Originally Posted by TATLTale

It seems like every month there's a thread where a GCH is upset they couldn't get a seat and decides that everyone who flies just a little less than them should go away and sit in Galleries Club.

I'm not sure why the thought process always follows that it's just too easy to become a GCH, rather than thinking that T5 and its lounges are just too small. Let's remember that LHR is incredibly busy, and it's not just a BA fortress hub, it's a oneworld fortress hub. It's always going to be busy, and it's not going to become a magical tranquil garden by raising the barrier by 500TP.

Originally Posted by Tafflyer

On some days it seems T5 is bursting at the seams. More flights have moved to T5. Larger aircraft are coming into service. The economy has turned around and business is very active. But lounge capacity has not kept up.

And where would all those displaced ex-GCH go spend their time? What would happen there? GC is often also heaving.

Last time I flew F the CCR was heaving too. Why not dispatch those GGL riffraff to GF?

There's not even generally enough seats in T5 for other mere mortals to pass their time.

No, the solution is not simply to tweak the level for Gold, but for BA (or HAL) to invest more as their income increases.