From our hotel, we took one of the airport shuttles which turned out to be much more relaxing than the train.
About 40-minutes later we arrived at ICN and headed for the Cathay check-in counter since my friend had a checked bag.
Surprisingly the business class line actually had a que.
We were through quickly and headed through security very quickly. We headed to the contract Cathay lounge called Airlines Association Lounge.
This turned out to be the lamest and crappiest lounge ever with a few sitting rooms.
And incredibly wimpy buffet.
So we decided to leave immediately and head to one of the Priority Pass lounges or worst case just sit in the terminal itself since that is way better than that lounge.
But first, Gong cha pearl tea!
Then up into the Matina Lounge.
It was nice enough with several conference rooms.
And sleeper rooms with the transit hotel.
And a decent buffet and restaurant sitting area.
A nice spread.
The food was actually tasty.
Also while sitting there, got my first real life glimpse of the new LH livery, it's certainly "clean" but also incredibly boring.
Definitely don't bother arriving early to ICN if you don't have access to one of the Korean or Asiana lounges. The Matina lounge is definitely the place to go if you do have time to kill.
Trip links:
- Seoul
- Shantou
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