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Skyteam lounge review: Air France in Dusseldorf terminal B

Departing Germany via Dusseldorf brings StringGirl to the Air France lounge in DUS (Dusseldorf Flughafen). The first step is finding the lounge. That requires some faith in the signage as you navigate a veritable warren of hall ways corridors, stairways (elevators), and doors.
Straight, turn, what?
straight out to the non-secure side
 Sure, the signs hang prominently from the ceiling as soon as you pass security for terminal B, but following the signs you will weave through several corridors passed doors you are clearly not to use, and others that seem innocent enough.


Avoiding accidental exit from the secure zone you find a junction that point in two directions for the lounge (one for the lift the other for the stairs), taking a leap of faith you follow the directions to the elevator then are deposited one level up and weave  your way passed the WC then another turn then the lounge. (If you are departing from B1-B20 i have no idea how you get here, but maybe you don't need to).


Once in the lounge, you find 1 TV, 2 espresso/capuccino machines, 4 stocked fridges, and no free wifi. There are a couple walk up terminals with internet access but little chance to use them (in 3 years of coming to this lounge i have never managed to use for more than 2 minutes between crashes).


Vodafone will sell you a wifi pass for 30 minutes at 6€, 2 hours for 13€, or a full day for 30€. So usually I will tether to the phone wifi for relatively decent 3G support (we have posted about that before).


Bier, Cola, tomato, bitter lemon and tonic
The fridge is stocked with beer, soda, water, juice, and bitter lemon. A minor selection of liquor is underwhelming for those of us who have visited Delta and KLM partner lounges but hey, this is Air France so we should no be surprised. Bitte ein Bit (Bitburger the home town bier) is a welcome Pils, and the Diebels is an Altbier (old style amber) that is decent as well. Especially since i have never like the Heineken from the KLM lounges or the Lite from Delta.


not a great bar selection
Compared to the public areas of the air-side of the Dusseldorf Airport the lounge is a quiet respite for the weary traveler on their way to their next destination (home or the lonely road). This lounge has never been crowded in all our visits and has proven a welcome benefit of our Skymiles Elite Plus status. That means unless you and Delta medallion Gold or above you can't get it. Sorry.


Next stop AMS, but with only a 1 hour layover we may not get to that next lounge.
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