CCR / Galleries First lounge changes speculation
Sep 25, 2014, 12:49 pm
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This would make some connections routinely offered completely unusable. Really hoping this is not the thing.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:00 pm
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Sep 25, 2014, 1:02 pm
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That kitten at the beginning of the video looks really, really scary, like some demonic killer alien kitten. ighck.
they get better later on.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:04 pm
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Sep 25, 2014, 1:06 pm
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Sep 25, 2014, 1:07 pm
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Oh but you are forgetting about those with connections LOM. If I fork out to BA and fly via LHR and have a long lay-over (3h and up) I'd be mightily pissed off if I could not use the lounge during the lay-over. It doesn't make sense.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:10 pm
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Obviously depends on how drastic the restrictions would be. If it is 6 hours or something reasonable like that, no problem. If it is 2 hours, then it throws BA out of the window in many routes I currently fly them with.
Maybe they add an exception for long connections.
Maybe they add an exception for long connections.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:14 pm
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If they change the guesting policies, I have no idea how it would be achieved, but it better not affect existing bookings! Otherwise some 'creative' boarding pass sharing will be needed.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:14 pm
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Well you could use it but not for the full amount of time. I don't see anything terribly unfair about that. The lounge is crowded this would be the best way to address.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Sep 25, 2014, 1:22 pm
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If BA inconveniences me with a long trip time, which they very often do, and then makes me sit outside in the terminal during the layover, there would be no reason for me to fly with them anymore on those trips.
Sep 25, 2014, 1:32 pm
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Sep 25, 2014, 2:13 pm
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