Concorde Room Access for OW Emerald
May 8, 2012, 12:51 am
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May 8, 2012, 1:48 am
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In the same way as an op up may get last choice of meal etc - if you're putting more people into the lounge it 1) increases the cost and 2) decreases the value of the experience.
Whilst it seemed like a 'tight' procedure at the time, I can understand the rationale.
Whilst it seemed like a 'tight' procedure at the time, I can understand the rationale.
May 8, 2012, 1:54 am
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It's not quite the same though, is it? The F cabin is not catered with the full load x no of choices of food, whereas (one presumes) the CCR is designed to cope with the maximum load of Eligibile pax that could be passing through the terminal at any one time (I.e. no of departures x cabin capacity x average dwell time + CCR card holders + connecting F pax) therefore an upgraded passenger shouldn't be 'adding' any extra resource requirement.
May 8, 2012, 2:01 am
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Back in the T4 days the whole no CCR access was always handled really badly. A big black marker used to scrawl INVOL UPGADE NO LOUNGE was really premium.
May 8, 2012, 2:34 am
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The "muckity mucks" are BA Premier and Concorde Card holders. The latter are BA's most frequent fliers who get the Card which entitles them to access the LHR and JFK Concorde lounges.
May 8, 2012, 3:18 am
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May 8, 2012, 3:32 am
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You've still however got a marginal cost increase of someone drinking better wine, eating better food etc both on the ground and in the air, when the root cause could be they sold one too many really cheap seats down the back of the plane. So in this tax & fees world we now inhabit that might equate to £30 on a TATL but they've bumped one person from Y to W, one from W to J and one from J to F.
Am sure the accountants would be keen to keep the additional costs as low as possible, so as to minimise the loss on the passenger.
Anyway, time to get back to the day job...
May 8, 2012, 4:22 am
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May 8, 2012, 4:25 am
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Strange, that. Unless op-ups to F back in those days involved the installation of a new, "temporary" F seat on the plane!!! (the number of F seats is fixed, and the lounges should be designed to cope with the maximum expected number of F pax).
May 8, 2012, 4:26 am
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But T4 and the CCR wasn't designed for that hence the restriction. As for the hideously tiny T4 F lounge...
May 8, 2012, 4:36 am
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May 8, 2012, 5:18 am
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