Originally Posted by
BA1A
I meant, surely it's better to head straight to the CCR if you are connecting to another flight, rather than clear customs, use the Arrivals Lounge, and then make your way back through security to use the CCR?
I was talking solely about the quality of the breakfast. That's what I meant by the phrase "the..breakfast is much better".
Which is more practical I don't know, as I never use the Flight Connections centre, although certainly there seem to have been some reports (maybe not at T5 right now) suggesting it is actually faster to avoid it. Even if it is slower, if the OP has a long (three-hours or so) connection time, he may prefer to use the Arrivals Lounge first. The breakfast is certainly much better if you have a big appetite, and in my experience the wait for a spa treatment is much less.