Airline Lounges of the World :- Part 2

There really is something to be said for being lucky enough ( i say lucky coz i sure aint' rich enough) to fly longhaul First Class.

My recent trip to JFK was something of a revalation as i wasn't actually sure what differences to expect from a First lounge compared to a Business terrace lounge but the differences were subtle yet striking...

First obvious thing is the silence. Granted there are potentially only 20 people in there compared to the 400,000 in the Club lounge but its such a place of serenity. The Concorde Rooms in T4 & JFK T7 are a total oasis.. Waiter service to your couch with pretty much anything you could ask for - i refrained from asking for dairylee on crackers in case the humour wasn't appreciated and settled for a bacon sandwich on the outbound leg of the journey so as not to spoil the inevitable banquet on board

All that rubbish about BA staff being rude was hugely unfounded. No one could have been more helpful and polite. I even had my postcards taken, stamps put on them for me and posted! - whether they arrive or not is clearly a different issue..

The T7 lounge at JFK looked like Philippe stark had gone to town on it. Amazing muted colours, curtains, linen etc, all wasted on me as i troughed down a "pre boarding" dinner, before rendering myself barely able to walk on gin & tonics prior to stepping on board the flight home

sigh.... i wonder when it may ever happen again...

New York, New York, so good they named it.... ok I'm bored already

Well now, what an incredible 5 days away in the big apple..

The highs....

• Flying BA First Class both ways
• Spending quality time with great friends
• Eating & drinking amazing food, wine, cocktails & bubbly
• Shopping to the point my case may kill someone if it falls on them

The lows...

• Drinking way too much on the flight out and being poured off at JFK
• Losing my LV wallet in a cab*
• Schlepping the entire length of Madison Avenue in new shoes!

The further highs..

• *Having my lost wallet returned to me (how nice are New York cabbies)
• Having a foot massage in the Molton Brown First lounge to undo the aforementioned new shoe horror

So as I sit in the 1st class Concorde Lounge in JFK, having just had 3 course dinner, a foot massage and sipping a large Bombay sapphire & tonic awaiting boarding, I am actually looking forward to coming home :-)

... oh how I could get used to this