SkyTeam Lounge at YVR

Vancouver International is a nice place to transIt, far more attractive than Montreal or the dump that is Toronto.

The long but pleasant walk to customs/immigration and/or transit. 

One cool thing here is the ability to transit without having to clear Canadian customs.  D for international or E for those cabotage pax making a US to US connection.  LOL.  Since Cathay is international, my YVR-JFK flight is international instead of transborder. 

I headed for the International Connections entrance where my boarding pass was checked by a pleasant and helpful agent.

And less than a minute later, I was in the international departures concourse.

At this point, I was still two hours away from the Cathay lounge opening.  So I decided to head for the BA Lounge...

... which was at the far end of the part of the concourse near Gate 64.

Alas, despite my double One World Emerald status, I was denied entry as BA has decided that only BA passengers can access the lounge during the summer when they operate "a bigger plane" aka the A380.  I don't think I missed anything as by the looks of it, it was just another crappy BA lounge.

Fortunately, five minutes away was the SkyTeam Lounge, which is also a Priority Pass lounge.  

Pretty sure I lucked out as this one is quite attractive, bright and spacious... and empty.

I spent a couple of hours here before heading to the nearby Cathay Pacific Lounge.