alta-pete Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Am flying off on holiday from Edinburgh at the unusually sociable hour of 3pm. Both the airline and credit card have given me offers to use the No.1 Lounge for what is effectively £50 for four people. Includes a meal, free wifi, papers, magazines and apparently unlimited free drink for a couple of hours before departure. Seems too good to be true. Have any PnBers previously partaken in such luxury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Have used them on a number of occasions but all our recent flights have been early morning so it's a bit pointless. The last one I was had (I think Glasgow but could have been Edinburgh) had changed for the worse. No more self service for drinks as Gunther mentions and poorer selection of food; but at £12.50 a head you're as well finding out for yourself. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 12 hours ago, alta-pete said: Am flying off on holiday from Edinburgh at the unusually sociable hour of 3pm. Both the airline and credit card have given me offers to use the No.1 Lounge for what is effectively £50 for four people. Includes a meal, free wifi, papers, magazines and apparently unlimited free drink for a couple of hours before departure. Seems too good to be true. Have any PnBers previously partaken in such luxury? Edinburgh airport's lounge is rubbish relatively speaking (Virgin Atlantic's at Heathrow or Turkish Air's at Ataturk are frankly absurd) but for £50 for four folk, you'd be mad not to take it. If you have two beers, a spirit and a burger each, you've probably saved at least £50 on the horrid Weatherspoons. I'd be all over that. You can stretch it out to four hours, I think. ETA: Edinburgh doesn't have self-service booze though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thank you all. You're right; at the price it can't fail. And a tip for anyone interested - I put my holiday money on one those prepay debit cards from Caxton and its they who give you the walk up 2 for 1 entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Do they have space in these establishments for traditional gentlemen to puff on a pipe or cigar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Used to be a top 5 airport lounges. Must be gone now. A Singapore Saint classic IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 13 hours ago, welshbairn said: Do they have space in these establishments for traditional gentlemen to puff on a pipe or cigar? Keep the nicotine addicts out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 18 hours ago, welshbairn said: Do they have space in these establishments for traditional gentlemen to puff on a pipe or cigar? We're the new lepers, chap. I was a Diners Club card holder for many years and didn't mind the annual fee as it gave you lounge access in most airports and they had great customer service (eg I lost my card in New York and they cleared my hotel bill and advanced me $600 for expenses via a local Chase bank branch) but most lounges are now non-smoking, even in The Middle East. I stopped the card and now stay landside for as long as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 We're the new lepers, chap. I was a Diners Club card holder for many years and didn't mind the annual fee as it gave you lounge access in most airports and they had great customer service (eg I lost my card in New York and they cleared my hotel bill and advanced me $600 for expenses via a local Chase bank branch) but most lounges are now non-smoking, even in The Middle East. I stopped the card and now stay landside for as long as possible. There are still a few havens of sanity. Dublin has a proper beer garden airside, Birmingham has a pub with a balcony. P.S. The glass air conditioned boxes like Aberdeen used to? have are horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 24 minutes ago, welshbairn said: P.S. The glass air conditioned boxes like Aberdeen used to? We lived between Banchory and Aboyne for years (hence my moniker) and I'd regularly get the last flight to Heathrow and, of course, would buy a pint then go to the wee glass sheds to smoke. Shock horror when they took them down in 2006 and I didn't get the memo but had a pint in hand. Going without a smoke for 8-12 hours is fine...I've done that often enough. Buying a pint, expecting a roll-up and then being thwarted is fucking torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Going without a smoke for 8-12 hours is fine...I've done that often enough. Buying a pint, expecting a roll-up and then being thwarted is fucking torture. Aye, I have no problem on long flights if I know how long it's going to be. Flew to Washington a while back all chilled out until it took nearly 3 hours to get through security. Biting my tongue was seriously hard to a bunch over officious jobsworths. Mind you, if I get pissed off now I just go into the airport bogs for a quick rollie, they're hardly going to evacuate an airport because an alarm gets a vague waft. Same in hotels, I think the only way you can set them off is if you blow cigar smoke straight into them. Wouldn't risk it on a plane though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 We lived between Banchory and Aboyne for years (hence my moniker) and I'd regularly get the last flight to Heathrow and, of course, would buy a pint then go to the wee glass sheds to smoke. Shock horror when they took them down in 2006 and I didn't get the memo but had a pint in hand. Going without a smoke for 8-12 hours is fine...I've done that often enough. Buying a pint, expecting a roll-up and then being thwarted is fucking torture. I don't smoke anymore but I did when I went to Switzerland a few years ago. Walked into this backed smoking box at Geneva airport, stood there for a few moments and contemplated not bothering lighting a cigarette because it was so full of smoke I wondered if I actually needed to.I learnt to play guitar in Kincardine O'Neill, not relevant but always liked the place (and the complete unpredictability of whether the pub on the high street would actually be open or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, jmothecat said: I learnt to play guitar in Kincardine O'Neill, not relevant but always liked the place (and the complete unpredictability of whether the pub on the high street would actually be open or not). Kincardine O'Neill is a beautiful place plus the filling station would fill your car with petrol, check the pressure in your tyres and add water/screenwash on request. We had to 'move south' again because of my work but I could make a good argument for that part of the country being one of the best places to live and bring up bairns compared to most of The UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Im at the stage where an airport lounge is somewhere i can get away from the hustle and bustle of a busy airport,i honestly cant remember the last time i piled in to the free bevy.Ataturk turkish airlines lounge is probably the best going in the world just now (as someone mentioned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 2 hours ago, doulikefish said: Im at the stage where an airport lounge is somewhere i can get away from the hustle and bustle of a busy airport,i honestly cant remember the last time i piled in to the free bevy.Ataturk turkish airlines lounge is probably the best going in the world just now (as someone mentioned) Totally agree. Stepping out of the main holding pen into the private lounge mid morning in Glasgow during the height of the holiday season is like being transported into an oasis of tranquility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 27 July 2016 at 19:30, welshbairn said: Aye, I have no problem on long flights if I know how long it's going to be. Flew to Washington a while back all chilled out until it took nearly 3 hours to get through security. Biting my tongue was seriously hard to a bunch over officious jobsworths. Mind you, if I get pissed off now I just go into the airport bogs for a quick rollie, they're hardly going to evacuate an airport because an alarm gets a vague waft. Same in hotels, I think the only way you can set them off is if you blow cigar smoke straight into them. Wouldn't risk it on a plane though. Does having to sneak into the toilet to secretly have a smoke not put you off smoking altogether? The idea of needing something to that extent seems horrible to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musselburgh Jambo Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Just yesterday spent 5 hours due to a delay in the BA lounge at Heathrow, back up to Edinburgh. I have no idea what my company paid for the flight ticket but I am reasonably certain that BA did not make any net profit from my travels yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 The Emirates lounges I've been in at Glasgow, Dubai, Singapore and Brisbane are the absolute tits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 The Emirates lounges I've been in at Glasgow, Dubai, Singapore and Brisbane are the absolute tits. Emirates in Glasgow is decent but some of the ones in Dubai are a bit shit.Singapore Airlines in Singapore was outstanding. Best I've ever been in. Food was superb and range of drinks excellent!The airport lounges in Manila were rotten. Basically just a roped off area to sit and help yourself to food/drink that wasn't even to a great standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 10 hours ago, Mitch said: Emirates in Glasgow is decent but some of the ones in Dubai are a bit shit. Im not a fan of dubais business lounge they are too fricking big,however the first class lounge is really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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