Enjoying the Lounge

For my trip back from Philadelphia to France, a pleasant surprise awaited me. It was not getting upgraded to business (which may still happen as I have not yet boarded the plane), but being invited to spend the two hours before my flight in the lounge. I guess this is one of the few advantages of having a Flying Blue Silver card (which, for some unknown but probably stupid reasons, I'm proud of).

So how is this lounge? It's quiet, really quiet. There are nice couches, free drinks (I'm enjoying a Yuengling typing this), power for the laptop, but unfortunately no free wireless. I haven't checked the "Work Carrels" that may have ethernet connections, but it's as good not to have access to the net I guess, so that I con do more productive things (well, what I should really be doing is writing down my presentation for ICAR2006, but I feel too tired for that right now).

So, is this really worth it? I guess it beats sitting in the waiting chairs by the boarding area, or at tiny tables in the bar with the TV turned on way too loud. (There is a TV area here, isolated from the rest.) And they announce when flights start boarding, so there is no need to leave too early. So I guess this makes flying more bearable, but it's not something I'll regret if I'm not invited again.

Flying business class is another story altogether, though ;-)