Which lounge would you recommend at Dublin Airport?
Never been and looking for a treat
Any help appreciated
That there's someone rounding up paid customers after two hours? No it's not.
It's a standard condition when you buy a llounge pass that you're buying a two hour slot and two drinks. I've yet to see either of those conditions enforced but a national newspaper is not going to frame their headline as "Be grand, folks, you can stay as long as you like".
I think @Stark was referring to the 2hr limit mentioned in the indo article,as was I
I suspect the author of the article isn’t in the Dublin lounges very often and isn’t even aware that the terms and conditions aren’t policed,never mind mentioning that
He's the Indo's travel writer, he literally travels for a living, so I'd say he's in those lounges and others further afield rather a lot.
I also suspect he's well aware the time and drink limits generally aren't strictly enforced, but, again, he can't exactly say that in a national newspaper.
Not really sure how we got to a debate on semantics on what was a pretty objective rating of the Dublin lounges by a professional travel writer, but anyway...
I doubt he’s in those lounges often,he’s not Simon Calder
Secondly the point being discussed is whether that 2hr limit is ever policed
Last year I was in DAA lounges probably about 70 times,the only policing I ever saw was crowd control on entry to the old T1 ie people refused entry due it being full
The Liffey Lounge is regularly crowd controlled outside
Never ever have I seen the 2hr limit policed
I don’t know why you are complaining about that point being made,it’s central to the title of the article
If you are long enough in the phoenix to get 2 meals,an afternoon tea and some booze prior to a 3 or 4hr flight on a holiday,it’s certainly worth it,no question
The 2hr limit is only a ‘condition’ on paid for access anyway
It doesn’t apply to frequent flyer cards or business class pax
Imagine having a dragon going round timing and asking up to 300 people anyway at the buffet how long they’ve been there ,it’d be as much impossible as ridiculous
I've also seen the 2 drink per limit rule enforced but very rarely and only when people were clearly taking the piss.
Obviously they're going to highlight these things in the article to cover themselves, they'd be mad not to.
She just explained they're more strict now especially when business. In the order of Priority Pass / Dragon Pass and similar, then bookings, then business class.
This doesn't make any sense? There is no time limit on business class/status customers and denying them would piss off entire airlines.
They're stricter on priority pass, then bookings. It's extremely rare to be refused as a business class.
you would not be refused as business class if it’s the airlines contract lounge
1st to go would be paid entry
Priority pass do not currently have a contract with DAA for The Phoenix so you don’t get in there with that
You do with dragonpass which used be unlimited with Rev Ultra but they’re now LoungeKey since last week and only have an agreement with DAA for the awful in comparison Liffey lounge
The sheer size of the phoenix lounge means they are unlikely to be refusing entry to paid pax anymore
I have been "refused" as business class. Now it was more the staff asking me politely if I wouldn't mind not going in due to the overcrowding, the fact they know me and it was a short time before my flight. I just grabbed some of the prepacked sandwiches and left.
That’s not a refusal then but there’d be no point being in the old T1 lounge with no seat,I’d have done the same
It was often jammers
In which case they implemented entry refusal downstairs in front of the lift
I presume this was pre Phoenix,they did not refuse contracted business class pax in the olden days in my experience
They police the Liffey lounge outside all the time
Anyone think I should chance a lounge pass on Revolut for the Liffey lounge? It’s a one time entry for anytime but the time I plan to go says ‘sold out’ on the Dublin Airport site. Am I likely to be refused?
Been into phoneix lounge twice in the last few weeks. Was told 2 drinks at a time up at the bar. Apart from that no limit at all
Entered about 3.5 hours before my last 2 fights. No issues
Obviously now with the much larger phoenix lounge now open it's far less of an issue especially with no priority pass in that lounge
If you have to pay,then no
If it’s Revolut ultra’s lounge key,it’s free,so yes
First time in the 51st and Green post-refurb today, big improvement. Decent hot breakfast buffet and loads of coffee machines which is the biggest issue in the Aer Lingus lounge in T2.
Nice option.
lovely lounge
However they ruined it by putting a high security fence outside the windows meaning you cannot see planes landing and taking off anymore
You can see them when they’re coming in but the best views including landing are gone
Herself wants to go to a lounge, was going to book the liffey lounge as I get it free through ultra.
But I noticed if you go to book the lounge separately, it's constantly sold out, anyone know what is up with that?
you don’t book it with ultra
You just open the app,tap Rev points,tap lounges,put in dub and display the QR code
You then just show your boarding pass and your phone with the QR code to the lounge reception or the staff outside the door
It is ‘subject to capacity’ and as it’s probably joint smallest of the lounges there’s a risk the staff at the door will say no
For a guest the procedure used be that you buy the guest on ultra when it was dragonpass but now they’ve move to the inferior lounge key provider,that option no longer exists
Reading about all the lounges and the various names, can anyone clarify which lounge is the "aerlingus lounge". I have 2 passes for a flight next month. Flying EI to Germany on a saturday morning.
Thanks
It's the Aer Lingus lounge in the t2 "lounge tunnel"
https://onemileatatime.com/aer-lingus-lounge-dublin-review/
I go to the aerlingus lounge about once per month but a huge noticeable downgrade in quality recently.
Fresh porridge gone - now replaced by individual dry pots
Pastries are now individually plastic packed, cold and soft.
Overnight oats gone and now just cold yogurts.
And on this particular visit batista station out of order
it’s a bit sad that the ‘new’ lounge is worse than the old ‘B’ gates lounge. They did great sambos.
I aint talking about the new (this year) phoenix lounge but the aerlingus lounge
that’s also the one I am talking about. I remember the day it opened when it was reasonably nice and has now become worse than its predecessor in Terminal 1 which at least had nice sandwiches.
ugh that’s terrible, the fresh porridge was fairly decent and nice barista coffee. That’s very poor. I haven’t been since middle June so that’s a really fast decline as all their 3 weeks ago but it has been getting much worse.
I wouldn't bother. We flew through airport on Monday and the queue of people ouside the Liffey Lounge was unreal as we walked by and they were going nowhere. Why on earth would you do that.
You would be better off gong elsewhere and making sure you get decent food before your flight.
I read somewhere that there's a staffing issue in the EI lounge and the contract staff (OCS I think) are not allowed to handle fresh food. So it's likely just a temporary issue.
Happen to pass the Phoenix Lounge? Anyone know what's the situation like at present for entry there?
