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Old Mar 29, 2018, 2:57 pm
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Strange lounge question

Evening all,

Odd question, but I’m landing from ARN at LHR next week at about 3pm and don’t leave for MIA until the next morning. I will stay at the Sofitel, but is there any lounge access after arrival at LHR in the CCR? I’m flying Club Europe and then F from T3 the next day to MIA.

I know it sounds sad, but I have nothing to do, so food and drinks in a lounge sound fun versus going to the room!

Think it’s a no but wanted to ask
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Old Mar 29, 2018, 2:59 pm
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Originally Posted by MANCHESTER
Odd question, but I’m landing from ARN at LHR next week at about 3pm and don’t leave for MIA until the next morning. I will stay at the Sofitel, but is there any lounge access after arrival at LHR in the CCR?
No, there isn't. To get into any of the departures lounges, you need a boarding pass for a flight departing from T5 that day. To get into the Arrivals Lounge, you need to have arrived on a long-haul flight, and to get there before that lounge closes at 2 pm.
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Old Mar 29, 2018, 3:10 pm
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The Sofitel has a lounge if you have Accor status or in an Exec Room...
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Old Mar 29, 2018, 3:16 pm
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Alternatively, go to that London. It seems to have a couple of restaurants and a pub.
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Old Mar 29, 2018, 3:23 pm
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Originally Posted by bisonrav
Alternatively, go to that London. It seems to have a couple of restaurants and a pub.
And as that Samuel Johnson bloke said ......
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”

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don’t think there were any airport lounges back then)


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Old Mar 29, 2018, 5:47 pm
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Plaza Premium Arrivals Lounges at T2 or T4 accept PriorityPass.
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Old Mar 29, 2018, 8:43 pm
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Heathrow Express to Paddington takes 21 minutes (from T5) and runs every 15 minutes - better see something in London, eat and drink there, then get stuck in the room at the airport hotel...
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Old Mar 30, 2018, 1:03 am
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Originally Posted by bisonrav
Alternatively, go to that London. It seems to have a couple of restaurants and a pub.
I spend most of my time in London and it’s lovely bars and hotels, and spend very little time flying in F, so a few hours in the CCR would have been far more of a treat to me the night before departure!!!

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Old Mar 30, 2018, 1:32 am
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Alternatively take a quick flight to that Manchester. It's like that London except with the customer services designed by Liam Gallagher.
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Old Mar 30, 2018, 12:54 pm
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