Lounge access at LHR for CX flight
Nov 6, 2022, 11:22 pm
#2
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Yes. I'm assuming your flight from LHR to CPH is with British Airways. In which case, you can use the British Airways Galleries Club lounges at Terminal 5 (which is where your flight to CPH will depart from) when you arrive at Heathrow. This is because your flight from HKG-LHR is in business. You might have to explain this to the agent letting you into the lounge as they might not have this information. However, I can attest to the fact that they are sufficiently trained to deal with this.
Nov 6, 2022, 11:39 pm
#3
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Yes. I'm assuming your flight from LHR to CPH is with British Airways. In which case, you can use the British Airways Galleries Club lounges at Terminal 5 (which is where your flight to CPH will depart from) when you arrive at Heathrow. This is because your flight from HKG-LHR is in business. You might have to explain this to the agent letting you into the lounge as they might not have this information. However, I can attest to the fact that they are sufficiently trained to deal with this.
From the very beginning, I think I can only access the arrival lounge by AA but it is a good news that I can also go to BA lounge at T5. Btw should I ask the staff at HKG airport to issue a lounge access when I checkin? Or I can only show the HKG-LHR+LHR-CPH boarding pass to the staff at BA lounge? thanks so much!
Nov 7, 2022, 3:09 am
#4
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Yes, my flight is operated by BA from LHR to CPH.
From the very beginning, I think I can only access the arrival lounge by AA but it is a good news that I can also go to BA lounge at T5. Btw should I ask the staff at HKG airport to issue a lounge access when I checkin? Or I can only show the HKG-LHR+LHR-CPH boarding pass to the staff at BA lounge? thanks so much!
From the very beginning, I think I can only access the arrival lounge by AA but it is a good news that I can also go to BA lounge at T5. Btw should I ask the staff at HKG airport to issue a lounge access when I checkin? Or I can only show the HKG-LHR+LHR-CPH boarding pass to the staff at BA lounge? thanks so much!
On this itinerary, you don't have to enter the UK (unless you really want to try the AA arrival lounge).
Nov 7, 2022, 3:51 am
#5
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Thx a lot but seems like there are two lounges in T5. Which one is your preferred and any shower facilities?
Nov 8, 2022, 5:38 pm
#6
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There are actually three BA business lounges in Terminal 5, but you will probably depart from T5A so you can ignore the one in T5B. All three have showers but the plumbing could use some TLC.
I would definitely skip the arrivals lounge and follow the connections route to the airside lounges. IIRC the only thing the arrivals lounge has that the other lounges don’t is they will iron your shirt while you shower.
Last edited by Calchas; Nov 8, 2022 at 5:47 pm