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| Holocaine | chrisjrn: So will VA customers get access to the NZ/Star lounge at TBIT when it opens? | 10:29 |
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| chrisjrn | If flying on Air NZ, yes | 10:36 |
| chrisjrn | but it'll be in TBIT, and that's not terribly useful if you're flying VA | 10:37 |
| chrisjrn | though I hear that VA might be moving to TBIT in the near future | 10:37 |
| chrisjrn | because T3 sucks | 10:37 |
| Holocaine | Yeah, that's what I was wondering. | 10:44 |
| Holocaine | If VA move to TBIT, what lounge do they use? | 10:44 |
| Holocaine | And NZ's lounge opens in a few weeks. | 10:44 |
| Holocaine | Well, NZ's Star lounge. | 10:45 |
| chrisjrn | it'd be NZ's lounge most likely | 10:45 |
| chrisjrn | (NZ do own a large portion of VA) | 10:45 |
| chrisjrn | "Air New Zealand owned and operated domestic and international lounges** | 10:45 |
| Holocaine | Yeah, it's just whether the Star Alliance bit causes issues or not. | 10:46 |
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| chrisjrn | ,,, | 10:46 |
| Holocaine | Since I think it's NZ _operated_ but I'm not sure if it's NZ _owned_. | 10:46 |
| chrisjrn | hah, yes | 10:49 |
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| praetorian | mm | 10:49 |
| Holocaine | chrisjrn: Apparently all the TBIT lounges are alliance-aligned. | 11:20 |
| Holocaine | chrisjrn: Which means VA could cut a deal to get access to either Star via NZ or SkyTeam via DL, assuming the alliances permitted it. | 11:20 |
| chrisjrn | my guess is it'll be NZ | 11:23 |
| Holocaine | I'm guessing DL runs the SkyTeam one. | 11:27 |
| chrisjrn | Nope | 11:31 |
| chrisjrn | DL runs out of T5 exclusively | 11:31 |
| Holocaine | chrisjrn: Looks like KE run it. | 11:55 |
| chrisjrn | seems plauasible | 11:56 |
| chrisjrn | nice that it's an Asian airline | 11:56 |
| chrisjrn | means higher standard than Delta :P | 11:57 |
| Holocaine | I wonder if VX/LAX would ever get around to renovating T3. | 11:57 |
| chrisjrn | Once VX have the money | 11:57 |
| chrisjrn | and once they get Jetblue and Frontier to agree to it | 11:57 |
| chrisjrn | PROBABLY NOT, LOL | 11:58 |
| Holocaine | #1: SHOWERS | 11:58 |
| Holocaine | #2: ACTUAL FOOD | 11:58 |
| chrisjrn | not a chance | 11:58 |
| chrisjrn | it's a domestic lounge | 11:58 |
| chrisjrn | and it's meant as a domestic lounge | 11:58 |
| Holocaine | Don't care. | 11:58 |
| * Holocaine stamps his little foot. | 11:59 | |
| chrisjrn | yyour foot is very little | 11:59 |
| Holocaine | Of course I don't get showers in the lounge at SIN either but at least they have places where I can just pay for a shower. | 11:59 |
| chrisjrn | Yup | 12:00 |
| praetorian | i tried to use one of those in JP | 12:00 |
| praetorian | was a wait :< | 12:00 |
| chrisjrn | If I end up going through SIN later this year | 12:00 |
| Holocaine | Surprised nobody's doing that at LAX. | 12:00 |
| chrisjrn | HAHAHA | 12:00 |
| Holocaine | Well, less surprised given the utterly fucked structure of the airport but anyway. | 12:01 |
| praetorian | i want to go to japan again | 12:01 |
| praetorian | :< | 12:01 |
| praetorian | ever been in Colombia? what's the lounge situation like there? | 12:02 |
| chrisjrn | I hear Avianca is really nice? :P | 12:02 |
| * Holocaine is going to find out what the Brisbane Koru lounge is like soon. | 12:03 | |
| praetorian | chrisjrn: lol. | 12:03 |
| praetorian | i may be going to there soon. | 12:03 |
| praetorian | BOG probably. | 12:03 |
| chrisjrn | Holocaine: Broom cupboard | 12:04 |
| praetorian | `Avianca's main hub' .. ha | 12:04 |
| Holocaine | Well, I'm going to find out what the Melbourne SilverKris, Singapore KrisFlyer Gold, London SilverKris, Brisbane Koru, and Seattle Sky Club are like. | 12:05 |
| chrisjrn | 1) Meh, but at least it's new | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | 2) Actively awful | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | 3) I've heard decent things about it | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | 4) Broom cupboard with barely a window | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | 5) It's a sky club. What do you expect? | 12:07 |
| Holocaine | LAX Sky Club wasn't bad. | 12:07 |
| Holocaine | It had showers and gin and tonic. | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | ... yes it is | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | You have to pay for the G&T | 12:07 |
| Holocaine | Both of which were quite welcome. | 12:07 |
| Holocaine | I didn't. | 12:07 |
| chrisjrn | You do now | 12:08 |
| Holocaine | Durn. When did that happen? | 12:08 |
| chrisjrn | It moved to full-service paid bar in July | 12:08 |
| chrisjrn | just before I had to use it | 12:08 |
| Holocaine | That sucks. | 12:08 |
| Holocaine | At least I won't have to pay $50 to pay for my drinks. | 12:08 |
| chrisjrn | :P | 12:08 |
| praetorian | haha | 12:09 |
| chrisjrn | Exploring the possibility of DroidCon India in late November... | 12:10 |
| chrisjrn | Would mean doing the whole SQ thing | 12:10 |
| Holocaine | Well I'm off to London next Wednesday (Tuesday night) | 12:11 |
| chrisjrn | excitements | 12:11 |
| Holocaine | 12:05am departure, baby! | 12:11 |
| chrisjrn | Sounds good | 12:11 |
| Holocaine | 77W to SIN then 380 to LHR. | 12:11 |
| chrisjrn | that's an 8 hour flight that you can sleep through | 12:11 |
| chrisjrn | win | 12:11 |
| chrisjrn | And this is welcome: https://www.velocityrewards.com.au/content/ProgramBenefits/LatestNews/new-travel-benefit-with-delta-air-lines/index.htm?cmpid=VFF_Septemberstatement_Internal_eDM_All&RRID=32365580&RMID=VFF_201309_SeptemberStatement | 12:12 |
| Holocaine | And then, just to switch it around, 77W from LHR to SIN and 380 from SIN to MEL. | 12:12 |
| tpb | <http://ln-s.net/-x64> (at www.velocityrewards.com.au) | 12:12 |
| Holocaine | Hmm. | 12:12 |
| Holocaine | I wonder how much that costs. | 12:13 |
| Holocaine | And whether it's worth it for my LAX-SEA and SEA-LAX legs. | 12:13 |
| chrisjrn | I'd definitely take it up on the Cehnehdeir | 12:13 |
| chrisjrn | but there's no frequent flyer benefit | 12:13 |
| Holocaine | AUD32 per leg. Means, with discount, $48 for both. | 12:29 |
| Holocaine | I think I'll take it. | 12:29 |
| Holocaine | And now, bed. | 12:31 |
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| Holocaine | chrisjrn: Ah har. I have found out the confusion. LAX Sky Club has "Luxury Bar" which means _premium_ stuff is for sale but basic stuff is still free. | 23:57 |
| chrisjrn | the basic stuff is quite limited | 23:59 |
| Holocaine | Yeah, but I got two gin and tonics. | 23:59 |
| Holocaine | And that was at the full-service bar. | 23:59 |
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