Originally Posted by JDiver
Brilliant! :-: Thanks for the great information, House! Our trip has become much easer (now, if the weather will only cooperate... Jan 27 at ORD and MAN on the 28th could be wintry, and ORD sometimes isn't effective at dealing with that.)
Looking at my PNR, I see they have already assigned 3A-C to us, on the Avro, but we'll see what actually taxis up and where they hang the curtain.
We'll give the Terraces a drop-in try, even though we are not departing on oneworld metal - a shower and Continental breakfast will be just the ticket after the redeye! @:-)
Thanks again!
You're fully entitled to access the MAN BA Terraces Lounge with Business Class seats on SN Brussels. All you need is a boarding pass. Here's the proof:
http://www.flysn.com/com/information...ri=tcm:26-1740
BA Terraces Lounge
The BA Terraces Lounge at*Manchester Airport is available for SN passengers with a business ticket, Privilege Gold or Privilege Platinum Card. The lounge offers you space and peace and quiet in which to do important work or deal with urgent telephone calls. You can enjoy a tasty snack or a refreshing drink. And you will also receive help if you want to change reservations or have any other questions.
BA and SN share routes between the UK and BRU, with 50% of the flights on the MAN route being operated on SN metal, and the other 50% on BA metal. The BA staff will regard the SN flight as a partner flight of theirs - they also do the ground handling for SN at MAN.
The lounge is open from 5am to 8pm daily.
P.S. Don't be misled by the gate numbers into thinking Terminal 3 is large. The international gates at T3 range from Gate 42 to Gate 53 or thereabouts - there are only 8 airbridges (AA and SN get airbridge gates, while BA's ERJ's do not).
P.P.S. MAN is home to one of the former British Airways Concordes. It is in the open air next to one of the two parallel runways. Have a look out of the left hand side of the AA aircraft just after you pull off the runway, and you should see it.