Hot on the heels of the battle for the best airport, and best airline seat is the battle for the best lounge writes to Scott McCartney:

• On the highest tiers of air travel the differences between airlines are disappearing – they all offer incredible experiences.
• Instead airlines are trying to attract customers by offering premium lounge experiences on the ground.
• At the best lounges you can find concierges who can score theater and dinner reservations in locations across the world.
• In Frankfurt elite passengers are driven to their airplane in luxury cars.
• British Airways’ Concorde Room has museum-quality art and leather seats taken from the now decommissioned Concorde.
• Other lounges offer designer haircuts, iron service while passengers shower, and wine bars.

Read more about what a First Class ticket on an international airline can get you, as well as why domestic air travel in the US is far less glamorous and more over here.

Source: The Wall Street Journal