The Club at MCO - airline lounge.
Jan 12, 2016, 2:05 pm
#16
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: AMS
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Posts: 368
At this lounge now, early for my British Airways flight, 4pm local time.
Apparantly the Oneworld site is outdated and this lounge has replaced the Delta Sky Club as BA lounge.
The design is fresh, modern and clean.
It's really quiet right now. 3 other people in the bar area, and 2 more in the buffet section. A few more seem to be trickling in, and it'll probably get busier closer to departure.
Buffet had some pasta, soup and small sandwiches I could see, there's snacks around. As far as I'm concerned, the quiet is all I was looking for, but the food seems good enough to tide me over 'till flight time, too.
Apparantly the Oneworld site is outdated and this lounge has replaced the Delta Sky Club as BA lounge.
The design is fresh, modern and clean.
It's really quiet right now. 3 other people in the bar area, and 2 more in the buffet section. A few more seem to be trickling in, and it'll probably get busier closer to departure.
Buffet had some pasta, soup and small sandwiches I could see, there's snacks around. As far as I'm concerned, the quiet is all I was looking for, but the food seems good enough to tide me over 'till flight time, too.
Jan 15, 2016, 9:52 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 202
I am connecting in MCO on my way to MIA. I arrive at Airside 1 (5:45am) and depart Airside 4 (7:15am) on Delta.
I have TSA PreCheck.
With a 1 1/2 hour layover, having to go from Airside 1 to Airside 4, would I have time to visit the lounge?
I am hoping to take a quick shower after the long overnight flight.
I have TSA PreCheck.
With a 1 1/2 hour layover, having to go from Airside 1 to Airside 4, would I have time to visit the lounge?
I am hoping to take a quick shower after the long overnight flight.
Jan 15, 2016, 10:04 am
#18
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: MCO
Programs: AA, B6, DL, EK, EY, QR, SQ, UA, Amex Plat, Marriott Tit, HHonors Gold
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I am connecting in MCO on my way to MIA. I arrive at Airside 1 (5:45am) and depart Airside 4 (7:15am) on Delta.
I have TSA PreCheck.
With a 1 1/2 hour layover, having to go from Airside 1 to Airside 4, would I have time to visit the lounge?
I am hoping to take a quick shower after the long overnight flight.
I have TSA PreCheck.
With a 1 1/2 hour layover, having to go from Airside 1 to Airside 4, would I have time to visit the lounge?
I am hoping to take a quick shower after the long overnight flight.
Jan 15, 2016, 10:18 am
#19
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 202
Assuming everything is on time, then yes you should definitely have time. Just get out of 1, cross to 4, back through Pre, and you'll be there, hopefully in less than 15 minutes. Only reason it would take longer is if the TSA decides to give Pre that day to a bunch of families and elderly people, which sometimes happens. That said, you should be fine and the lounge should be very quiet at that time of day.
I have spent countless hours trying to find out how long to reasonably expect it to take.
Jan 15, 2016, 10:47 am
#20
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No problem. Yeah there's not a lot of information out there about transferring at MCO, simply because it really just doesn't happen much. But once you're off the first flight and in the terminal, you should reasonably be able to be in the lounge in about 15 minutes. Maybe 20 if things are particularly slow, but at that time of morning I wouldn't expect it to be.
Jan 17, 2016, 3:18 pm
#21
Join Date: Feb 2013
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I am connecting in MCO on my way to MIA. I arrive at Airside 1 (5:45am) and depart Airside 4 (7:15am) on Delta.
I have TSA PreCheck.
With a 1 1/2 hour layover, having to go from Airside 1 to Airside 4, would I have time to visit the lounge?
I am hoping to take a quick shower after the long overnight flight.
I have TSA PreCheck.
With a 1 1/2 hour layover, having to go from Airside 1 to Airside 4, would I have time to visit the lounge?
I am hoping to take a quick shower after the long overnight flight.
Jan 27, 2016, 7:24 pm
#23
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Orlando, FL Area
Programs: Delta SkySponge ExtraAbsorbent, SPG Gold
Posts: 29,988
Does anyone know what previously occupied this space? For years I wondered what was at the top of that staircase. I'm assuming it was once another lounge since the stairway and elevator area is pretty much identical to the Delta Sky Club.
Mar 5, 2016, 5:23 am
#24
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 34
If I'm departing out of terminal A airside 1, and club is out of opposite terminal B and airside 4 does that mean I won't be granted access through security since its the opposite security checkpoint? I wouldn't even mind going through twice. Thanks.
Mar 6, 2016, 11:52 pm
#25
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: District of Columbia
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Posts: 2,440
I've done it. Though I did use an e-boarding pass on my phone, so I'm not sure if the gate number flashes on the screen that the TSA sees.
Mar 17, 2016, 2:38 pm
#26
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1
http://www.thw.com/selected_work/tra...om_clubs.html#
May 10, 2016, 10:40 am
#28
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Haven't specifically tried that at the MCO location, however I was definitely able to do this at the ATL location using my arriving BP.
May 10, 2016, 4:25 pm
#29
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: District of Columbia
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At "The Club at..." locations, you are admitted on arrival, as long as you are able to get to the club without having to reclear TSA. (Not sure where Southwest's gates are in Orlando.)
May 10, 2016, 7:38 pm
#30
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 154
Southwest comes into the high A gates (100-129). If I take the train from there, can I loop around and hop on the train to the pier with the club, or will I get dumped out landside?