Review Aspire lounge Schengen area Amsterdam airport

Unlike Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2., those departing from KLM's home airport can take advantage of access to an independent lounge in both the non-Schengen flight area and the area for flights to Europe; of course, this does not apply to easyJet passengers who do not depart from termina 2 at this airport-there is nothing for them.

Aspire non-Schengen lounge I reviewed it in the early days of TFC, I realized today that I had never written the review of the younger sister, number 26, dedicated to passengers on flights to theSchengen Europe, which I remember from a few months ago also include Romania and Bulgaria.

Location

It is located exactly above KLM's Crown Lounge, in front of the pier that leads toward Gates D. You have to go upstairs from the Dutch flag carrier hall.

Basically, the 3 lounges in this termina are only a few steps away from each other. The Aspire in fact shares the landing with the Star Alliance lounge.

Access

The main method is Piriority Pass, but this lounge also accepts Lounge Key and Dragon Pass, as well as having agreements with some companies, although between Star Alliance and KLM, almost all carriers are covered, except for Iberia passengers who cannot access the brand new oneworld Lounge located in the non-Schengen zone.

The lounge

The hall is a large square open space.

The best feature is the beautiful glass wall overlooking the terminal's public terrace, the one to understand that houses the Fokker 100 and which can be visited, before passing through airport screening.

The downside is that since the terrace is out of control, it is not accessible to lounge guests.

In the center are several lounging areas and some bar tables.

On the long side of the lounge are individual cubicles where you can work quietly, while on the opposite side is the buffet area.

My favorite area is definitely the armchairs with a view outward.

Judging from the state of some of the seats, it could use a refresh, because something like this even in the worst bars in Caracas I have never seen it

Food & Beverage

Let's say we are at the bare minimum, or maybe even less.

Two islands with drinks and a few snacks, I stopped by last time at breakfast time and I must say. the offer was really paltry.

In conclusion

One might say, "Rather than nothing better rather.", since in Paris in the AF house there is nothing, here in the KLM house there are two alternatives, which is no small thing, but a coat of stucco and paint would not hurt.

• aspire
• Priority Pass