We're flying back to the US in a few days from Lisbon and am wondering if anyone has any info on the TAP lounge at the Lisbon Airport. We're flying United direct to the US, and have access via status. It's my understanding that the lounge is in the Schengen part of the airport; does anyone have any insight into how much time I need to allot to get to our gate, ie how crazy is security between where the lounge is and where flights to the US depart?
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We just traveled via United from Lisbon last week and used the lounge while we were in the airport.
It is quite nice and is indeed in the Schengen part of the airport.
Clearing Lisbon security was relatively fast (30-45 minutes for us, but we might have been lucky!).
The lounge is about a 15 minute walk from the United gates.
There is the normal secondary screen at the gate so plan on extra time for that.
Safe travels.
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Just got back last week and I'm happy to report the lounge is fairly good and worth the trek Decent food selection; plenty of seats/tables, busy but quiet and a nice place to rest up before a flight back to the US. The trek to it from the United check-in desk took about 15 mins (including passing through security) and maybe another 20 from it to the gate where our United flight was departing from. There was a secondary security screen from the Schengen area (where the lounge is) to the area where the US bound flights depart from. Passing through that security was really quick for a noon-ish flight (maybe 5 mins), but I've read that wait times can be considerably longer. Absolutely worth a visit if you can get in!