The one and only time I was in LA the ML attendants pretty much kept to themselves. However, the lounge was clean, well stocked (the chocolate chip cookies were TOO good!) and absolutely no confusion whatsoever about departing trains. The LA ML is quite new (opened in late 2014?) but they seem to have things in order there.
Thanks for the warning on that one.....I'll be there for the first time in October and will be "braced" for that. Of course, maybe I'll get lucky as usual and the jerk(s) will not be on duty.
Count me as jealous....He's simply a joy to ride with!I will be seeing Dave tomorrow!! He's on the early CHI-NBU train and I never take that but need to tomorrow. Can't wait to see his smiling face!!
Yes. What Jim said. Things have gotten better now that the worst of the lounge crew are gone. The last time I was there, I saw one of the lounge crew treat a passenger like a piece of dirt simply because she (the passenger)could not find a red cap. The lounge dragon was the one to blame because she overlooked this pax, who needed assistance. No, I was not that pax, but she wasn't very pleasant to me or anyone else either. So...the more things change, the more things stay the same.
Ohhhhh... Yeah. I have so much sympathy for those people. You couldn't pay me enough to work the coach boarding area.
I wonder if this is still the situation. The last couple of times I went through CUS, the old boarding lounge(?) was almost empty because "general" boarding was from the great hall.
they're open from when the first train comes in till the last train departs.
Apparently that rule was never instituted.
You're thinking of same-day coach connections.
It was my understanding that they allow anyone in who has a same-day sleeper ticket. When I was there last December, I met two women on the eastbound CZ who were also making connections in CHI to the Cardinal. I had a sleeper ticket on both the CZ and the Card, and the other two were arriving in sleeper on the CZ, but leaving in coach on the Card (one because she was getting off a few hours later, the other because she was unable to book a sleeper by the time she made her reservation). Both were allowed into the Met Lounge with no problem.
There have been rumors that the policy has or will change with the new ML in that you have to be outgoing on a sleeper or BC to use the lounge. This has not yet been confirmed.
I know. It's a shame it leaves GR at 6:00 a.m. I'd have to leave Battle Creek at 4:30. There is no way I'm getting up that early for a joyride.
I'll be up around 3 AM from Toledo. Probably earlier.I know. It's a shame it leaves GR at 6:00 a.m. I'd have to leave Battle Creek at 4:30. There is no way I'm getting up that early for a joyride.
That's just crazy talk.I'll be up around 3 AM from Toledo. Probably earlier.I know. It's a shame it leaves GR at 6:00 a.m. I'd have to leave Battle Creek at 4:30. There is no way I'm getting up that early for a joyride.
Just don't go to bed.That's just crazy talk.I'll be up around 3 AM from Toledo. Probably earlier.I know. It's a shame it leaves GR at 6:00 a.m. I'd have to leave Battle Creek at 4:30. There is no way I'm getting up that early for a joyride.
Signed,
A Night Owl
I have no life so I can sleep the next day. LOLI know. It's a shame it leaves GR at 6:00 a.m. I'd have to leave Battle Creek at 4:30. There is no way I'm getting up that early for a joyride.
It's the new Metropolitan Lounge. The old one is now closed (and presumably will become part of the coach waiting areas).
