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
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...e-reviews.html
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
Jun 3, 2017, 4:05 am
#91
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Yes the CX F is a nice little spot, although I wasn't impressed with the breakfast yesterday (runny poached eggs, non-crispy sausage, tea poured for me before it had a change to brew). Totally admit these are first world problems and mainly personal preferences however, not going to get too annoyed by them!
Jun 3, 2017, 5:10 am
#92
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Location: London
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I thought my lunch in the CX F lounge in April was very good.
Not perfect (over salted asparagus, main course arrived while I was still enjoying the asparagus, starter plate not removed while I was enjoying the main course, slow top up of drinks- although the dining area was only 25% full, etc) but still a very pleasant experience and high quality food.
A higher class of experience than the BA GF lounge, although I enjoy the GF food and the better wine/champagne.
Not perfect (over salted asparagus, main course arrived while I was still enjoying the asparagus, starter plate not removed while I was enjoying the main course, slow top up of drinks- although the dining area was only 25% full, etc) but still a very pleasant experience and high quality food.
A higher class of experience than the BA GF lounge, although I enjoy the GF food and the better wine/champagne.
Jun 3, 2017, 5:30 am
#93
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Another vote for the CX lounge.
Although there is something strangely (pathologically?) rewarding about lounge hoping and comparing and contrasting lounge offerings in T3 like an amateur travel journalist. If feels a bit like work which helps assuage the niggling sense that you might be wasting your life.....
Although there is something strangely (pathologically?) rewarding about lounge hoping and comparing and contrasting lounge offerings in T3 like an amateur travel journalist. If feels a bit like work which helps assuage the niggling sense that you might be wasting your life.....
Jun 3, 2017, 5:35 am
#94
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Another vote for the CX lounge.
Although there is something strangely (pathologically?) rewarding about lounge hoping and comparing and contrasting lounge offerings in T3 like an amateur travel journalist. If feels a bit like work which helps assuage the niggling sense that you might be wasting your life.....
Although there is something strangely (pathologically?) rewarding about lounge hoping and comparing and contrasting lounge offerings in T3 like an amateur travel journalist. If feels a bit like work which helps assuage the niggling sense that you might be wasting your life.....
I personally like BA T3 GF for dinning (I prefer the food and the view as you eat) and then switch to CX for a relaxing drink with a view in a very comfortable chair.
Jun 4, 2017, 7:56 am
#95
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My full review of the CX Business Class lounge is now available here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ss-w-pics.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ss-w-pics.html
Sep 10, 2017, 1:04 am
#97
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: DCA, EGE, IAD
Programs: MR LTT, BA Gold, AA LTP, UA Silver
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OWS flying J so relegated to business class lounges during early morning hours 0530-0915. Checked out all three lounges. I don't drink so no opinion or review of alcohol.
Breakfast
CX scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, mushrooms, etc.
AA scrambled eggs, sausage, beans, mushrooms, etc.
BA egg rolls, bacon rolls
All had pastry, bread, yogurt, fruit, cereal, juice, etc.
Best coffee CX and BA IMO.
CX J lounge was empty and very quiet.
BA lounge the busiest.
CX and AA lounges very new, whereas BA lounge looks tired.
BA lounge is always very warm, whereas CX and AA are comfortably cool.
All lounges had both sparkling and still water.
CX wins hands down on aesthetics and comfort IMO.
My personal opinion for J lounge in the morning from best to worst; CX, AA, and then BA
CX J lounge doesn't open until 0730. AA and BA open at 0500-0530
Breakfast
CX scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, mushrooms, etc.
AA scrambled eggs, sausage, beans, mushrooms, etc.
BA egg rolls, bacon rolls
All had pastry, bread, yogurt, fruit, cereal, juice, etc.
Best coffee CX and BA IMO.
CX J lounge was empty and very quiet.
BA lounge the busiest.
CX and AA lounges very new, whereas BA lounge looks tired.
BA lounge is always very warm, whereas CX and AA are comfortably cool.
All lounges had both sparkling and still water.
CX wins hands down on aesthetics and comfort IMO.
My personal opinion for J lounge in the morning from best to worst; CX, AA, and then BA
CX J lounge doesn't open until 0730. AA and BA open at 0500-0530
Last edited by aaupgrade; Sep 10, 2017 at 1:11 am
Sep 11, 2017, 7:09 am
#99
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Location: Wolverhampton
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I've mentioned this a number of times before, but people on the BA board have a weird love for those tiny little bacon roll things which I'd use for sport rather than eating...
Sep 11, 2017, 9:15 am
#100
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Posts: 732
Those hard rolls BA have are terrible. It's hard to find a worse bacon sandwich anywhere in the UK.
Sep 11, 2017, 9:59 am
#101
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However, those bullets with a slice of bacon in them, I'm sure I nearly lost a tooth the first time I bit into one...
Sep 11, 2017, 12:59 pm
#102
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 138
II will admit, I grab 4/5 and then toast with butter, remove the bacon and make my own.
Sep 11, 2017, 1:53 pm
#104
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Sep 12, 2017, 3:25 am
#105
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