sgm

Moreover, for an upcoming LHR-DUB, MMB directs me as follows:

After Check In
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.

antichef

Of course it isn't for security reasons, as you have correctly noted it is for shopping reasons!!

Where we used to enter direct into the domestic area is now the staff access, as they don't need to get a run past the shops to get to work as they are not buying.

diamond club freeloader

With some bread rolls to accompany the soup, or to cobble together a cheese sandwich with
Not forgetting a cake (on a cake stand, too) in the afternoons. Its basically all you need for the Teddy Bear's picnic...

But essentially while it served many of us well while travelling domestically for several years, I agree that with the footfall pressure on the GBL reduced following *A withdrawal, its time we were allowed into the 'nice' lounge. It must be mostly empty. As one whose regular BHD route isn't getting moved to T5, that's a plea!!

corporate-wage-slave

That's all very well, but the Great British Lounge is not a oneworld lounge. Nor is the London Room, but I'm complicating matters. They are both BMI lounges which currently deign to allow BA clunk to come in, provided they behave themselves.

You missed the soup and huge slices of cake round the back. Kindly destroy that Emirates style mirror while you're there. And remove the heating system.

antichef

I'm afraid its not! I have been commuting through it weekly for a few months now and using it (mainly on Sunday, but occasonally midweek) and it has been bunged. I have been flying to LCA with A3 and it uses the GBL too.

BahrainLad

Read my post a few posts up. BA.com says that OWS and OWE are admitted to both the GBL and TLR when flying on BA, as per the rules (BA being the only OW carrier in T1).

PUCCI GALORE

I don't care whether it is Common Travel Area or not. You go on BA domestic flights out of T5 or LGW North right alongside International flights and use the same Lounge? This sounds like BMI idiosyncrasy to me

Now I think that life is far too short to fuss over Lounges but the OP has a point. Still the take over is still in progress so let's be patient and see what they eventually do. When I go to Nice through T1 I find the Lounge very passee with its cheap brands of everything but fortunately we run those NCE flights so a proper bar as opposed to the one that reminded me of the charters but which at least has big bottles of wine which was since touch

I cringe at the utterance of T3 and their singular interpretation of the security rules regarding freezer bags. No T1 could be far far worse. Just.

diamond club freeloader

...maybe they could find a way squeeze in pax from just a few more flights... mostly BHD pax...

corporate-wage-slave

Sorry I should have been a bit clearer. The lounge staff say they are not a oneworld lounge, and the panel outside the doors does not have the oneworld symbol either. Now I know there are never errors on ba.com......

Other oneworld airlines do similar things, declassifying lounges, viz: Air Berlin.

BahrainLad

Well, BA are handing these out at DUB: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/19057637-post84.html (note OW privileges)

And I am sure I saw a photo with the OW lozenges added outside the GBL.

BahrainLad

This is DUB

travelwithross

My god. The arrogance from the OP is shocking.

All those years as a loyal bmi customer, and to think I was just a common pleb having to settle for the London Room, rather than the GBL.

Get over yourself.

stifle

I agree there is no logical reason to deny pax the choice between the London Room and the Great British Lounge, as long as domestic/DUB pax at the GBL are told to make sure they take extra time to get to their flight through the photo checkpoint and the Irish mile, if applicable.

Kgmm77

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Likewise, I'm pretty sure the OW "lozenges" (love it!) are on the banner outside the London Room. I can't say not getting in the GBL has, or does currently bother me that much. The increasing lines at the CTA photo matching debacle otoh are starting to get on my wick. Fully support suggestion above to redesignate the staff channel back to pax. Of course that would reduce BAA shopping footfall...

Littlegirl

Is this lounge not the lounge you would have been using if this was still a bmi flight?! So how can it be shabby of BA to use it!

This route is transferring to T5 soon and then none of this will be a problem, surely.

I am sure that the lounges will all get revamped at some point in the near future but I think some of you underestimate what a huge task this amalgamation of services, lounges, aircraft, crews etc.etc. is!

Personaly I am impressed at how well it is being done considering how complicated it all is.