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Review: Xiamen Airlines First Class Lounge (XMN)

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 10, 2025January 9, 2025 7 Comments

a sign on a wall

The Xiamen Airlines “First Class” Lounge (also used by business class and SkyTeam ElitePlus passengers) is a respectable lounge in Xiamen, with one aggravating feature.

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  • Xiamen Airlines First Class Lounge Review (XMN)
    • Access + Location + Hours
    • Seating
    • F00d + Drink
    • The Aggravating Feature: Internet
    • Bathrooms + Showers
    • CONCLUSION

Xiamen Airlines First Class Lounge Review (XMN)

After stepping off our flight from Jakarta, we had a couple of hours before our connection to Taipei. After completing transit formalities, we found the lounge.

Access + Location + Hours

Located between  Gates 12 and 15, Departure Hall of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, look for the “First Class Lounge No. 6” sign. If you’re on the upper level, you’ll take an elevator down to the lounge (there’s also a lower gate area with a direct entrance to the lounge).

an elevator with a sign on the wall

While there are no set hours, the lounge opens from the departure of the first international flight operated by Xiamen Airlines until the departure of the last flight.

Access is reserved for Xiamen Airlines and SkyTeam business and first class passengers, as well as SkyTeam ElitePlus members traveling internationally (and one guest).

Seating

Seating included dozens of wing chairs flanked by end tables, a handful of couches, and a dining area with tables and chairs.

a lobby with chairs and a table

a room with brown leather chairs and tables

a room with brown chairs and a window

a room with a large wall and a large window

a row of chairs in a room

a couch with pillows in front of a wall
I loved the stitched Xiamen Airlines pillows!

F00d + Drink

While the one thing I wanted I could not find (scrambled or fried eggs), there was a wide selection of food, including dumplings, noodles (made to order), cooked vegetables, congee, bacon, sausage, sandwiches, yogurt, and fruit. Not bad, right?

a room with a table and chairs and a computer

food in a restaurant with a variety of dishes

a group of pots with food in them

a pan of noodles and a pot of liquid on a stove

a bowl of food in a bowl

a tray of food on a counter

a group of bowls of food on a counter

a table with plates of food and utensils

a counter with food and drinks on it

Coffee, tea, a weak selection of wine, soft drinks, and water were available (self-serve).

a refrigerator with drinks and cans

The Aggravating Feature: Internet

The internet is such an annoyance in Mainland China…with the “great firewall” meant to allow the communist government strict control over the control of information. This lounge was no different…you need a local Chinese number or to scan your passport in order to get an access code…yes, Big Brother is watching.

a sign on a table

Bathrooms + Showers

Unless I missed it (I don’t think so), the lounge not only had no showers but no bathrooms.

CONCLUSION

I appreciated the comfortable place to wait for our connecting flight and thought the food section was quite respectable. The internet is so annoying in China, but I can hardly blame the lounge for that…

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. GUWonder Reply
    January 10, 2025 at 7:47 am

    I had no internet problems using my mobile phone data in China, so when I had problems with the airport/airline internet, I went back to using mobile phone data at the Chinese airports.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      January 10, 2025 at 8:28 am

      Yes, same.

  2. GUWonder Reply
    January 10, 2025 at 7:53 am

    I wasn’t sure if the pictured XMN lounge had bathrooms to the right of the check-in counter or if there were bathrooms in the lounge right around the corner from where the refrigerator with chilled drinks (and the coffee/tea station) was located. I didn’t ask or look for a bathroom there.

  3. PM Reply
    January 10, 2025 at 9:44 am

    I think they did have toilets behind/around the counter area.

    • GUWonder Reply
      January 10, 2025 at 12:34 pm

      That was my sense too. There was a person who looked like a male guest in the lounge and went up to the check-in counter to ask for something and then he disappeared without having exited the lounge. I assumed it was a lounge guest who disappeared into a bathroom in the lounge but I wasn’t sure where he went and who he was.

  4. PM Reply
    January 11, 2025 at 8:40 am

    In tangentially related news, VS have confirmed that any tickets upgraded with their credit card vouchers won’t get automatically credited to other Skyteam FFPs.

    However, to be completely fair to them, they were really good about liaising with SAS for a manual intervention, As a result, I now have 15/17 airlines credited and my million’s in the proverbial bag!

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      January 11, 2025 at 9:41 am

      Yay!

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