During my trip to Japan via Mongolia, I had the chance to check out a few lounges at Tokyo Haneda Airport Terminal 3, prior to my Japan Airlines A350 first class flight to New York. My first stop was the TIAT Lounge Haneda, which is the only Priority Pass lounge in Terminal 3.
Honestly, this lounge is only worth visiting if you have no other lounge options. The benefits of this lounge are that it’s open 24/7 (unlike all other lounges in the terminal) and that you’re in Japan (meaning everything is clean, and everyone is polite)… but not much else
TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda location
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport is located in Terminal 3, which is the airport’s largest international terminal. To access the lounge, you’ll first need to clear security and immigration. Once you’re through there, you basically can’t miss the lounge. Just take the escalator immediately behind the checkpoint to level four, and the entrance to the lounge is right there.
You’ll notice that just outside the lounge, there’s a well organized queuing system, for situations where the lounge is at capacity. Unfortunately that’s a reality of Priority Pass lounges nowadays…
TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda hours
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport is open 24/7, and it’s the only lounge in the terminal that doesn’t close. That’s useful for those who may have a short overnight and who don’t want to leave the terminal (or can’t enter Japan, for whatever reason).
TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda entry requirements
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport has very clear signage at the door with entry requirements (which is hardly surprising, given that we’re talking about Japan). For one, the lounge is open to Priority Pass members, with usage allowed for up to three hours. There are of course many premium credit cards offering Priority Pass™ memberships.
On top of that, this is used as the contract lounge for several airlines, including China Southern, Garuda Indonesia, Hainan Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, ITA Airways, Juneyao Air, and more.
TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda seating & layout
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport isn’t very big, and has quite a boring and uninspiring design. The main seating area of the lounge consists of just one big room, though it’s not perfectly rectangular. Instead the lounge is almost in the shape of a half hexagon, or something.
All the seating in the lounge faces the windows, and it includes a variety of individual chairs.
The below pictures basically show you all the seating in the lounge, going from the very right to the very left (when facing the windows).
As an aviation geek, I appreciate how the lounge has apron views throughout, and there’s no shortage of plane spotting at the airport.
The only other parts of the lounge are a small smoking room off to the side…
…as well as a luggage storage area.
TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda food & drinks
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport has a self-serve buffet located inside the entrance to the lounge and to the left, and it’s quite sad.
The food selection was comprised of edamame, fried chicken, grilled rice balls, potato chips, soft pretzel dogs, scones, instant noodles, fried noodles, and ice cream.
The drink selection included a soda machine, a juice machine, a coffee machine, a selection of tea, a beer machine, and a water dispenser. The whole selection feels like what you might find in a convenience store, rather than a lounge.
Then there was also a selection of liquor, plus one white wine, one red wine, and one sake, and that was probably the most impressive part of what was on offer.
This lounge definitely doesn’t impress in the fresh food department.
TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda bathrooms & showers
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport bathrooms are located off a corridor in the back left of the lounge.
The men’s room had three sinks, two stalls, and three urinals, and was spotless.
The lounge also has a few shower suites, located in the same area.
The shower suites each contain a sink, a toilet, and a walk-in shower, but aren’t otherwise particularly luxurious. Toiletries are in reusable containers.
Bottom line
The TIAT Lounge Haneda Airport is the only Priority Pass lounge in Terminal 3. The lounge is open 24/7, has nice views of the apron, is clean, and has showers. However, that’s about the extent of what’s good about this lounge. The design is rather drab, the food and drink selection is lackluster, and there’s not much in the way of amenities.
If this is the only lounge you have access to, absolutely use it, because it’s better than being in the terminal. But this doesn’t compare to any of the better lounges in the terminal, including the Cathay Pacific Lounge and Japan Airlines First Lounge, which I visited subsequently.
What do you make of the TIAT Lounge Tokyo Haneda Airport?
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