From which airports can you board from the lounge on BA?
Jul 15, 2019, 9:47 am
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BA used to have Imagination with direct boarding - such as the T4 Concorde room where someone would take your coat, and you could walk from the lounge directly on to Concorde. I think you were supposed to put your champagne down before getting on.
However, nowadays, if it costs money or requires staff, these sorts of facilities are very limited.
However, nowadays, if it costs money or requires staff, these sorts of facilities are very limited.
Jul 15, 2019, 9:57 am
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Before the refurb of T7 at JFK I remember there was an old escalator closed off behind the curtains in the elemis Spa that looked like it might have been an exit direct to gates? It would have been before my time, but just curious if that was ever the case (ie direct exit from lounge to gate) in JFK 'back in the good old days'?
I was in the ORD Flounge a couple of months ago (747 flight) and we had to leave the lounge to get to the gate - a bit surprised to read that it has direct boarding as it's pretty tiny!
Jul 16, 2019, 2:13 pm
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Jul 16, 2019, 3:14 pm
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I relish the suggestion put previously in this forum for a fireman's pole from Galleries North down to the Domestic gates.
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Jul 16, 2019, 3:52 pm
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Jul 16, 2019, 9:44 pm
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Jul 16, 2019, 11:32 pm
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When tbe GLA lounge was under BMI you could board their flught direct from the lounge. BA picked up their lounge but have never used their gates AFAIK.
Jul 17, 2019, 12:32 am
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Jul 17, 2019, 3:12 am
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Jul 17, 2019, 10:53 am
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Jul 17, 2019, 11:13 am
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Jul 17, 2019, 11:59 am
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Before the refurb of T7 at JFK I remember there was an old escalator closed off behind the curtains in the elemis Spa that looked like it might have been an exit direct to gates? It would have been before my time, but just curious if that was ever the case (ie direct exit from lounge to gate) in JFK 'back in the good old days'?
Maybe I'm just putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5...I'm prone to that.