Does BD offer an arrivals lounge in LHR T1 for International arrivals?
 

for int`l arriving pax?

welcome to the bmi board, travel agent.

There is a new Star Alliance arrivals lounge, as detailed on the bmi website and also there are some threads on the board you could search for.

Access is limited :

Does this lounge offer any sleeping area ?

why is no guest allowed?

I'm guessing due to its size.

No sleeping.
Showers, Breakfast (included limited selection of cooked items on request), baggage storage (I've got a bicycle in there before)..., Combined Comfy seating area and Tabled Seating Area. Seating area overlooks the check-in desks.
Apparently it gets busy during the week; on the weekends it feels like a personal lounge with the whole place to yourself.

They're clearing away the food a good hour before the lounge closes but the generally friendly staff have made me toast and coffee in those circumstances. I have been there when it's been super-busy, and been there when I've been the only guest.

But have felt a bit unwelcome when trying to get in from a United (urgh) overnight transatlantic. A restrictive access policy even when in J.

LHR T1 Star Arrivals Lounge
 

Im a BMI Gold travelling from Las Vegas to Manchester and then straight onto Heathrow, arriving about 10am. I gather from the rules that you have to be on a mid haul flight or Saudi flight for entry, however my flight is technically long haul on one booking reference. If i present my boarding passess for both flights will I be allowed entry? What exactly does 'by invitiation only' mean - is it a case of a voucher is handed out by the crew on the relevant flight?

Cheers
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Aled - they should print out an invitation for you with your boarding card when you check in. Don't board without this as you need to present this on arrival in the lounge.

It may be important to mention that you leave T1 departures as you normally would, then go back up from the public area in the lifts to the Star Alliance Arrival lounge - it is signed.

As has been stated already, you show the invitation and they stow your baggage and assign you a nice little shower suite. The staff seem to rotate from the new T1 *A 1st class lounge, and are very helpful. Breakfast is fine - limited range of hot items and you need to leave a little time for these to be cooked.

I fully recommend it - my daughter and I used it last month after an overnight UA from DC. We were on Business redemptions and never had to show *G. It opens around 5am - useful as our flight arrived a tad early.

I under the impression that this isn't really a Star Alliance Arrivals Lounge - only a BD arrivals lounge.

Isn't access only offered from BD mid- and long-haul flights?

I'm in the process of booking a BKK-???-LHR flight, and will need a shower on arrival. At the moment, it looks like my options are either
a) Go LH via FRA and use the showers in the SEN lounge there
b) Go LX via ZRH and use the showers in the LX arrivals lounge there
c) Try and work out a ??? destination that is BD mid- or long-haul! Suggestions welcome...

Bit silly really, that I have to do a stopover in Europe if I want to have a shower before arriving in London.

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The rules posted above seem to say not, but just to be sure:

Is the LHR/T1 *A arrivals lounge available to *Gold arriving on a UA flight into LHR travelling in (a) economy or (b) business?

Thanks

The arrivals lounge is not a *G lounge. To be honest, I am unaware of any *A arrivals lounge that is/was a designated *G lounge.

Therefore, a) no, b) yes.

I think it's a *A lounge used by certain carriers, i.e. BD, UA and SA.

If opting for a) you can use the Welcome Lounge in FRA. Problem with c) is BD mid- and "long"-haul flights are not convenient as connecting flights from places such as BKK. I'm not sure if it's worth devising a convoluted itinerary for the sake of a shower on arrival. If you are desperate I believe there are showers in T4 Arrivals.

However, arriving UA pax in upgraded or discounted business are not eligible. Full rules may be found in this post.

I was granted access to the arrivals lounge arriving in UA upgraded C in June. I didn't remember the rules and first thing I asked is whether upgraded C has access, was told sure, welcome (i.e. I didn't play dumb). Probably a case of the agent ignoring the rules rather than a change in policy.