At the end of our trip to Thailand, which included a trip to Chiang Mai (with reviews of the Coral Executive Lounge at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi BKK and the Thai Airways Royal Orchid Lounge at Chiang Mai CNX), we made our way back to New York in the same way that we flew to Bangkok: we flew Singapore Airlines Premium Economy on the longest flight currently available: SIN-JFK.

While I won’t review the return leg, since it was almost the same as the JFK-SIN leg, I will review the lounges we visited at BKK and SIN. At BKK, we visited both Miracle’s Business and First Class lounges, since these are both accessible with Priority Pass. This review will detail the Miracle First Class Lounge, located in the international departures area at concourse D (note I already published a review about the Miracle First Class lounge). Note that there are additional Miracle lounges at other concourses at the airport, which will not be covered in this review.

Briefly, the Miracle First Class Lounge is a nice lounge with comfortable seating, showers and pretty good food. Fortunately, since most airlines contract the Miracle Business Class Lounge, the First Class lounge is less busy, so on that account, if you can choose between the two, I’d go with the First Class lounge. For the rest, there is a slightly expanded selection of foods, though one annoyance was that there were fewer restrooms overall compared to the Business Class lounge.

1. Hours and Location
2. Access Requirements
3. Seating and Design
4. Food and Drinks
5. Restrooms and Showers
6. Summary

Hours and Location

The Miracle First Class lounge at Concourse D is open 24/7.

We came here after first visiting the Miracle Business Class lounge and while there, realizing we also got access to the Miracle First Class lounge. These two lounges are beside each other so to get her we only needed to exit the lounge, walk a few meters to get to Gate D6, and opposite that gate we found the entrance to the Miracle First Class lounge.

However, if you’re coming from security, you’ll want to take a left turn following the signs for the D-gates, specifically gate D6. The gates (and many lounges) are one level below the level where you’ll find all the shops. Since we first went to do the tax refund, we probably went a little further into the D concourse than was strictly necessary, but we took an escalator down and walked some ways back to get to gate D6. Signage was quite clear, just make sure you take note of the way the arrows point, or you may miss the fact that you have to go down a level.

Access Requirements

There are various ways to get access to the Miracle First Class lounge, and they are essentially the same as the ways to get access to the Miracle Business Class lounge, the difference being that if you gain access by virtue of being a premium passenger, you’d get access if you fly first class with your airline. If business class, you’d be sent to the Miracle Business Class lounge.

• The lounge accepts a variety of lounge memberships, including Priority Pass, Dragonpass, Loungekey, and a variety of what seemed like East Asian or Thai membership types, including from various banks.
• A large selection of airlines use the Miracle Business Lounge as their contract lounge for their premium passengers, including Jetstar, Kenya Airways, British Airways, Asiana Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Korean and ITA, among many others. See the pictures below for a fuller rundown.
• You can enter for a fee, currently about 1500 Thai Baht, or ~$47, according to the lounge’s website.

Seating and Design

When you enter, you’ll find yourself in something of a hallway with the possibility to turn either left or right. On the left you’ll find an area more suited to lounge and relax, while on the right you’ll have the dining area.

Going left first, there is variety of seating here to allow you to sit back and relax. As you walk in, left of the walkway are a number if white lounge chairs, organized in pairs positioned opposite of one another with a low table in-between. The exact chair and table varies, but all of them are quite comfortable.

To the right of the walkway you’ll find a similar setup but with different chairs. These brown chairs are a little bit more plush and soft, and I thought there were a little bit more comfortable.

Of in something of a separate room on this side of the relaxation area were a few more chairs with large coffee tables. There was no clear signage to indicate what this room was for – whether it was a VIP area or otherwise reserved for particular members of some kind. Also, compared o the rest of this area, I thought this room was actually a little bit drab and I’d have preferred to sit elsewhere.

This part of the lounge also had its own little buffet, serving predominantly bites and snacks and drinks, but I’ll get back to that later. On the other side of the buffet was another row of lounge chairs, also organized in pairs.

Now walking back to the lounge entrance and taking the corridor to the right, you enter the dining area of the lounge. As you walk through you’ll first walk past more lounge chairs before hitting a divider that announces that you’re entering the Dining part of the lounge, and also has a screen with updated departure information.

Past that divider, you’ll find a variety of lounge chairs, though I thought this setup was rather tight, given how close the chairs were placed to the tables. Behind that row of chairs there were more such chairs against the back wall of the lounge, and those were setup with a little more space. The best seats in this section of the dining area were on the other side of the walkway however, where essentially the same seats and tables were placed but with more space altogether, both between chair and table, and between adjacent seats. The chairs themselves were quite comfy, regardless of their color or position. I will say that I found the overall design of that seating area to the right of the walkway to be quite a bit nicer than the rest of the dining area, due to the darker, wood tones, and this is where we ultimately found a spot to sit.

If you continue fiurther into the dining area, you’ll get to a section that has diferent kinds of dining tables, either arranged with two chairs throughout the center of the lounge, or a long bar with high-top stools along the edge, along floor-to-ceiling windows. Unfortunately the view is not so interesting: it’s more or less the terminal, with quite a distance from the lounge to the exterior of the terminal. You can see the planes outside, but you’re not particularly close in any way.

Overall the design of the lounge is pleasant and somewhat elegant, with generally comfortable seating. There should be plenty of seating in both the dining and lounging areas to find a suitable spot to dine or relax. While we were there, the lounge never became busy, though the dining area was definitely busier than the lounging area.

Food and Drinks

I already mentioned that there are two buffets at the lounge. The ‘true’ dining buffet is in the dining area, while there is a smaller buffet in the lounging area as well. I will discuss the former first, and then I’ll move on to the latter.

The main buffet stretched out along the back wall of the lounge, where you can find the drinks and both hot and cold food options. There is also a kitchen serving made-to-order dishes, which is shared with the Miracle Business Class lounge.

Starting with the hot dishes, there are 6 dishes served up, ranging from curries to vegetables to meat curries and stews, served with rice. I thought it was a pretty good selection, though for vegetarians there wouldn’t be much choice. Even so, I did enjoy the pork and the curry. Note that these dishes are the same as what the Miracle Business Class lounge had on offer, plus an extra two dishes.

By the hot dishes are also an oven that keeps various pastries warm, mostly croissants, as well as a popcorn machine. The popcorn machine was a little odd, to tell you the truth, but I saw a number of people take it. Then, separated by a divider, is a salad bar with a variety of raw ingredients as well as salads.

This brings us to the kitchen area. As I had mentioned, the same kitchen area is shared between the Miracle Business and First Class lounges. On one side the lounges are actually connected, but access is blocked by a sign that says ‘Business Class’ (and on the other side ‘First Class’ is written).

While in the Business Class lounge you could order Hainanese chicken over rice or Wonton noodle soup, at the First Class lounge there was one additional dish available: spaghetti with cream sauce. I ordered the Hainenese chicken over rice and it was tasty – though truthfully you can find much better in Bangkok proper.

Also in this section are a variety of sandwiches, including a pulled chicken, coleslaw and cheese sandwiches. There was also some white bread and buns that could be toasted.

Finally, there were a variety of deserts spread over two locations. Closer to the kitchen area, ona. table built around a pillar, were a variety of little cakes. I had some and thought these were very good, including a Thai Tea and a pandan sponge cake. However, over by the drinks there was also a little freezer with ice cream in various flavors, as well as some slushies.

In terms of drinks, the selection was similar to what was available at the Business Class lounge. Throughout for fridges were a variety of sodas and beers and bottles of white wine kept cold, and one fridge that also had a variety of cut fruits. Then there wa also an espresso machine that also dispensed hot water, with tea bags, sugar and milk available by the cereals as well. Finally there was a modest selection of liquors and red wine.

Just to give a quick view of the secondary buffet in the lounging area, this buffet had essentially the a subset of the cold food options only, omitting the hot options entirely. So, there were a variety of sandwiches, deserts, croissants, breads and cereals, but not much else. There was also an espresso machine. So this buffet held enough to have a spot of lunch, but if you’d have been truly hungry, the main buffet would have offered a better experience altogether. But, if you’re just relaxing and want a snack, the secondary buffet is certainly good enough.

In the lounging area there was also something of a bar, with bottle of liquor and red wine. This was a nice and small but elegant setup. I thought it was a nice addition to the space.

Overall, the food at the First Class lounge had a nice selection and was of good quality. There were a few additional options over what was available at the Business Class lounge, but I wouldn’t say it was substantially different or better. Still, a solid experience.

Restrooms and Showers

Like in the Business Class lounge, the restrooms and showers are behind the wall that bump into when you enter the lounge. When you go either left or right, you’ll find that a corridor with a shallow ramp reveals itself as you get to the end of that wall. You’ll find on either the men’s or women’s side that you’ll first bump into a sign for the restrooms, and then one for the showers.

The sign for the restrooms leads to two doors, behind each of which is a separate restroom with a toilet, a urinal, a counter with a sink and a large mirror. These restrooms were nice, but I was surpised there were only two of these. I thought the Business Class lounge had a better setup, with a space that comprised four urinals, and also a few stalls with a toilet only.

Moving on you’ll come across a sign highlighting showers down a corridor. There were another two doors here with full shower suits. These were actually somewhat similar to the restrooms, with the addition of the shower stalls. These were spacious and could be entirely closed with a glass door. Various amenities were also provided, as well as towels, for what would be a very nice showering experience in this lounge.

Overall, both the restrooms and showers suits were clean, well-maintained, elegant, and well-stocked with the necessary amenities. My only complains was that there were only two restrooms for men and two for women, and I would have expected at least one or two more stalls.

Summary

Overall, I think the Miracle First Class lounge is an incredible Priority Pass lounge, though if you’re visiting this as a premium cabin passenger flying Business or First Class, frankly the experience may not quite as good. But for a priority pass lounge, I thought the design was generally elegant and pleasant, with plenty of comfortable seating options. The food was solid with enough options to choose form and I especially liked the kitchen with its selection of dishes. I do wish that there were more restrooms, as there weren’t quite enough. On the bright side, the facilities were well-maintained and clean, however. One of the good things in this lounge is that the number of airlines contracting with this lounge is smaller than the Business Class lounge, sot hat the lounge simply doesn’t get as busy. Add in the expanded food options, I think the First Class lounge trumps the Business Class lounge for those that have Priority pass access.