HKG lounge crawl 9 June 2024 (the annual Asian lounge crawl)

[JessicaTam]

Goodie. We'll all love being guested into the Concorde Room

Haha, I can guest one. Although I did manage to guest two earlier this year, it was because the staff were in a good mood!

Oh T3 does not have a Concorde Room as such. Only 'First Dining' which has a la carte dining and slightly better wines.

 

[DejaBrew]

Haha, I can guest one. Although I did manage to guest two earlier this year, it was because the staff were in a good mood!

So what I’m hearing is… “challenge accepted!” ?

 

[Ansett]

I think LHR T3 is a good option.

 

[Cloud9]

Last trip to London was a complete disaster, but I'm up for a T3 crawl.
LAX isn't one I can do on principle (I refuse to set foot in the US).
Well up for doing NRT / HKG / SIN.

Not exactly a crawl, but DXB does have some charm - is that one that might ever be up for consideration? (Appreciate it's hardly OW friendly... just curious)

 

[Matt_01]

A very quick straw poll please.

Using the buttons at the bottom right of this post ...
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If you would be interested in LHR T3 in 2026 (not next year) please 'like' this post.
If you would be interested in LAX in 2026 (not next year) please 'wow' this post.
If you think I am crazy for even suggesting it, please 'haha' this post.

I am getting in early for this just in case - that will give people time to grab awards if necessary. If there is enough interest I will start a thread so discussion can occur there.

Just my 2 cents worth it looks like LHR in 2026 is the winner, 18 likes and no other. From our discussion in HKG, in 2025 NRT could be a viable option. A quick check from the link @RooFlyer provided and a search on Google In T2 it looks like there is:

• JL F
• JL J x2
• CX
• EK (for those who book QF)
• I.A.S.S. Superior Lounge (for those with PP access)
• Aspire (looks to be in the same location as the old QF lounge)

Also I came across this post (which I had forgotten about) the Aspire lounge seems to be used by QF last up date on the thread was only a month ago. By my count that is 7 lounges in NRT and if the 2025 lounge crawl is at NRT I am in.

 

[Sprucegoose]

finally brought in some proper dinner entree options including pork belly

Lamb should have been on the 'all day' menu.

 

[drcam]

Nope. There were no warm options in the "all day" menu section at all, except for tomato soup.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Nope. There were no warm options in the "all day" menu section at all, except for tomato soup.

!
And that was Gazpacho!

 

[JessicaTam]

Ok, let's go to NRT:

NRT lounge crawl 8 June 2025

After a bit of discussion to and fro in the 2024 HGK lounge crawl thread, we are off to NRT in 2025. The following lounges are available: CX EK (must be flying QF in J or QF SG or WP) JL J (x2) JL F Aspire Lounge (as at May 2024 available to QF pax if flying J or hold OWS or E status) If you...

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[JessicaTam]

And based on the feedback from my straw poll:

LHR T3 lounge crawl Saturday 6 June 2026

At the 2024 lounge crawl in HKG there was discussion about where to next. Slightly flippantly I suggested LHR or LAX. After a quick straw poll after the event, there seemed to be enough interest for LHR. Due to the time and distance getting there, I thought it prudent to start a thread really...

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[kelvedon]

You seem to have been inspiring others.

 

[QPProletarian]

NRT has nice lounges. With sushi! Never been disappointed with a lounge there. It has the best of all worlds.

The CX lounge is great but only a J and the JL lounge J lounge is very underwhelming. Did not get to try the JL F.

 

[AIRwin]

Finally to reuse a phrase from a previous crawl 'what could possibly go wrong'

Luckily this didn't happen then:

Cathay business lounge at Hong Kong airport forced to close after fire, evacuations

Staff on duty promptly alerted firefighters of the incident at the lounge’s supporting facilities on Saturday morning, carrier says.

www.scmp.com

 

[JessicaTam]

Luckily this didn't happen then:

Cathay business lounge at Hong Kong airport forced to close after fire, evacuations

Staff on duty promptly alerted firefighters of the incident at the lounge’s supporting facilities on Saturday morning, carrier says.

www.scmp.com

Paywalled but I get the idea. It was good that they could find enough fireys with status to be able to get access.