Transit passengers from Chengdu to Los Angeles have a two hour layover in Jinan, as the inbound flight was scheduled to arrive at 9:35PM, while the connection was scheduled to depart at 11:35PM. Upon exiting the plane all passengers had to show their boarding passes -- those who were connecting to Los Angeles turned left…
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What they mean by the "declined to take away" tea buffet is for you to consume those items in the lounge, not grab some things "to go".
Add a li'l comma and things get interesting:
"Tea buffet declined, to take away -->"
Now start shoveling things down your bag.
This lounge was designed to serve the first class passengers only, as you can see from the entrance. 13 seats were more than enough back in the old days, considering the very limited number of international flights.
In the major airports like PEK, PVG or CAN there are many lounges that are part of Priority Pass. For example there is a Plaza Premium Lounge in CAN that I found it better than most airline run lounges.
@JZ
Plaza Premium is the best lounge in Guangzhou International Side, got invited once flying AY Business.
Point 2 on transit passenger boarding card says "new boarding will commence in approx 15 minutes", interesting
You can stop reviewing all airport lounges in China now - none of them are worth the words.
You should also be a little more worried about taking photos at airport security in China. They are deadly serious about enforcing the no photography rule.
I find the first point of the transit pass even more interesting.
"If you wish to terminate your journey, please advise the staff."
So there must be people secretly sneaking out of the airport after seeing the horrible service? A lot of smaller airports in China have lounges that are worse than the terminal area, Hohhot's blew my mind, for example.
Just visited the domestic Priority Pass lounge at Shenzhen airport last week. On the plus side, it was sparsely visited and had some massage chairs that looked inviting for a nap. However, the F&B offerings were terrible (instant coffee, substandard crackers and banana chips, and there were no proper work areas (the best I could muster was a patio table). No effort was made to decorate the area, and it in fact looked worse than the actual gates.
They could at least solve the seating problem here by just...adding more seats. From the pics you posted, it seems like there is a lot of empty unused space that could fit so many more seats.