LHR T5 C Gates - BA Lounge to open at T5C ?
Nov 18, 2018, 9:49 am
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10 minutes 30 seconds in my case from South Lounges to Boots T5C, and having had the pleasure of meeting you more than once, I would expect that as someone younger and fitter than me (leave the fiver via the usual CCR dropbox) that you could manage that too! There is a fuller breakdown of timings in the Dashboard thread. The passageways tend to be a lot cooler than the main building in my experience, indeed a big reason why I tend to walk, but I fully accept your experience is different!
Nov 18, 2018, 9:53 am
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Nov 18, 2018, 10:06 am
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i didn’t realize that they could be used for arrivals too! I’m guessing that there is a separate tunnel for the sterile area to get one to immigration? I may have to test this out in Dec when coming in from LAX (assuming we don’t end up at a remote stand)
Nov 18, 2018, 10:10 am
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I belive so but the ones to immigration do not have moving travelators ( only the departure side ones do)
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Nov 18, 2018, 10:12 am
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Yes, they are parallel tunnels, the arrival one being to the south of the departing one and passengers can't see, let alone get to, the other tunnel. The Dashboard thread is split into two to take account of the differences.
Nov 18, 2018, 10:31 am
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Hah! I did it from GF to C57 in under 6 minutes once: lost track of time while doing my emails and discovered my flight was on a Final Call while walking by departures board to take a leak. Sprinted to C and then spent 50 minutes fixated on a seatbelt sign, while doing a little dance in my seat. Lesson well learnt
Nov 18, 2018, 3:10 pm
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I always thought it was the other way round. Obviously not paying enough attention 😀
Nov 18, 2018, 3:14 pm
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There are moving walkways in the arrivals side tunnels too. I use them fairly often, though some of the moving walkways are occasionally turned off.
Nov 18, 2018, 3:17 pm
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Both do. The lack of travelators only arises when one is returning to T5A (e.g. having gone to the wrong satellite, or using the T5B lounge before a T5A departure).
Nov 18, 2018, 3:18 pm
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Nov 18, 2018, 4:10 pm
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Nov 18, 2018, 7:03 pm
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At the start of each travelator is a light, at foot level, facing towards you as you approach. If it’s red, then the travelator is out of service. If it’s green, it’s in service and should get going/speed up as you approach.
Apr 1, 2019, 2:56 pm
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Not reading to the end of the thread....
Grrr. Thread title sparked false hope/assumption so skipped A lounge and went straight to C for a (now delayed) GRU flight.
“That stopped three years ago mate” was the answer at Starbucks to the question whether BA still offered C/ F pax an allowance... Oh well.
“That stopped three years ago mate” was the answer at Starbucks to the question whether BA still offered C/ F pax an allowance... Oh well.
Nov 10, 2019, 3:18 pm
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From an article today on God Save The Points...
While we cannot confirm this to be true through official channels, an incredibly reliable source points to British Airways in final design stages for a new Heathrow lounge, in Terminal 5C.