Well, I'm glad to learn the Lounge at CUS gets rave reviews; after all, it is carved out of an area that was once MY office when I was with the MILW
But all I can say is that for a METRA passenger, CUS is simply a vile dump. Even the once vaunted Food Court now looks "sleazy", but to me, a glass of house Chardonnay has the same "buzz" wherever served.
I'm going in for a Chicago Symphony matinee concert Friday, so I guess I'll see the dump walking through it on my way to Orchestra Hall. Would be nice if they got Adams St. open again.
Anyone, what is that kiosk in the Head House (whoops, Great Hall in Amtrakese) all about? All I know is last October (in for a CSO concert), I was promptly kicked out.
Overseas, the OBB has very attractive (First Class Only) lounges in both Salzburg and Vienna Hbf. Why last year I PAID €3,00 for a Financial Times when they were "there for the grabbin'" in the Lounge, I know not At Munich "Flughafen", Lufthansa has an attractive Lounge for Business Class, even if last year waiting on a three hour late flight home (ground hold @ORD - it happens to them too; Mr. Lurker), I got sick from some "ham rouladen" they were serving (got to see more of a 777's potty than I wished).
One more on airline Lounges; maybe it's different as United rebrands their Business Class Polaris, but last year, their Lounge could have just as easily been "the Black Hole of Calcutta (whoops, Kolkatta in newspeak) " - the description I always had for the former Amtrak CUS lounge.