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Concord Room - Tipping
Is it customary to tip for table service meals or drink orders in the Concord Room ? If so, how much would be appropriate? As we are just transiting LHR, all we would have would be dollars.
Is it customary to tip for table service meals or drink orders in the Concord Room ? If so, how much would be appropriate? As we are just transiting LHR, all we would have would be dollars.
Nothing , just a smile and some thanks.
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Thanks for all the prompt replies !! I'll keep my wallet tightly closed. Only reason I asked is that it does seem customary to tip bartenders in the AA Admirals Clubs in the U.S.
I've tipped just 10 GBP in the Concorde / First Lounge in T4 (2 years ago)
The service for my party of 4 became excellent - Champagne glasses topped up without us moving from our seats - plus she kept returning to us.
Lunch order taken and delivered.
Once flying Club, with a wait for Showers, I tipped and low and behold I was next on the list.
Tipped $10 in BWI last week.
Must say on all three occasions the look of surprise and thanks indicated that receiving tips is very rare
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Please please please can American please stop exporting the habit of tipping and over-tipping while overseas. It really makes life difficult for the rest of us non-Americans.
Staff in the UK are paid a salary and do not need tips to survive on. Unless you are asking for them to do something really out of the ordinary, it is there job to serve food and drinks. Being the Concorde Room, there is a higher than average staff to pax ratio. Having said that, cabana service can be slow at times after pressing that buzzer.
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Originally Posted by SteveinA2
wrong that I offered a tip with no comment or request
or wrong they moved me up the list?
Both in my view. But moving you up the list was clearly a direct result of your 'tip' - and one wonders why you proferred a tip to someone who wrote your name down on a list unless you were hoping to elicit that very response.
As KenJohn said, tipping left, right and centre seems to be an American habit and not one the rest of us want to get into.
I've tipped just 10 GBP in the Concorde / First Lounge in T4 (2 years ago) The service for my party of 4 became excellent - Champagne glasses topped up without us moving from our seats - plus she kept returning to us.
Lunch order taken and delivered.
Once flying Club, with a wait for Showers, I tipped and low and behold I was next on the list.
Tipped $10 in BWI last week.
Must say on all three occasions the look of surprise and thanks indicated that receiving tips is very rare
You mean they did the job that they are paid to do.
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I lived 3 months in the US this year, and it's tip-crazy. I worked in some budget accommodation doing reception, cleaning, for free accomm and a low wage.
Without boasting, I was very helpful to all the guests, helped them carry their bags up and down the stairs if they needed it, plan their day for them (what to see, be their personal tour guide, where to go, etc), which is totally above and beyond service, nerver got tipped - I didn't mind, I was totally happy to help, but you would never expect that level of service in a hotel without tipping, or them expecting a tip.
Actually, I did have one Canadian guy "tip me" as I planned his day, we were going to this pool party and there was a $10 covercharge, which I wasn't going to pay and he said don't worry, this is my way of saying thanks for your help. I didn't really want him to pay for me as I don't like to be tipping, but he was very insistent he pay for me.
I had this one taxi driver complain that I didn't tip him enough, I gave him about 10-15% tip and moaned - I didn't give him more. I had this one Canadian taxi-driver haggling with me for the tip, I said no, it's my discretion whether I tip or not, and how much I tip, so he accepted what I gave him.
In Australia, sometimes I've given taxi-drivers a little more then what's on the meter, and they don't even realise it's a tip, and when I say to them keep the change, they're like no, no it's ok. I usually round up to the nearest 50c or $1, or so I don't get a pocket full of change.
Whether it's appropriate or not, I have tipped in the CR on more than 1 occasion and it's always been readily accepted. If it's BA's policy not to accept tips then they should make their staff aware because it seems clear to me that they aren't.
