Sixth Freedom

No. The CCR is only for passengers ticketed in or upgraded to first class.

The _Banking_Scot

Hi atakam,

The Concorde Room in T5 is for BA First class passengers only ( OW Emerald and BA gold do not get access)

However you CAN use the Galleries First lounge (same level as the CCR) which is excellent with a dining area,( self service and a waitrer/waitress served menu, champagne bar, wine bar, a balcony, a pc area with lots of pc's)

You can also book a spa treatment at the Elemis spa.

Regards

TBS

Globaliser

There is an ambiguity (possibly deliberate) in the information on the oneworld website that Genius1 has linked to. So you may be technically correct, or Genius1 may be technically correct.

But there are consistent reports that in practice CX allows access to the Wing and the Pier to BA premium cabin passengers without OW status, merely on presentation of a BP.

Genius1

What you quoted from my reply was taken out of context, and I provided several other reasons why I would prefer BA.

I tend to spend a fair amount of time in the lounges, usually 4 hours or so, because I like to. The lounges are part of the experience, and where onboard products are similar, the lounges can be used for differentiation. But sure, the lounges should not be the sole deciding factor.

Swanhunter

if I could get one of the preferred Club seats (64K, 14K etc) I'd go BA. If I was stuck with my usual crappy selection of LD aisles and middles the layout on CX would look quite appealing. Recent experience is that there is little to call on the food and drink front between the two. CX service has also become increasingly patchy. Still some utterly fantastic crews, and some less so.

FWIW, CX would be the obvious choice in F.

buon_viaggatore

I really would agree with Rejuvenated - trust him, his advice is good. Personally, NGCW wins hands down too - and i've flown your exact route/flight as well from LHR to HKG. The food is much much better than CX any day, and you actually feel like you're travelling in a spacious premium cabin and comfortable seat, unlike the new CX seats. I'm not a big person at all, and I'm quite slim but I find it hard to squeeze into the CX seats. You can't even yawn and stretch without your hands banging on both sides of the wall.

But if you like food in business class, DON'T go with CX.

Thunderroad

This would be a crucial consideration for me as well. I like both BA and CX, including their C seats. I agree with others that BA is more spacious, or at least feels that way. But with CX you don't have to climb over anyone to access the aisle, or vice versa, from any of its C seats. With BA that's only the case with a handful of seats that are identified on seatguru.com or seatexpert.com. I'd check out those sites and then see if you could bag such seats. If you can't get those choice BA seats, my slight preference would be CX because of the easy aisle access and because I'm comfortable enough in its seats even though I'm a big guy, 6'2", fairly broad-shouldered.

If you're definitely committed to BA, though, and can't get one of the choice seats, I'd recommend a window seat in any event. For either airline, I'd highly recommend upper deck, which has a more private feel to it. And if you end up back on CX (or fly it JFK-HKG), shoot for whichever A seat upstairs (either 80 or 81--I forget) is farthest forward. It has some extra storage. (The furthest forward seat on the other side of the aisle is reserved for pilots as a rest seat.)

One additional consideration is that as others have noted CX food is surprisingly poor. I don't care that much about food on flights generally and it wouldn't affect my choice. But if it's important to you, then you might be better off on BA.

Finally--and again, I don't prioritize this but just in case you do--I believe the IFE on CX is better. But I haven't flown BA C in more than a year so perhaps my recollection of its IFE is wrong.

Either way, in the end, you'll have a good flight. Happy trails!