Review: Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon

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We visited Lotte World in the morning, and took a cab to Seoul Incheon Airport, arriving at around 4:30PM, roughly three hours before our flight.

Seoul Incheon Airport Exterior

The airport concourse is much like Fukuoka Airport, and is grand, airy, and on the bland side.

Seoul Incheon Airport Concourse

We quickly found the Korean Air check-in, and headed over to the Prestige Class line, where there was a sizeable line waiting.

Korean Air Check-in Seoul Incheon

We were escorted to Duty Free, and then we started the long line towards immigration. I was looking to get some work done, so headed straight to the Korean Air lounge, which was located right past immigration.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Entrance

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Signage

From there it was an escalator ride straight up.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Escalator to Lounge

I then headed to the reception, where I was greeted, and promptly admitted. I asked which side the lounge was, in which she replied “both sides”.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Reception

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Directions

Near the entrance was a Korean Air model A380. Thanks for telling me what I missed out on, Korean Air! (For those who don’t know, my flight, KE 607, used to be operated by an A380, but Korean swapped it out for a 747 after they needed an A380 for their second daily New York service.)

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Model A380

The flight information was located there.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Flight Information

I then went to the “charging station” in hopes of getting my phone charged, but while I found lockers, I couldn’t find any phone chargers.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Chargers and Lockers

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Lockers

The lounge was ginormous, but I can’t say that it didn’t feel private. The left side of the lounge featured a food bar, some pod seating, some seating facing the tarmac, some seating facing away from the tarmac and bar seating facing the tarmac.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon

As it was bright outside and rather dark inside, I apologise for the picture quality.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Seating

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Bar Seating

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Seating

Then there was some dining room seating.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Seating

Then there was a bathroom reserved for women only (though I didn’t have access, I hope understandably).

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Women’s Room

I settled in one of the pod seats facing a Korean Air A380. At least the seating was really damn comfortable.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Seating

At these pod seats there were universal power ports, which were a joy (especially with 31% to go and the fact that I wasn’t sure if there were power ports on the plane).

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Power Ports

Speaking of the A380, it just made me five times more jealous than I would’ve been had I not been staring at it half the time instead of doing work like I was supposed to.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon view of Korean Air Airbus A380-800

In front of me was a Korean Air 737, which I watched push back.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Korean Air Boeing 737-900

Not only did the lounge have tarmac views of Korean Air heavies, they also had views of the runway, which always, ALWAYS makes me excited.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Views of Heavies and Runway

After the 737 pushed back, I checked out the food spread. There was an extensive variety of both cold food and hot food, it just wasn’t very good, unfortunately.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Food Spread

Then there was the other side of the lounge, which was identically big and featured bar seating, and table seating. Holy sh…

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Seating

Then there was a business center, which was the same thing – bar seating and…more seating.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Business Center

Then there was an identical food spread.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Food Spread

This side of the lounge faced the gates directly – in this case, at a 777, two 747s and another A380. I’m so f*cking jealous of Hong Kong not having nearly enough A380s…

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon View of Tarmac

I sat down with some fried rice and pumpkin soup at my pod seat, watched the Korean Air A380 push off, then worked until boarding.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon View of Pushing Back A380

I visited the toilets, which were clean but not especially nice.

Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon Toilets

I didn’t need the shower rooms, and you need to ask the reception for a key to use them, so I passed that. I reckon they weren’t any less nasty than the toilets, though I’m not so sure.

I left the lounge at 7:15 and headed to the gate, as I wanted to be one of the first onboard and take cabin pictures of my broken A330 streak.

Seoul Incheon Airport Gate Area

Our flight was waiting for us at gate 24, about a five minute walk from the lounge. A Boeing 747! Finally! On the upper deck! Ahhh!

Korean Air Boeing 747-400 Seoul Incheon

Boarding began at 7:20, when I was fourth onboard.

Bottom line on Korean Air Prestige Lounge Seoul Incheon

The lounge, sure, was a little drab, and I wouldn’t say it’s an amazing ground experience, really. But it definitely was a nice place to hang out, watch some A380s and get some work done, and I’d definitely be stopping by given the chance.

I mean, it’s definitely better than the other Prestige Lounge at Seoul Incheon’s satellite terminal.

2 comments

Dongji says:

August 12, 2017 at 3:07 am

It’s not North Korea!! It’s South Korea.

1. Alvin says:
  
  August 12, 2017 at 10:26 am
  
  @ Dongji – I know. The title was based off a trip to the DMZ where I found myself on the other side for a little bit.

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