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Strong winds and single runway operations.SYD lounge waiting for the on-time, not yet delayed, not yet cancelled, flight to OOL.
Lots of VA cancellations today.
SYD lounge waiting for the on-time, not yet delayed, not yet cancelled, flight to OOL.
Lots of VA cancellations today.
Feels quite lacklustre compared to some other hot food offerings in the past!In the BNE lounge for the next 15-20, can guest 3. Coffee queue is long but the lounge is relatively quiet.
Hot/warm offering is Ham & Cheese croissants or Cheese & Tomato croissants this morning.
SYD was potato croquettes and scrambled eggs.Feels quite lacklustre compared to some other hot food offerings in the past!
They had a rather good Mexican beef and bean type soup yesterday. Probably one of the tastier soups I've had. I did have to give them back three or four soup bowls from that stack that hadn't been washed properly though. And there's still a rather interesting drawing in dust in one of the women's toilet cubicles although it was, ahem, adjusted this week.At VA lounge in SYD now. Quieter time of the day at midday so plenty of seating. A rather tasty Nepali soup I haven't seen before and a few better, healthier variety of salads than a few weeks ago (black quinoa, chickpea, etc.). The hot meal looked like a creamy orzo pasta but didn't take that. Staff keeping up with empty dishes and drinks area is clean. Good impression today.
Express line on ground level was empty as always.
Funny - I was there the same time and saw them too.I was in the SYD lounge Wednesday at about 13:30 and the south sydney rabhitos team were coming in. Surprisingly they just check in using their status, with some mentioning they were only on Silver and needed to be guested by others. Would have thought there would have been some kind of sponsorship arrangement or something, i guess thats an AFL deal.
Parramatta NRL coaching staff and others were in Brisbane lounge yesterday enroute to TSV, however none of the players to be seen. I was going out on 41 so didn't check if the playing group were at the gate or out the back instead.I was in the SYD lounge Wednesday at about 13:30 and the south sydney rabhitos team were coming in. Surprisingly they just check in using their status, with some mentioning they were only on Silver and needed to be guested by others. Would have thought there would have been some kind of sponsorship arrangement or something, i guess thats an AFL deal.
(As for QF lounge access) does the guest need to be travelling in order to use VA lounge, thru the Amex card?
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Yes I used this yesterday and it was excellent for a long black.Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but in the MEL VA Lounge this morning and there is a self-serve automatic coffee machine toward the "secondary" buffet end of the counters. I am pretty sure it's new (almost certain it wasn't here ~6 weeks ago on my last visit).
Makes quite an agreeable Long Black! At least for now...my experience with automatic machines is they are usually not looked after quite as well as they should be and quality therefore takes a dive over time. Certainly beats waiting in the line at the barista machine at the other end if it's busy. Note it appears only one type of milk so if skim/alternate milks are your thing, it's probably not for you.