BA is moving most flights from LHR Terminal 3 to T5
Jun 28, 2022, 9:28 am
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Jun 28, 2022, 10:29 am
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Jun 28, 2022, 10:33 am
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My own guess (fwiw) is this will continue for at least the end of the summer season, but perhaps will go back to the current situation come end of October.
Jun 28, 2022, 11:08 am
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Indeed they are and I have to say that I was extremely sceptical about this - but that is exactly what their reservation system is showing. 13th July seems to be the day that they change - so BA's large exit is followed by Iberia's entry
Jun 28, 2022, 11:49 am
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Jun 28, 2022, 11:55 am
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Can’t get feel of this is a knee jerk semi temporary arrangement as we had all the trumpetting about ‘our new home’ AA at T5 and their prime routes out of T5 all suddenly to go.
Will this be worse for CCR (with the BA first routes from T3) given complaints about all the AA F pax?!
Will this be worse for CCR (with the BA first routes from T3) given complaints about all the AA F pax?!
Jun 28, 2022, 12:18 pm
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Are people seeing this update on their bookings already? I have a flight to PHX in October and it's still showing as T3, so if it's changed already then suggests it's only for the remainder of S22 for now
Jun 28, 2022, 12:41 pm
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Thanks to all who pointed out that the QF and CX lounges were available, being a very infrequent visitor to T3, I had assumed they were still closed. I seem to recall the last time I was in T3, pre-pandemic, both lounges were closed for some reason, so have never had the delight of frequenting them. Will definitely give them a try, so is it QF or CX to try first?
Jun 28, 2022, 12:49 pm
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Thanks to all who pointed out that the QF and CX lounges were available, being a very infrequent visitor to T3, I had assumed they were still closed. I seem to recall the last time I was in T3, pre-pandemic, both lounges were closed for some reason, so have never had the delight of frequenting them. Will definitely give them a try, so is it QF or CX to try first?
Jun 28, 2022, 1:26 pm
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weirdly just got an email from BA that our NBO to LHR return leg will be T5 but nothing about the outbound, however this is also showing as T5 in MMB (sept 22). Grrr, just booked parking and was looking forward to my first CX F lounge….
Jun 28, 2022, 1:28 pm
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Jun 28, 2022, 2:38 pm
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I wonder if BA might manage to regroup ALL flights to T5 in the end, and if so, would they be able to close off their T3 lounge and operations entirely and what would they then do with the lounges? I mean as weird as the whole thing seems to be, if it did end up resulting in a single terminal operation I would sort of see how it may be worth the "earthquake" and save them a lot of money...
Jun 28, 2022, 2:42 pm
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I just don't think there is enough capacity for all BA flights in T5. Pre covid there were a decent amount of routes in T3. Even after this bizarre move and getting AA and IB out, there are still a dozen or so routes in T3, and we aren't really back at pre covid flight levels yet.