Review: Airport Lounge World Munich Airport (MUC)

Hi Ben,
The „World Lounge“ is my favorite business class Lounge at MUC (compared to AF, EK, LH C and Europe Lounge).
I would even say it’s the best Priority Pass Lounge in Europe? (I like its interior design, so that helps.)

You can also easily use it on Schengen flights if you are willing to go through passport control (twice) - with selected passports, e-Gates can be used.

There also is an airside shuttle bus from this lounge in T1 to the Star Alliance Terminal T2 with frequent service.

One more thing: The glass front spanning two levels of the World Lounge is fantastic.

Looks like a Korean Air lounge with different color scheme

I use the lounge all the time when flying home to NYC and I never knew there is an upstairs. The lounge does the job just fine. It's nothing special, but the food is good and plenty of seating (and now I know there is an upstairs - even more seating).

Wow….refreshes a lot of memories. Haven’t been here in a few years, but this lounge was my first PP lounge I ever accessed quite a few years ago, way before the pandemic.

It was the holiday season and they used to serve a very decent quality sparkling wine.

Plus upper floor rest room is unique. The porcelain throne faces a not so distant window, that is off course not in the pathway of people walking outside. But you never know if a maintenance guy walking by could look in.

Very nice! Definitely will try it soon. (someone knows how to take pictures).

It does look like a decent lounge but I doubt it comes near the top 5 of non-, airline lounges in Europe. Some of the AENA lounges have historically been better - e.g. the Schengen one at BCN clearly is on a different level- and after COVID there's been more attention paid by airport operators to the facilities in order to attract premium leisure pax (see e.g. the Extime projects in Paris).

I'm surprised (but probably shouldn't be) that the Priority Pass lounge looks better than all Lufthansa lounges (except LH First) I have been to!

Small correction: you can access the lounge also by stairs 🙂 (very little people do - I anyway prefer walking 😉

And @neogucky: for sure the LH SEN lounge in the MUC Satellite Terminal is way better.

kudos on the showers. the dining area looks like a school cafeteria. 'where's my grilled cheese sammich, Doris'?

Your comment just made me have a flashback to last October, when I walked in and thought the same thing!

We were there in October before our Qatar flights. We started downstairs to eat, then moved upstairs (where it’s so quiet you can hear a pin drop). It’s not meant to be the La Premiere lounge, but it’s very solid, and does the job. Friendly staff, and loads of light.

The lounge also has a really great lounge and dinner food selection, much better than many other PP lounges, so it's a really good and decent place to go. Never experienced it too crowded either, and like Ben says, there's always the upper level for a more quiet and relaxed experience.

BTW: Since MUC airport now almost completely restricts PP to their T1 Europe/Schengen lounge to a few specific airlines only, they themself point Schengen passengers towards the World/Non-Schengen lounge (noting that they'll have to undergo passport control though and clear security again when returning to the Schengen area of the terminal). See https://www.munich-airport.com/airport-lounge-europe-725693 for reference.

I visit thus lounge often. It has a partner lounge that is quite similar Airport Lounge Europe for Schengen flights.

I visit thus lounge often. It has a partner lounge that is quite similar Airport Lounge Europe for Schengen flights.

Unfortunately, the day pass is now an even more unreasonable 72 Euros with limitations capping your visit to two hours.