Fantastic food, great views, and lovely mood lighting in the Singapore Airlines Lounge Sydney. I book so many of my trips so early, to make sure I can use points and get the best flights & connections. This trip to Koh Samui had been booked for 9 months, so I was so excited to finally get to the lounge and be on the way! As Singapore Airlines is a member of of Star Alliance, I was also able to visit the neighbouring Air NZ lounge before this flight as well...

The Air New Zealand Lounge Sydney has come a long way since the dark green lazy recliner style chairs from 5 or so years ago. It is now a large, open, light and bright space, with tones of pinks, white and black. The Air New Zealand Lounge Sydney is available to premium guests travelling on any Star Alliance flight. This particular visit, I was flying on Singapore Airlines, but it's more appealing to me than the Singapore Airline SilverKris lounge next door. If you prefer better food and a smaller,...

Private escort from check-in to Security After checking in to my Malaysia Airlines flight MH791 from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, I was escorted by 2 official looking gentlemen through fast track immigration and security. I'm pretty sure it's a service provided by the Coral lounge service, for premium guests. There was a lady in a Coral uniform directing me to 2 gentlemen who took my passport and I followed them. Immigration and security weren't busy at all, but I would imagine that this would be really handy when it...

TG Lounge Bali - with live cooking and comfortable lighting. Not bad, Bali! The TG Lounge Bali airport (Taurus Gemilang) is used by Virgin Australia and other airlines at Bali's Denpasar airport. Aside from the Garuda business lounge, the only other lounge at Denpasar international airport is the Premier Lounge - which I think is much less appealing than the TG lounge. I visited this lounge most recently before flying back to Sydney from Denpasar - you can read the review of the flight from Sydney here. After security and...

The AMEX Lounge Sydney Airport is a trendy looking space,but the small size means it's usually overcrowded. It is next to the Skyteam lounge, just near gate 24. After going through security, head straight ahead through duty free and then veer left. The American Express Lounge Sydney Airport is open from 6:00 - 23:00, 7 days a week. It is available to people who have free lounge passes included with their American Express cards - more info here. It's not possible to pay to enter this lounge. Upon arriving at the...

The House is the new lounge concept from Virgin Australia and Etihad for their premium and status guests. It occupies the original Etihad Lounge space at Sydney International airport. And at the moment it's kept the original style. The most noticeable thing is the extra seating, removal of one of the food benches, and obviously signage at the entrance. Entering the lounge I was greeted by Virgin Australia staff, who quickly scanned my boarding pass and welcomed me. The Space Currently The House Lounge Sydney Airport still looks like the Etihad...

Virgin Australia makes use of the Etihad lounge for flights from Australia to Hong Kong (from both Melbourne and Sydney). Business class guests as well as gold and platinum members of Velocity are eligible to use the lounge. I have used the Etihad lounge in Sydney several times when flying with them to Abu Dhabi, but this experience was a bit different. Because Etihad doesn't have morning flights, and because it was for Virgin Australia passengers, it was a different catering style. Finding the Lounge The Etihad lounge Sydney is next...