My review of the Cathay Pacific (and BA) lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

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• John says:

  1 May1 May 11:17

  CX has 2 daily flights actually, the second departing at 2100

  • Anne Marie says:

    1 May1 May 11:49

    Was just in this lounge on Thursday morning and was quite impressed myself. I just missed the noodle bar offerings as they began at 10am but breakfast was in full swing and the selection was very good indeed. The previous posts about freshness and care are spot on. The Champagne bucket with its chilled Piper looked very inviting but as I had just come off the AA overnight flight from PHL it just didn’t feel like the thing to do at the time (I know. I’ve let the side down.).

    Ken Om was in the lounge then also (and on my BA flight into LHR).

• Matt says:

  1 May1 May 12:50

  I found the BA check-in area to be located in a very odd location, but quiet once I got down there. The upside is having a security entrance just a few metres away once you have your boarding pass. Not having spent much time in CDG, I was surprised how few departure boards there were to find where to check-in.

  • Rob says:

    1 May1 May 13:55

    I had that problem too after arriving in 2D and struggling to find which sub- terminal my BA flight was at.

• AA says:

  1 May1 May 13:02

  Is there a dedicated first/gold card area? Or is this the lounge? Looks great either way

  • Rob says:

    1 May1 May 13:54

    No, all one space.

• Will says:

  1 May1 May 13:24

  This lounge really is an example of how to offer a great lounge without the gimmicks.

  My guess is that the sunk cost of furniture and fittings be was not nearly as high as other lounges and yet it’s really functional, comfortable and the food is fantastic.

  I’ve only been through once but it blew me away as it was so unexpected.

• David says:

  1 May1 May 14:48

  Probably the best lounge shower I’ve had.

• Irons1980 says:

  1 May1 May 16:31

  Shockingly of the two, I think prefer the AA lounge… I personally thought the F&B choice was better (unlike virtually every other AAdmirals Lounge anywhere else in the world!)

• Matt says:

  1 May1 May 23:28

  This is a brilliant lounge. If all BA lounges shut down and were replaced by Cathay lounges then the world would be a much better place! The Cathay lounges in HK are even better than this.

  Overall I do not CDG as an airport – it is somewhat bizarre and badly laid out, with often unfriendly staff, however the staff in the CX lounge are great.

• Richmond says:

  3 May3 May 08:32

  Spent morning in CX lounge yesterday, my second visit there. Started with shower which was well stocked. Between 7.00am and 9.00am I was the only customer in the lounge. Hot food was “refreshed” quite often even though no one was there. I don’t know if they prepared it fresh or just re-heat it.

  Seating area by the window is excellent. You can watch planes taking off and landing and moving around the airport. A lot of A380s and other interesting planes and airlines.

  I wasn’t sure about AA, whether BAEC members can use it, so didn’t try it. However I visited adjacent Etihad lounge a few days before and was disappointed. Minimal buffet offering, everything else to orded but no menu, you have to ask for everything.

  I had no problem finding BA check-in area on my previous visit.

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