Hi! It's istaria again. This time I'm
featuring the very convenient
LoungeKey benefit that comes with the
premium MCO Visa cards.
And yes, they are still called that even
after the controversial MCO/CRO swap,
although that's probably going to change
pretty soon. Setting it up is extremely
easy. All you need to do is to visit their
page using the correct link for your
card tier and area,
which I have for you in the description.
Registration is extremely easy and fast.
You just, input your card details and some basic
information about yourself
such as your email address, phone number
and so on. Once registered you can enter any LoungeKey
lounge as long as your card is with
you.
Once you have created your account, you
can use the lounge finder to check if
there are any associated lounges near
your home airport or places you
frequently fly to. Both the app and the site list all your
available options. For this demonstration I picked the
lounge in Gdansk, since it's not very far, the area is not
affected much at all by the pandemic
and it is a city I know very well.
I managed to convince my girlfriend to
come with me to experiment
how it feels like to be traveling during
peak season for once.
We don't normally travel during this
time of the year so it was something
very new to us to experience, even with
the amount of people at less than half
of normal because of the pandemic, it was way
too crowded for us, so we'll stick to
off-peak travelling from now on.
In any case the sign-up process was
extremely easy all you needed to do is
to show your boarding pass,
get your card swiped and then confirm
your stay by signing on the device and that's all
you need to do.
[And what's that? It's a LoungeKey?]
(A LoungeKey, yes)
Once you're in, at least this specific
lounge was extremely quiet and pleasant.
There was barely anyone in there and the
seating was very comfortable, although
for a tall guy like me, I couldn't really
get used to the low table.
The selection of food was clearly
affected by the pandemic but although we
skipped breakfast, we still managed to
snack our way to being full for the
plane. For a frugal couple like us it is very
hard to beat free food, even if it's just a snack. The limited
selection included stuff like yogurt
with cereal, sandwiches,
chips, crackers, chocolate and free drinks.
If you drank beer there would have been
plenty of that to go around. I'll definitely be back to review these
and more lounges in the future
in much greater detail when the
situation around the world has gotten
better,
but for now this concludes this short
demonstration. Hope it was useful
and that you too can take advantage of
this perk in the nearby future!
