Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

Thanks for that and I've deleted the temporary copy. You can see there was quite some appetite to see your pics!



Praise indeed!

Just for anyone who may has hesitated about LGW in the past, I would like to highlight the fact that you can get from the railway platform to this fantastic new facility in well under 10 minutes, if hand baggage only and eligible for Fast Track (rail platform to end of security is under 7 minutes). The LGW departure gates are very close to the lounge. LGW has extremely friendly BA staff, many have worked there for years and years. Even security at LGW is several notches more friendly than LHR and extremely slick. BA at LGW has a great range of destinations, and some very low fares if you are flexible on dates. Add all that together and it is quite a game changer for BA, and I hope people have a look at what Gatwick now has to offer.

That's not to say everything is perfect (e.g. domestic arrival and domestic priority boarding, congestion on ski weekends, the rail service itself) but the move to South was the best thing that could have happened to BA.

Originally Posted by jackr27

Has anyone noticed whether there are any printers, either in the First or Club Lounge?

I'll be through tomorrow and could do with printing a couple of things off in advance of a meeting in the afternoon...

Originally Posted by TyneTraveller

There was definitely a nice one in the club lounge; not 100% but I think there was one in first too. I did not try any so don't know the score with regards connectivity. There are currently only two desktop PC's in each lounge also.

Originally Posted by jackr27

Brilliant, thank you for the reply, appreciated

Will see how I get on with them tomorrow.

Originally Posted by TyneTraveller

There was definitely a nice one in the club lounge; not 100% but I think there was one in first too. I did not try any so don't know the score with regards connectivity. There are currently only two desktop PC's in each lounge also.

Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

There's a printer / copier in First too, along the refectory wall. It looks like the same arrangement as AMS, so there are instructions on the top on how to transfer documents to it.

Originally Posted by Crocodile2409

Thanks to you all for the informative updates! To be clear is the club lounge fully open now or is it this strange hybrid part Speedbird part new lounge access (obviously I will follow CWS's route map if Speedbird is muttered!)

Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

The new lounge is now open, I think minus the gentlemen's toilet, and so is Speedbird at the moment. Though I can't guarantee this, (a) I suspect by the weekend the temporary lounges will have closed and (b) if you handled it politely I think you'll be allowed in anyway. But check here on Friday for the latest news.

Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

The new lounge is now open, I think minus the gentlemen's toilet, and so is Speedbird at the moment. Though I can't guarantee this, (a) I suspect by the weekend the temporary lounges will have closed and (b) if you handled it politely I think you'll be allowed in anyway. But check here on Friday for the latest news.

Originally Posted by Louisebook

Club lounge closed due to another flood issue.

speedbird rather busy. No porridge here either.

Originally Posted by Ldnn1

On the porridge front… I should warn that I may have erred in mentioning porridge on Sunday. On reflection what I had in mind was muesli, and being not a fan of either porridge or muesli, didn’t think much of the difference. Sincere apologies if it turns out porridge is not part of the offering.