There is only one Star Alliance lounge at Shanghai, despite the size of the airport, and the number of Star Alliance airlines that use it. It is the old Sanghai Airlines Lounge, their showpiece lounge before they joined Skyteam. Now it is the Air China Shanghai lounge, but it is exactly the same. Technically, a lot of airlines use it as well as the Star All ...read more.

When you hear the words Lounge 69, you may get excited. Then you find out that actually, this means the generic Airport Authority lounge, and you will be anything but. In truth, it is better than some other generic lounges, but it still isn't any great shakes. It is a classic Generic lounge on a balcony style, of which there are two at Shanghai Airport. Thi ...read more.

You find the Cathay Pacific Shanghai lounge directly after security if you turn left, and then up in the lift (or escalator) by gate 68 and at the right there is a small reception desk. The lounge is actually known in Shanghai as Lounge 68. The Cathay Pacific lounge at Shanghai is the classic 'on a balcony within the airport' design, but Cathay Pacific ...read more.

Compared to all the other 'Generic lounges on a balcony' at Shanghai Airport, the Emirates Lounges is a delight: it is the only real 'dedicated home lounge' of any airline. Emirates had to fight for space for it: which is why it isn't on a balcony, but tucked back inside the main building, but accessed airside. And it is that access is a problem: Emirates h ...read more.

The small JAL Japan Airlines Lounge in Shanghai is tucked away in the old Terminal 1. There is little natural light in the lounge, and it isn't very comfortable. The lounge itself looks nice but it is rammed with passengers in the early afternoon, and it also has a reputation for quite poor food, and a very basic bar. At the back of the lounge there is a s ...read more.