Since I was an arriving passenger from a Global First flight, I had access to the first class lounge in Tokyo for my three hour layover. If nothing else, it made for a change of scenery from March.
Upon entering, I presented my boarding pass to the check-in podium. I’m not sure why it’s necessary, but I was escorted to the elevator bank up to the first class level. Would armed guards have tackled me if I tried to press the elevator call button on my own?
As noted before, the lounge has unique artwork.
The lounge had a slightly different food selection than the main lounge.
The views and decor are the essentially the same (the first class lounge sits one level above the main lounge).
I never found out the reason, but while I was waiting for my flight to Manila, an EVA Air A330 was met by emergency personnel on the ground to be towed away while followed by a slow moving procession of firetrucks:
After about two hours in the United lounge, I left for the ANA lounge closer to my departure gate to get my seat changed (from the second to last row middle seat on a 763 to an aisle) and to flee the deteriorating wifi quality. While I did get my seat changed, the ANA lounge was packed and the wifi was somehow even worse than the one I had left.
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