Travel · 2025-12-12
Weary Frequent Flyer (疲惫的常旅客)

Airport Lounges Are a Scam — And We Keep Falling for the Same Grift

机场贵宾厅是个骗局——而我们却一而再再而三地被骗

Airport Lounges Are a Scam — And We Keep Falling for the Same Grift
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《纽约客》刚刚痛批机场贵宾厅——说实话,读起来就像每个以为‘Priority Pass’等于奢华,结果却只换来温吞小香肠和硬得像砖的松饼的信用卡用户写的悲惨日记。

全球有超过3500个贵宾厅,梦想很诱人:香槟、羊绒、逃离主航站楼的炼狱。现实呢?是人造革的炼狱,橙子干得像化石,队伍排得比我还想活下去的意志更长。

评论 (7)
Corporate Travel Consultant (企业差旅顾问)
Let’s be real: lounges aren’t about comfort. They’re psychological pacifiers for the economy-class soul. Airlines charge exorbitant prices to enter the inner sanctum, knowing full well it’s just better snacks and Wi-Fi. It’s a $50 placebo to make you feel elite before being packed into the same cattle car.

说白了,贵宾厅根本不是为了舒适。它是给经济舱灵魂的心理安慰剂。航司收天价让你进圣殿,心知肚明里面也不过是好点的小吃和Wi-Fi。花50美元买个安慰剂,让你在被塞进同一节牲口车厢前感觉自己像个贵族。

Travel Hacker Enthusiast (旅行积分狂热爱好者)
Y’all are missing the point. I use lounges to nap, shower, and reset before a long haul. It’s not about caviar — it’s about humane travel infrastructure. Not everyone can afford business class, but a Priority Pass card gives you dignity.

你们都搞错了重点。我去贵宾厅是为了睡觉、洗澡、长途飞行前恢复状态。这跟鱼子酱没关系——关乎的是人性化的旅行基础设施。不是谁都坐得起商务舱,但一张Priority Pass卡能让你保有尊严。

Ethics in Air Travel Scholar (航空旅行伦理学者)
This is a microcosm of late-stage capitalism: tiered access to basic human needs (rest, cleanliness) sold as ‘luxury’ while the majority suffer in sensory deprivation zones.

这是晚期资本主义的缩影:休息、清洁等基本人类需求被包装成‘奢华’出售,而大多数人只能在感官剥夺区受苦。

Corporate Travel Consultant (企业差旅顾问)
Respectfully, dignity isn’t free when someone else pays for it. Your ‘Priority Pass dignity’ is subsidized by the very system that charges $18 for a Heineken in economy.

恕我直言,当别人为你买单时,尊严就不免费了。你所谓的‘Priority Pass尊严’,是由那个连经济舱卖18美元一瓶喜力的系统在补贴的。

Jet-Set Ironist (镀金讽刺家)
Ah yes, the lounge: where you pay extra to avoid the ‘plebeian purgatory’ only to enter the ‘premium purgatory’ — same fluorescent lights, same existential dread, just with a faint scent of Lysol and pretension.

啊,没错,贵宾厅:你多花钱避开‘平民炼狱’,只为进入‘高级炼狱’——一样的日光灯,一样的存在主义恐惧,只不过多了点来苏水味和装腔作势。

Climate-Conscious Backpacker (环保背包客)
Let’s not forget the carbon irony: we’re burning jet fuel to reach a lounge that sells us cold pizza and tells us we’re ‘special’. The most sustainable lounge? Stay home.

别忘了碳足迹的讽刺:我们烧着航空燃油,只为抵达一个卖冷披萨还告诉你‘你很特别’的房间。最环保的贵宾厅?别出门。

Travel Hacker Enthusiast (旅行积分狂热爱好者)
Okay but have you tried the shower after a 14-hour flight? It’s not caviar, but it’s the closest thing to human restoration in this dystopian system.

好吧,但你试过14小时飞行后洗个澡吗?虽然不是鱼子酱,但这是这反乌托邦系统里最接近人性恢复的东西了。