Terminal 1 Maple Leaf Lounge - International flight Canada to Hong Kong
Biased as I may be, I hate anything Air Canada. And yet I had to take an AC flight to Hong Kong - another review on that. My parents and I made a bet to ourselves that the Maple Leaf lounge would be packed (for a Saturday morning) ... and we were right. No seat was available, luggages everywhere, people everywhere, chaos at best. But we weren't disappointed because my parents and I already knew this would happen. Our back up plan? We knew the Priority Pass lounge would be empty so let me share a trick with you.
The Maple Leaf lounge has a great and wide variety of magazines. We ended up collecting 12 different magazines so we could read in the Priority Pass lounge as well as on the plane. Both lounges are relatively close by to each other so if you have the Priority Pass card, or the Platinum/Centurion American Express card (which allows one complimentary guest to access the Priority lounge) head over there if Maple Leaf is mega nuts.
All in all, terminal 1's Maple Leaf lounge was a complete let down. You probably would have access to more seats at your departure gate.