RANT: BA Experience at T1 to DUB-Shabby!!!
Aug 15, 2012, 8:54 am
#31
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The BA/bmi lounges are Oneworld lounges, they have the lozenges, and it says so on BA.com (note, the no-DUB policy is also referenced, farcical as it is).
The British Airways and bmi International Lounge
The lounge is located at Gate 5, and is open to the following customers travelling on international flights operated by British Airways and bmi (excluding Dublin):
British Airways flights:
Club Europe
Flexible Economy (Hanover flights only)
British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver members
bmi Diamond Club Gold and Silver members
oneworld Emerald and Sapphire members
bmi flights:
bmi Business Class
bmi Diamond Club Gold and Silver members
British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver members
The British Airways and bmi UK and Ireland Lounge
The lounge is located next to Gate 8, and is open to the following customers travelling on domestic bmi flights within the UK and to Dublin:
bmi Flexible Economy
bmi Diamond Club Gold and Silver members
British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver members
Arrivals Lounge
The arrivals lounge is located in the Departure Hall on the Upper Level landside.
Access is by invitation only for customers arriving on bmi flights landing before 12:00 from Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
The lounge is open from 05:00 until 14:00 for the following customers.
bmi Business Class
bmi Diamond Club Gold members
The lounge is located at Gate 5, and is open to the following customers travelling on international flights operated by British Airways and bmi (excluding Dublin):
British Airways flights:
Club Europe
Flexible Economy (Hanover flights only)
British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver members
bmi Diamond Club Gold and Silver members
oneworld Emerald and Sapphire members
bmi flights:
bmi Business Class
bmi Diamond Club Gold and Silver members
British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver members
The British Airways and bmi UK and Ireland Lounge
The lounge is located next to Gate 8, and is open to the following customers travelling on domestic bmi flights within the UK and to Dublin:
bmi Flexible Economy
bmi Diamond Club Gold and Silver members
British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver members
Arrivals Lounge
The arrivals lounge is located in the Departure Hall on the Upper Level landside.
Access is by invitation only for customers arriving on bmi flights landing before 12:00 from Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
The lounge is open from 05:00 until 14:00 for the following customers.
bmi Business Class
bmi Diamond Club Gold members
Aug 15, 2012, 9:01 am
#32
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Aug 15, 2012, 9:16 am
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http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb
Aug 15, 2012, 9:16 am
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Aug 15, 2012, 9:25 am
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Aug 15, 2012, 9:42 am
#39
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Oddly enough, or not, if you go to the lounge locations section of the website and view all BA lounges neither of the T1 lounges are listed.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb
Incidentally, my MMB screen for a LHR-DUB (BA flight number) in October says
Flight BA8134 to Dublin on Fri XX Oct 2012 17:00
Lounges
The Great British Lounge
Location: Terminal 1, Gate 5
Catch up on work before you travel, enjoy a snack or simply unwind in a relaxing area away from the busy airport environment.
Lounges
The Great British Lounge
Location: Terminal 1, Gate 5
Catch up on work before you travel, enjoy a snack or simply unwind in a relaxing area away from the busy airport environment.
Aug 15, 2012, 10:14 am
#44
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The banishment form the "decent" lounge in T1 is a terrible way to treat customers.
If it's for "security" reasons, then keep dangerous domestic passengers out of the international zone completely, throw away all the cameras, and put a security aisle direct into the domestic gates, saving us all a 10 minute trudge around the mazes.
It's a bit of a shock when arriving at 8pm, and being after some food to eat ala GF in T5.
If it's for "security" reasons, then keep dangerous domestic passengers out of the international zone completely, throw away all the cameras, and put a security aisle direct into the domestic gates, saving us all a 10 minute trudge around the mazes.
It's a bit of a shock when arriving at 8pm, and being after some food to eat ala GF in T5.
Aug 15, 2012, 10:19 am
#45
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To be fair I am not sure how the common travel area can be used as an argument; your passport is checked upon arrival at Dublin every single time (and some UK airports - such as ABZ - check as well from DUB), and it's still intl at the end of the day. Schengen between the 30 countries in it has not meant that those flights, for lounge purposes or whatever, are treated as national flights, despite it being even more integrated than the common travel area.