Cathay Pacific Business Class and First Lounge SFO Review

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Cathay Pacific Business Class and First Lounge SFO Review

The Cathay Pacific Business Class and First Lounge SFO lounge review is part of the weekend wedding in London. I’m flying Air Berlin through DUS to LHR and booked my ticket out of LAX. I scheduled it so that I would have less than a 24 hour stopover in San Fran and was able to use just 8000 points to spend the night at the Hyatt Regency SFO. Once arriving at the airport I checked in and was told that Air Berlin was now using the KLM/ Air France lounge. UGH, I really wanted to try the 3 One World lounges out.

I was actually turned down at the British Airways Galleries Lounge and the Japan Airlines lounge. HAHA! I’m One World Sapphire and I’m flying business class on a partner, but no go. Cathay, however, let me in.

The Deets:

• Where: San Francisco, SFO International Terminal A
• When: July 2016
• Who gets in:
  • One World Sapphire, Emerald flying internationally
  • Business and First Class passengers flying on One World

Location:

After clearing security make a hard left away from the Gates. From there you will follow the signs upstairs. Both the JAL and Cathay Pacific lounges are upstairs. 

Check In:

AHHHHHH the white marble. It just feels LUXURIOUS

Food, seating, hang out:

You’ll make a right to where the main seating and food areas are located. There is a small tv lounge just behind where check in is as well. The food was definitely on a very slim end of the presentation spectrum. I was there from early afternoon to just before dinner time, but there wasn’t a whole lot of options.

 

Main Seating area:

As you can see from the pictures…the lounge is very empty. As i sit in it doing the review I could probably count on one hand how many other guests are here. The WIFI is fast and it’s nice having a whole room to myself.

Work Area

Small work area with Macs and printers.

Showers/washrooms:

The showers weren’t open for some reason when I was there, but there were a few of them.

Overall

The best part of this lounge was the fact that it was empty. The offerings are nice. The booze is decent, the food wasn’t much to shout about, but it was great having some much space to myself. I could get some work done, photograph everything and no one really card. Cause no one was around lol. If Air Berlin keeps getting the could shoulder I would definitely opt to come to the Cathay lounge over KLM/Air France ( which is a priority pass lounge ) as it’s much nice, emptier, and easier on the senses.