Originally Posted by
Tobias-UK
To avoid confusion and DYKWIA moments it should either be allowed or not allowed rather than conditional. Personally I believe if there is Concorde in the title of a facility then it should be open to CCR cardholders under normal CCR access restrictions.
Agree that it should either be allowed or not. To some extent the problem arises from the OneWorld rule allowing Emeralds to use first class lounges, because it deprives BA of any suitable tag to describe something on the ground that is for actual first class passengers only. "Concorde" excites the expectation of CCR cardholders; "First Class" excites the expectation of Gold cardholders and OW Emeralds. I'm not sure what label BA could invent that would convey "First. No really, First - just First. Only First".
It would be helpful if some such designation could be dreamed up because otherwise anything BA does to improve its first class product on the ground will have the same problem. If BA contrived to provide escorts by car from the CCR at T5 direct to the 'plane for passengers in First to match AF's offering, for example, I would guess FT would have about a nanosecond of peace before a long dreary thread from outraged CCR cardholders who didn't get an escort to their flight was started...