For the heck of it? Practice your kneeling.

So I guess the shower options for the peasants on NC tickets are

1.) SQ/AC "London lounge" which should be free as a *G but is it nice?

2.) The AA arrival lounge for $35 (but do you need to be on an AA ticket, and is it really nicer than the UA lounge?)

3.) The UA arrival lounge and pay $50 (but is it worth it?)

Finally, for both the AA and UA lounges can't you just pay at the desk when you arrive? Or will they ask for euros or god forbid quid!

Please sir, can I have another (CR-1? I'm on UA917 IAD-SEA in May). :D

Here is a write up on the London Lounge:

http://www.nakedsky.org/archives/000083.html

May see me there Friday around noon! I have a 2.5 hour connection from T3 to T1, so I might risk it and get a shower and check my email.

Destination only, I have tried at the RCC JFK and they told me pay at LHR

BMI *G lounge does have showers. I used them in December. Quite nice (you could even fit 2 in the shower if you were so inclined ;) ) Your 1K membership will definitely get you in. It is in Terminal 1.

So they have multiple clubs? What gate are the BMI *G showers near?

thanks.

If you're going to Dublin, you'll actually be leaving from the 'Domestic' part of T1 and not the international. Not sure if they have showers there. That said, it's a quick trip to Dublin - you'll only be minging for a short period of time until you can get to your Dublin hotel :)

No 1) is not allowed cuz you are not flying from T3, if I understand the LHR rules correctly. But for future reference I once took a shower in London Lounge, which is SK and AC. It was nice but it had water pressure issues (for cold water) so it either dribbled or you got scalded -- not fun. It had one of those 3rd world English flash electric heater boxes. This was a week after it opened in 2003.

Anyway, I would think the RCC would be a better bet for bending the rules......

I once took a peak at the SQ facilities (different lounge) and it looked nice too and I didn't see one of those electric heater boxes.

So from your post, I am assuming there is no way to access the London Lounge when you ARRIVE in T3? Is the London Lounge inside security?

So my only options DEPARTING T3 are the United Arrivals Lounge $50 or the American Arrivals Lounge $35?

IIRC, in LHR it is possible to get Lounge Access before departing security...you just have to ignore the signs!

Point of information:

The London Lounge is SK/AC not SQ/AC. The showers there are perfect!

passengers arriving into T3 CANNOT use T3 lounges unless...
 

It a really weird thing. Your UA flight arrives in LHR in T3, and although you walk right pass the the RCC club as you make your way to baggage claim or the transfer center, LHR rules prohibit arriving passengers from using the lounges, unless you have onward travel departing from T3. I know from personal experience as the RCC prevented my entry just days ago on a SFO-LHR flight.

So, if you're connecting to a BMI flight to the UK or Ireland, you can only use the rather nice BMI lounges in T1. FWIW, I used the pay showers last decembers immediately after passport control. Clean but very rudimentary (I think 3 pounds or 5 euros).

Sounds like it must be an immigration rule as opposed to a United rule.

Yes, this is a security regulation. Arriving (inc. transit) and departing passengers are required to be segregated until they have been through UK security screening. I think to ensure evryone has been screened to the same standard.

Lounges are not allowed to let you enter unless you have a UK issued BP or another BP that has been stamped to show you have been re-screened. Doing so would be a security breach, although I see reports that it has happened.

Once you have been re-screened you only have access to the terminal of your departing flight. There was a time when they were very happy for you to roam the terminals, as long as you were spending money...