Review: Lufthansa Lounge Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Is this likely due to the fairly big presence of LH group, considering flights to ZRH/VIE/BRU/GVA? Would that be sufficient should LH expand long haul out of BER to fill in the vacancy of AirBerlin?

Eating outside the lounge probably has something to do with the overall amount of space available and the airflow rate of exchange. That's been my experience at my job, for what it's worth.

And now consider, that this place saw a lot of cost cutting. They had so many nice things planned. Catering was supposed to be even better than MXP/ATH.

After corona the SEN Lounge will open; including a fire place, and many more nice amenities. And even like this, the place is super nice.

The Business Lounge will also get a smoking room eventually.

Do you think once travel recovers that we will see more US-Berlin flights?

United had EWR-TXL pre-pandemic, that I assume they will resume at some point.....

I have always been struck by how few nonstop options to Berlin.

@John

EWR TXL is one of the lost underserved routes in history of aviation. I did some analysis using big data and machine learning and it's astonishing. Should be in top 10 lists.

Imagine all the electrical wires running thru BER and the lounge lol
I bet they did not want to risk anything by putting lots of outlets 😛

Reminds me of the LHR LH lounge in a lot of ways. The floor to ceiling windows over the tarmac, very similar seats/chairs, and the dining/drink area looks a lot like the LHR one as well.

Also, in reply to John, BER has always been an O&D spot. That will naturally limit the number of flights because Americans will only have enough demand to go in the summer.

Those hanging globe light fixtures are already outdated. Or: did they run out of money?

I return to Berlin quite often to visit family (Stahnsdorf/Kleinmachnow) and will be visiting this airport for the first time in a couple of weeks. I can't say I'm very excited but nor was I prior to this airport review since it's been an absolute disaster. It feels like Berlin officials cut the ribbon and said "Here you go." and left in a hurry. Everything surrounding this airport is totally lackluster in feel and soon I will have firsthand experience to confirm this.

I loved the grey goose in the LH lounge in Frankfurt last year 🙂

The Amex Centurion in Seattle was open when I passed thru last week and there was only to-go food. A can of sparkling water, a small container of salad, a chicken salad warp (there was another choice but I forgot what it was), an orange, a bag of chips and a couple of prepackaged snacks (brownie and dried fruit I think)

Pretty decent, given the circumstances. Seats were blocked for distancing and there were areas that were reserved for people who may have 2-4 people in their party.

Am I right that you did this by buying a refundable ticket? This was the first thing that I thought of when I saw this review:

https://viewfromthewing.com/man-hit-2000-euro-bill-scamming-lufthansa-lounge-access/

I know it's not the same, as your intentions aren't anywhere near the same. You never intended to scam. But you know Germans and their rules (though Berlin is a little different). Lufty may send you a bill for the coffee and the sandwich!

@Brian, I thought just that from Ben's last visit to the BER lounge on a refundable ticket and posted the same link about this passenger being sued for doing just that. With a glowing report and nice photos here in this blog, I can't imagine Lufty doing it in this case 😉

Similary in Singapore it is illegal to enter airside without intention to fly as one person found out after seeing his girlfriend off at that gate. I expect similar laws are also in place to stop someone buying duty-free by just booking a refundable flight ticket.

Ach Du liebe Güte. Karg sieht es aus. Da fällt mir die Senator Lounge der 80ziger Jahre in JFK ein, da gab es noch Eames Lounge Chairs und Fürst Metternich dazu, und dann wurde man zum Sitzplatz eskortiert. Da war allerdings noch Prof. Eser an der DLH-Macht.

Can you access it as Star Alliance gold but flying economy on United?