BA Serenity Lounge in Terminal 4: What the hell is it?
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BA Serenity Lounge in Terminal 4: What the hell is it?
I was passing through T4 a few weeks ago and I noticed that after I passed through security on the big board above the Customer information desk there were signs to the 'BA Serenity Lounge'. I believe it was dead opposite security (near gate 9 ??? I believe)
There isn't much talk of it on here and I wonder who uses it. Is it a kind of sleeping area? A large version of the Sanctuarys in the Terraces lounges
There isn't much talk of it on here and I wonder who uses it. Is it a kind of sleeping area? A large version of the Sanctuarys in the Terraces lounges
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When I first read your post I saw:
BA Senility Lounge!!! Guess the booze hasn't worked its way out of my system since Hogmany.
My immediate thought was it is the Sanctuary bit.....
BA Senility Lounge!!! Guess the booze hasn't worked its way out of my system since Hogmany.
My immediate thought was it is the Sanctuary bit.....
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by edi-traveller:
When I first read your post I saw:
BA Senility Lounge!!!</font>
When I first read your post I saw:
BA Senility Lounge!!!</font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Globaliser:
Not that far off, IIRC. I asked about this once and was I think told that it's a lounge for the more venerable pax. The gate agent who told me didn't vouchsafe any internal nicknames for it, of which I am sure there must be many.
Originally posted by edi-traveller:
When I first read your post I saw:
BA Senility Lounge!!!</font>
When I first read your post I saw:
BA Senility Lounge!!!</font>
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From what I remember of it doing my work experience at Heathrow a few years back, it's not really a lounge, so much as a quiet room where they put the kiddies and old people. I think it is open to anyone to use as a quiet place to sit down and get some rest.
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We saw it a few years ago when we had award CW tickets. It was rather dark with comfortable chairs that reclined, as I recall. However, I'd be afraid of falling asleep and missing the flight. I suppose the BA desk person could be asked to wake you.
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So is it open to anyone? What do you need for access?
-Silver status?
-CW ticket or above?
-Zimmerframe?
-A jetlagged looking face?
-Silver status?
-CW ticket or above?
-Zimmerframe?
-A jetlagged looking face?
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I've been sent there a few times during flight disruptions as it was closer to the gate I was planned to leave from, it's nothing special, just a room with a TV, a view of the tarmac and some elderly people, UM's and disabled passengers, it also serves as a service point for the green jacket care providers wheeling these people around the terminal.
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I was amused to be shown this place when I worked for BA a few years ago. Basically it is there to prevent the elderly and confused from wandering off and cuasing delays.
Kind of like a big play pen for the senior citizen, makes life easier for the staff who then know where to find them when the flight is called.
Kind of like a big play pen for the senior citizen, makes life easier for the staff who then know where to find them when the flight is called.