London Arrival showers
Mar 5, 2011, 7:53 pm
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London Arrival showers
What does Delta offer in LHR in the way of an arrival lounge. Nothing seems clearly described on www.delta.com
Mar 5, 2011, 8:01 pm
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The Yotel at LHR is used as an arrivals lounge.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ounge-lhr.html
http://www.travelagentcentral.com/en...-airport-22082
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ounge-lhr.html
http://www.travelagentcentral.com/en...-airport-22082
Mar 6, 2011, 6:28 pm
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I've done the Yotel - it's quite nice and convenient. ^ A little more space to open your carryons and put down your stuff than in most shower rooms in arrivals lounges.
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Mar 7, 2011, 3:10 pm
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I've never gone through the process to use it...how long does it actually take to check in and check out?
Mar 7, 2011, 7:35 pm
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With your boarding pass (maybe not needed as they have a list of eligible passengers) about 30 seconds. Unless for some reason there are no rooms open (never happened to me).
Mar 7, 2011, 7:56 pm
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Similar Question but with LGW
Slightly related question.. What about Gatwick? Delta isn't showing a club there nor any shower facilities. Does anybody have any experience with coming into LGW?
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Mar 8, 2011, 12:59 am
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TATL lawyer is our regular LGW DL flyer, so hopefully he'll pop in and comment. Pretty sure there's nothing there in terms of lounges for SkyTeam, unfortunately.
Mar 8, 2011, 2:33 am
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If you're willing to pay, you can book the Yotel in the Gatwick South Terminal if you would like a shower. There are also showers (for a fee) at Victoria Station in London - the Gatwick Express and Southeastern trains arrive at Victoria.
Gatwick is generally fairly painless...although the a/c type varies from the 763 to the A333...plenty of discussion on the forums about each a/c.
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Mar 8, 2011, 2:35 am
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What does Delta offer in LHR in the way of an arrival lounge. Nothing seems clearly described on www.delta.com
Mar 8, 2011, 4:20 am
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I have never had a problem booking or getting in at LHR, though.
So back to LGW - not much I am afraid. There is a yotel in the South Terminal. It is on the arrivals level near Costa Coffee (a chain similar to Starbies). I have never used it as I have family very near by.
Note, however, that DL lands at the North Terminal. If you would like to go to the yotel ... from the arrivals in the N Terminal, which is on the ground floor, take the elevator/escalators to the middle/mezzanine/shopping level, and turn left towards outdoors. The monorail runs every 2 minutes, and takes you to the S Terminal in about a 3 minute ride.
Safe travels
Last edited by TATL lawyer; Mar 8, 2011 at 4:35 am
Mar 8, 2011, 4:28 am
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They closed the BizElite arrivals lounge (in the Arora Hotel) after most flights switched over to LHR.
If you're willing to pay, you can book the Yotel in the Gatwick South Terminal if you would like a shower. There are also showers (for a fee) at Victoria Station in London - the Gatwick Express and Southeastern trains arrive at Victoria.
Gatwick is generally fairly painless...although the a/c type varies from the 763 to the A333...plenty of discussion on the forums about each a/c.
robin
If you're willing to pay, you can book the Yotel in the Gatwick South Terminal if you would like a shower. There are also showers (for a fee) at Victoria Station in London - the Gatwick Express and Southeastern trains arrive at Victoria.
Gatwick is generally fairly painless...although the a/c type varies from the 763 to the A333...plenty of discussion on the forums about each a/c.
robinOne other thing I would mention, locallady.
The trains to London run from the S Terminal at LGW, so if you are heading into town you will need to use the monorail to connect to the S Terminal (as per earlier post) first.
If you are travelling on someone else's dime, take the Gatwick Express. If you are travelling for leisure, use the Southeastern (takes 5-10 mins more and costs half!), which also can take you to London Bridge if you are going to the business district / east side.
If you visiting locally in Sussex, a taxi may be good, but do NOT take one into central London - takes an age and costs 000s.
Feel free to PM me for any other local connection tips etc
Mar 8, 2011, 4:34 am
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On my westbound run a couple of weeks ago, the FAs were greatly lamenting that cancellation and their resulting move to ATL. From my point of view, was a shame to lose the "option", and from what I see of comments elsewhere about CVG and its prospects, that route is not coming back any time soon!
Mar 8, 2011, 4:49 am
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..or in the case of DL36/37 LGW>CVG, cancelled it altogether.
On my westbound run a couple of weeks ago, the FAs were greatly lamenting that cancellation and their resulting move to ATL. From my point of view, was a shame to lose the "option", and from what I see of comments elsewhere about CVG and its prospects, that route is not coming back any time soon!
On my westbound run a couple of weeks ago, the FAs were greatly lamenting that cancellation and their resulting move to ATL. From my point of view, was a shame to lose the "option", and from what I see of comments elsewhere about CVG and its prospects, that route is not coming back any time soon!