Feb 25, 2018, 2:00 am
Last edit by: Prospero
This gives the lounges options available for BA passengers departing from LHR T3. If you flight is departing from T3 you will not have access to the T5 lounges - including Concorde Room - since you must have a same-day T5 boarding pass to get airside in T5. If your flight is from T3, then you need to use the T3 lounges, your boarding pass will not work in T5. As it happens there is a good range of lounges available in T3, details below.
For breakfast options for BA Gold / Emerald / First travellers, there is a photo guide in post 291, click here. Note the Qantas lounge only opens at 08:00 hrs.
LHR Terminal 3 First Class Lounges
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LHR Terminal 3 Business Class Lounges
For breakfast options for BA Gold / Emerald / First travellers, there is a photo guide in post 291, click here. Note the Qantas lounge only opens at 08:00 hrs.
LHR Terminal 3 First Class Lounges
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...e-reviews.html
LHR Terminal 3 Business Class Lounges
Best T3 OneWorld Lounge
Aug 9, 2018, 1:23 am
#361
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The last two times I've early checked a bag at T3 the bag didn't make it onto the BA flight that eveninh. Not sure if the new T3 integrated baggage facility is fully working yet...
Aug 9, 2018, 2:42 am
#363
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No, you don't need to be AA First. Unless you have a lot of downloading to do, I'm not sure why one would do that, but yes BA First would get you access, plus one guest. It's not actually Flagship in T3, the official title is "International First Class Lounge".
Aug 9, 2018, 2:44 am
#364
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There isn’t any flagship dining in the T3 AA F lounge. Once the lounge is refurbished as a flagship lounge there will be though but not sure if non AA F would get access - does CX F get access in JFK?
Aug 9, 2018, 3:51 am
#365
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American’s published rules are that while Flagship Lounge is open to oneworld partner premium cabin passengers and elites, First Dining is for their own first class customers only — and not even for their ConciergeKey members flying business class.
It turns out though that the ‘no exceptions’ policy isn’t quite accurate. Cathay Pacific recently moved from terminal 7 at New York JFK (where it was housed alongside British Airways and Qantas) over to terminal 8 with American.
Reader JB let me know, and American Airlines confirmed, that they have an arrangement with Cathay Pacific for that carrier’s first class passengers to be given access to Flagship First Dining at New York JFK.
It turns out though that the ‘no exceptions’ policy isn’t quite accurate. Cathay Pacific recently moved from terminal 7 at New York JFK (where it was housed alongside British Airways and Qantas) over to terminal 8 with American.
Reader JB let me know, and American Airlines confirmed, that they have an arrangement with Cathay Pacific for that carrier’s first class passengers to be given access to Flagship First Dining at New York JFK.
Aug 9, 2018, 3:54 am
#366
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Officially not but a quick search of the travel blogs and there are a few CX flying bloggers who did get in, for example: Cathay Pacific First Class Passengers Get Access to American Flagship First Dining in New York
Aug 9, 2018, 6:51 am
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Only AA F pax get access to Flagship Dining, with the exception that CX F passengers do get access at JFK by special arrangement with AA (no guest though).
Aug 11, 2018, 10:50 am
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Aug 11, 2018, 11:18 am
#371
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With 4 hours to kill, I would go to BA GF, QF Biz, CX F\J and AA F briefly to see which one fits you and camp out. You could also do a little time in each just to get a feel for each one. You profile shows you as BA Gold so you should have access to all including F lounges. While there is extensive discussion with consensus being CX F is the best and while I dont disagree with that......all of the lounges are just fine and perfectly acceptable. With 4 hours I would be hard pressed to stay at just one lounge personally.
Aug 11, 2018, 11:30 am
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Skip the arrivals lounge shower at T5 and head straight to the CX before your trip to HEL. The showers at CX are very nice indeed.
Aug 11, 2018, 11:39 am
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I would personally head across to T3 and have a shower in one of the lounges as if you shower in T5 you still have to get to T3 and go through security after which you can feel like you need another shower!
Regards
TBS
