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Review: Lufthansa E190 Business Class (FRA-LCY)
Review Overview YTHK'S VERDICT While the intra-Europe business class product is embarrassingly bad, Lufthansa does lead the pack with amenities and half-decent catering. I wasn't fussed about the lack of WiFi or power ports on this short regional jet flight, though the lack of WiFi on their A320neos is a...
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Review: Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Frankfurt
Review Overview YTHK'S VERDICT Air Canada operates some solid outstation lounges, and their Frankfurt lounge is no exception. While the food selection is limited, the lounge has good WiFi, showers, and IMO a better atmosphere than any of Lufthansa's lounges. 4.0 While Lufthansa has a wealth of lounges at Frankfurt...
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Review: Lufthansa Business Lounge B, Frankfurt (FRA)
Review Overview YTHK'S VERDICT This is a very middling offering for an airline lounge, and lacks personality. At least it has all the basics, including readily available showers, WiFi, a range of seating, and an adequate food selection. 3.5 Lufthansa operates a whopping six departures lounges for business class passengers...
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Review: Lufthansa Welcome Lounge, Frankfurt (FRA) Arrivals
A brief review of Lufthansa's Welcome (Arrivals) lounge Frankfurt, for passengers arriving Frankfurt in longhaul Lufthansa business class. The post Review: Lufthansa Welcome Lounge, Frankfurt (FRA) Arrivals appeared first on Young Travelers of Hong Kong.
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Review: Lufthansa A340 Business Class (HKG-FRA)
Review Overview YTHK'S VERDICT Lufthansa's business class hard product is lackadaisical, but their soft product was better than I expected. There's still lots of room for improvement, however. 3.0 After spending three weeks at home with friends and family, it was time to fly Lufthansa’s A340 business class, which I...
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Review: The Centurion Lounge by American Express, Hong Kong (HKG)
Review Overview YTHK'S VERDICT This is one of the few lounges at Hong Kong Airport that isn't overcrowded at the moment, and the X-factor is the bar, which serves up a variety of great cocktails. 4.5 Prior to a late-night departure out of Hong Kong Airport, a friend was gracious...
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New Year, New Restrictions: Which China Travel Restrictions Include Hong Kong and Which Don’t
Happy new year! A couple of weeks ago, my hopes for 2023 were that I’d be thinking about my imminent graduation, as well as upcoming travel plans. Less than 24 hours into the new year, I have 60 tabs open on my phone, trying to understand the plethora of new...
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Hong Kong Drops Most Remaining COVID-19 Arrivals Procedures (December 29, 2022)
Hong Kong has just announced that most remaining COVID-19 related arrivals procedures will be dropped as of tomorrow, December 29, 2022. This includes a health declaration form, a PCR test on-arrival, a Day 2 PCR test, and uploading rapid antigen test results onto an online portal (though travelers are still...
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A Guide to Cathay – Cathay Pacific’s New Loyalty Programme
Hello! This is my first post with YTHK since we joined BoardingArea. For a bit of background, I’ve known Alvin since elementary school, where we bonded over our mutual love of all things to do with the airline industry. Since YTHK was founded, I’ve contributed the occasional post or review...
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Review: Cathay Pacific A350 Business Class (ZRH-HKG)
After flying in from London on a Swiss A321neo and paying a visit to the impressive Swiss Senator Lounge at Zurich Airport, the next part of my journey was a flight to Hong Kong onboard a Cathay Pacific A350 in business class. While I’ve flown Cathay Pacific’s business class countless...
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Review: Swiss Senator Lounge E, Zurich (ZRH)
After flying Swiss’ A321neo from London to Zurich, it was time to fly to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific. Typically, Cathay Pacific uses the Aspire Lounge at Zurich Airport. However, since I had booked my Cathay Pacific flight as a Swiss codeshare and knew Swiss had a really great non-Schengen...
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Review: Swiss A321neo Business Class (LHR-ZRH)
Flights between Western Europe and East Asia have seen sky-high prices in recent past, particularly over the Christmas period. Amidst this time, it became all the more important to find cheap fares across a variety of airlines. The Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa/Swiss/Austrian) has had a few relatively good premium fares lately,...
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FAQs: Hong Kong’s New “0+0” Arrivals Process
Hong Kong recently adopted a new “0+0” arrivals process last week, where passengers are no longer subject to movement restrictions upon arrival for the first time since March 2020. This is a huge change from just a number of months ago, when the quarantine time upon arrival was 21 days....
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Review: United Club London Heathrow (LHR)
Over the weekend I flew from London to Hong Kong, where I’ll be spending Christmas. While I’ve flown in and out of Heathrow countless times, surprisingly this was my first time flying out of Heathrow’s Terminal 2. Star Alliance operates four lounges at Heathrow Airport, though I was only able...
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Welcome to YTHK!
Welcome to Young Travelers of Hong Kong! For my dear, loyal regular readers (hi mom!), this might be a formal update of what Young Travelers of Hong Kong will look like in the future, though this post isn’t really for you. Excitingly this week Young Travelers of Hong Kong joined...
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Review: Turkish Airlines A350 Business Class (IST-LHR)
An aviation expert's detailed review of Turkish Airlines' A350 business class, detailing the cost, seat, food, service, amenities, and more. The post <em>Review:</em> Turkish Airlines A350 Business Class (IST-LHR) appeared first on Young Travelers of Hong Kong.