the plane, and feel more productive and better for it

Are you implying there's no such thing as Brunchfast?

 

[Beano]

Like others I don't usually have much, if anything, to eat or drink in a lounge - usually because I figure I'll get sufficient on the flight. Of course this is not usually the case on short domestic flights but who cares - you'll be there soon.

When I see people drinking champagne at breakfast hour - I presume they're on a "trip of a life time".

I must admit I am amazed how many people storm the buffet like a plague of locusts when a fresh tray of hot food is brought out. Really?? are they that starved??

Storming the buffet when fresh food is put out is because there's no meat left in the stew after a very short time and you are left with soup.

 

[cbourl]

It entirely depends upon the lounge - lounges in AU are fairly average thinking QF VA even QF First Sydney. Euro lounges have much better food and champagne from opei=ning (in Europe it is quite acceptable to have champagne or Sekt with breakfast, as also evidenced in hotel dining rooms) I like the Swiss First Lounge E gates Zurich - champagne after off a longhaul about 6 otr 620 am, your own hotel room with your own key in lounge, and it is quite perfectly acceptable to walk through E Terminal to the smoking room with a glass of champagne (not at MUC or FRA) After this a shower in your hotel room a few hours sleep before onward connection, or a late night connection to Tel Aviv transfer to First Lounge A dump the bags and downtown Zurich for the day after the nap It really is a temptation to overeat and overdrink, especially when your champagne of choice is constantly topped up

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Storming the buffet when fresh food is put out is because there's no meat left in the stew after a very short time and you are left with soup.

Sounds like Qantas Very poor food offerings esp at SYD Domestic Business Lounge

 

[Beano]

I usually take a snack and very careful with alcohol as usually driving at the other end of the journey. ( Been stopped a few times by RBT after leaving an airport and always clear). I don't eat or drink alcohol on the plane.

 

[YSSY]

Ahhh yes, that pivotal life moment when you have been to a lunch in Sydney, are sitting in the lounge mid afternoon on the way to Adelaide for a dinner event and you contemplate the drink and plate of carbs in front of you and ask - What meal is this?

That was my epiphany. Now I eat and drink less, both in the lounge and on the plane, and feel more productive and better for it

100% this! The lounge is great for showers and a quiet safe space, but I plan my meals to try and avoid overindulgence by trying to keep meal times consistent.
If the lounge has barista coffee, I’ll drink that, otherwise will go and seek out barista coffee elsewhere. Where airports have decent restaurants (I.e some of the Heathrow terminals have good ones), it’s actually nicer to go and have a meal at a table rather then in a lounge or on a plane.

My relationship with alcohol and flying stopped a long time ago after some very bad headaches (altitude and pressure related?)

I guess the novelty wears off, just like amazing hotel buffets etc, I often walk away with a bowl of muesli and some fruit…

 

[klogg69]

100% this! The lounge is great for showers and a quiet safe space, but I plan my meals to try and avoid overindulgence by trying to keep meal times consistent.
If the lounge has barista coffee, I’ll drink that, otherwise will go and seek out barista coffee elsewhere. Where airports have decent restaurants (I.e some of the Heathrow terminals have good ones), it’s actually nicer to go and have a meal at a table rather then in a lounge or on a plane.

My relationship with alcohol and flying stopped a long time ago after some very bad headaches (altitude and pressure related?)

I guess the novelty wears off, just like amazing hotel buffets etc, I often walk away with a bowl of muesli and some fruit…

"Barista coffee" doesn't mean it's good...Unlike Italy, anyone can call themselves a barista...

 

[Daver6]

"Barista coffee" doesn't mean it's good...Unlike Italy, anyone can call themselves a barista...

Same applies to calling yourself an engineer...

 

[terryeveritt]

Yes, although not more than if outside the lounge. Interesting to see new members or first-timers as they scramble to get as much as they can, lining up the drinks just in case their happy hour runs out.

 

[Beano]

Yes, although not more than if outside the lounge. Interesting to see new members or first-timers as they scramble to get as much as they can, lining up the drinks just in case their happy hour runs out.

Probably lining up because just arrived in lounge and there is only one bar person also doing the "barista" coffee, e.g Brisbane QJ lounge last week.

 

[NM]

Same applies to calling yourself an engineer...

I call myself an engineer, but do not call myself a barista.

 

[Captain Halliday]

The more an airline fails to deliver published benefits, for example priority boarding and priority baggage, the more value I feel compelled to extract at other opportunities.

 

[cbourl]

And with the parti

Probably lining up because just arrived in lounge and there is only one bar person also doing the "barista" coffee, e.g Brisbane QJ lounge last week.

Particularly nasty bitter coffee aka Coffea robusta, which passes as coffee in Australia just speaks to our Antipodes "coffee culture" Wake up and smell/taste the borscht/beans

 

[Julesmac]

"Barista coffee" doesn't mean it's good...Unlike Italy, anyone can call themselves a barista...

Dropped into a cafe on the weekend to grab a takeway coffee, the sweet young thing behind the counter apologised that we'd have to go to the other end of the cafe as they only had one Barrister working.....

 

[OATEK]

Storming the buffet when fresh food is put out is because there's no meat left in the stew after a very short time and you are left with soup.

Also, in the QFi lounge the plates are so small it will take a number of visits to the buffet to over indulge.

 

[ellen10]

I remember my first QF International lounge visit in Sydney. I enjoyed sitting there sipping a glass of red and thinking "this is the life!"

I still enjoy the lounge experience and must admit some of the overseas experiences were very nice! But I try to limit myself and just enjoy the experience.

 

[Beano]

Yes I normally indulge and sometimes over do it when a flight is delayed.
Has mentioned previously, food has gone downhill in Qantas lounges, Virgin is much better.

Didn't have a chance to visit the Qantas Lounge, Brisbane International recently due to the
huge lines channeling through security.

Paid a visit to the AA Chicago Flagship lounge recently, nice selection of spirits.
Food wasn't too bad either.

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WOW! Laphroaig. That's good.