Access to First and Concorde Lounge in LHR when arriving on BA in First (A-Class)
Sep 24, 2003, 9:07 am
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Access to First and Concorde Lounge in LHR when arriving on BA in First (A-Class)
After finding out, that there is only a small chance that I can visit the BA First- and Concorde Lounge when flying with AA in First. What about Lounge Access when arriving with BA in First (A-Class) in Terminal 4??? Will this be my "ticket" to these lounges?
Sep 24, 2003, 9:32 am
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You can enter the BA Arrivals lounge on your F ticket. If you don't have an onward connection out of T4 then those lounges will once more be out of bounds...
The arrivals lounge is very nice, though much smaller than the first lounge.
May I ask what your interest is in the lounge? It's really nothing that special and not worth the hassle. It's a snobbish pub with free booze and sandwiches. It's often busy and loud. As handy as it is while waiting on a flight I hardly think it's worth going out of your way for. But that is just my opinion and it's worth about as much as you paid for it.
The arrivals lounge is very nice, though much smaller than the first lounge.
May I ask what your interest is in the lounge? It's really nothing that special and not worth the hassle. It's a snobbish pub with free booze and sandwiches. It's often busy and loud. As handy as it is while waiting on a flight I hardly think it's worth going out of your way for. But that is just my opinion and it's worth about as much as you paid for it.
Sep 24, 2003, 9:59 am
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I just traveled IAD-LHR-ATH on a first award. We used the arrivals lounge when we, well, arrived. Then we had a 12 hour layover in London so we took the heathrow express into the city. When we got back to LHR that night (same day that we had arrived), we showed our onward boarding passes at the lounge. I mentioned that we had arrived that morning in F and asked if that would let us into the F lounge. We were told that we were welcome to use the concorde room if we wanted. The agent in the concorde room took a quick look at our boarding passes from the night before and allowed us to enter.
This was a little over 2 weeks ago.
This was a little over 2 weeks ago.
Sep 24, 2003, 10:04 am
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John
They did the correct thing by you as your flight was leaving from the same terminal and you had arrived the same day in F.
The orginal poster will not be leaving the same terminal so doesn't have access.
They did the correct thing by you as your flight was leaving from the same terminal and you had arrived the same day in F.
The orginal poster will not be leaving the same terminal so doesn't have access.
Sep 24, 2003, 11:38 pm
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Once again thank you for your quick answers.
ScottC: Till now I only know StarAlliance with their carriers and their lounges. Now I'm on a RTW with OW and now I see its time, to check, if my collegues were right - for me till now the Singapore First Lounge in SIN was the best one, but they said, no comparacion with LHR First/Concorde Room and CX Lounge in HKG. Thatswhy I want to check this :-)
ScottC: Till now I only know StarAlliance with their carriers and their lounges. Now I'm on a RTW with OW and now I see its time, to check, if my collegues were right - for me till now the Singapore First Lounge in SIN was the best one, but they said, no comparacion with LHR First/Concorde Room and CX Lounge in HKG. Thatswhy I want to check this :-)
Sep 25, 2003, 11:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Peter_D:
After finding out, that there is only a small chance that I can visit the BA First- and Concorde Lounge when flying with AA in First. What about Lounge Access when arriving with BA in First (A-Class) in Terminal 4??? Will this be my "ticket" to these lounges?</font>
After finding out, that there is only a small chance that I can visit the BA First- and Concorde Lounge when flying with AA in First. What about Lounge Access when arriving with BA in First (A-Class) in Terminal 4??? Will this be my "ticket" to these lounges?</font>
You can even shower and change in the MB Spa. A couple of the units also have steam. About the only thing you can't do is book a treatment without an outbound boarding pass.
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Sep 25, 2003, 2:42 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CT-UK:
John
They did the correct thing by you as your flight was leaving from the same terminal and you had arrived the same day in F.
The orginal poster will not be leaving the same terminal so doesn't have access.</font>
John
They did the correct thing by you as your flight was leaving from the same terminal and you had arrived the same day in F.
The orginal poster will not be leaving the same terminal so doesn't have access.</font>