After checking out the American Express Lounge Melbourne Airport, I decided to check out the Air New Zealand Lounge. This lounge is located on the ground floor, so it's one level below the American Express and Singapore Airlines lounges. The lounge opens three hours before the earliest Air New Zealand departure. The number of flights…
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This lounge does get full, many Air NZ passengers have Elite or Koru status and take advantage of the lounge.
Spred the golden Tip FRIENDS !!! I had very bad experience at BEAUVAIS AIRPORT !!!
No Lounge at All!
Security took my foie gras even though it was in a 100g can. No explanation was given, but I found it soon after: they sell foie grois after SECURITY!!!!
@Lucky. You better churn out those trip reports or you will be super backlogged soon with all the upcoming trips LOL. I always do enjoy reading them
I can assure you it is packed in the early evenings before the 772 or 789 to AKL leaves, together with A320s to WLG and CHC not far apart. There can easily be 200+ guests off those 3 flights alone. Plus other Star carriers using it (CA, SQ, TG). Although it may have subsided lately though since NZ ended its relationship with VA, since all Velocity Gold and Plat members also had access previously when on NZ or VA trans-tasman flights.
Not surprised with the coffee, Lucky. New Zealanders typically have a stronger brew, so a normal flat white in New Zealand is equivalent to a strong one in Australia. And NZ manages to export this across their lounge network somehow.
Looking forward to you assessment of the SQ cupboard ... ahem, lounge 🙂
Wow that Lounge looks huge! But I’m sure it can get pretty full from the Star Alliance flights. It looks really clean and nice, I also like how open it looks. Can’t wait to see what you think about the SQ lounge
Air NZ also sell an annual lounge pass, Koru Club, and each pass comes with a free guest allocation so although the narrow body planes have no Business class you can still have many people with lounge access. On a Sunday evening the lounges can be packed to the gunnels and resemble feeding time at the zoo
This lounge serves as the primary Star Alliance lounge for Melbourne (AirNZ, UA, AC, CA, TG etc) and is usually very busy by mid-morning. Service levels are high and have seen staff in the past wandering the lounge offering guests pre-poured Mimosas.
Thanks for the warning! I realize that was not your intention, but you are right: It is essentially identical to the Sydney lounge, which is depressingly generic. "Sleek" is an apt choice. "Soulless" would also work. Replace the Air NZ logo with any other airline logo, and no one would care. What a failed opportunity to market NZ and its products - not even L&P offered at the soda dispenser, or nice pictures and portraits on the walls. Just the same ol' boring breakfast. And, BTW, not everyone is on breakfast time when they show up in the morning. How about some non-breakfast offerings? So I quickly left the Sydney lounge and went to the un-sleek Singapore Airlines one next door - much better (and emptier); guess I'll do the same in Melbourne next year. I see SIN has Weet-Bix and (possibly Wattie's?) baked beans. Yum.