Review: the Aer Lingus lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 2

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• Damien says:

  19 Sep19 September 07:14

  Can BA Silver access the Aer Lingus lounge when flying to Belfast with Aer Lingus?

  • Polly says:

    19 Sep19 September 10:08

    Yes, rob mentioned that above…

• Stu says:

  19 Sep19 September 07:42

  What is your opinion on EI GC? Is it a lucrative FFP to sign up to or continue with BAEC? For 4-5 IE-UK flights a month. Most to the regions (hence my inability to use BA more often than not).

  • Polly says:

    19 Sep19 September 10:20

    If you think you would use their biz product to the USA. Then stick with EI, as it is now v g value..flat beds etc but lounge access is another issue, their GC doesn’t get you into galleries etc but you seem like you would get to use all the benefits of their GC..But of course keep your baec going when you can fly ba…just depends on where you will spend your avios.. More and more people are using the EI biz product to the US east and west Coast now instead of LHR as taxes are minimal. Difficult one.

• andystock says:

  19 Sep19 September 08:17

  Plaza Premium wins hands down for me in terms of food and seating. Is it me or dose the Aer Lingus lounge look like a work rest room.

• Paul Irving says:

  19 Sep19 September 08:41

  Why do lounges have so many tables set out for 3 or 4 people? Then ones person sits on these tables instead of a table for 1 or 2!

  • oyster says:

    19 Sep19 September 09:45

    Completely agree.

    Went into T5 South GC the other day with family in tow (pushchairs etc) and even though the lounge was nowhere near full, there were no free clusters of chairs available.

    So 2 things.
    1. Why can’t single travellers be a little less selfish and not take up a cluster of 4/6 chairs?
    2. Knowing the above, why don’t lounge operators have a few more pods of 1/2/3 chairs and no more?

• Andy Paddy says:

  19 Sep19 September 15:24

  A few weeks ago I came across from T5 to T2 and needed an Aer Lingus desk to issue me a boarding pass. There was nobody at the transfer desk and time was passing so I thought I would check the lounge… When I arrived upstairs everything was as described above, the doors open but NO STAFF there either! So I had a good chance to inspect the premises and see what was on offer! Somebody turned up about 30 minutes later and printed my boarding pass – which had my AA number so not even a BA status. I was travelling on a BA flight number so I said that OW Saphire was equivalent to BA silver and there was not an issue.

  So if you are arriving in early in the morning to Terminal 2 and there is nobody at the transfer desk, just remember that the doors upstairs are likely open even though nobody is at home!

• Lady London says:

  19 Sep19 September 20:59

  How can a newly built lounge look so old-fashioned?

  • Rob says:

    19 Sep19 September 21:50

    I imagine they wanted to keep it simple because the huge windows provide all the focus. Flash interior decor would go unnoticed. Plaza Premium, on the other hand, was effectively forced to make a real effort on the interior because of the lack of daylight.

  • Paddy says:

    19 Sep19 September 22:30

    Because a lot of the furniture was brought in from the old lounge…

• Oh! Matron! says:

  26 Sep26 September 09:49

  So, having been in both the Plaza and Air Lingus lounges last night…..

  It really is down to tastes…. However, if you’re trying to get any form of business done, avoid the Plaza lounge like the plague.

  1. Their WiFi is shockingly poor in any part of the lounge
  2. They play piped music… Loud enough to be heard on conf calls.
  3. It was busy, and whilst there was food, there was nothing left but some bland quiche thing
  4. The front desk staff were miserable

  So, after an hour of the worst piped music ever, I trotted over to Air Lingus.

  Firstly, it’s bright! After being in the Plaza for 2 hours, it felt like the surface of the sun

  The single member of the front desk staff was lovely and smiley.

  The drink selection was okay, and, as mentioned, no food. However, there’s a plethora of food outlets outside, including a Yo Sushi that does take away

  I preferred, to be honest, the air lingus lounge. It’s MUCH quieter.

• Bigglesgirl says:

  1 Oct1 October 05:51

  For information the brand spanking new Lufthansa lounge is now officially open (I am currently sat in it enjoying a glass of sparkly at 5:30am on my way to Stockholm in SAS Plus class). I have to say it seems to be on a par with the United lounge in terms of quality of food and drink available and is, thankfully, not so far a walk. It is spacious, light, airy in muted tones of beige and grey. Not sure of the view as it is still dark, however I can see across to T4. The lounge is split into two with the ‘Senator’ lounge being through separate doors at the far end.
  I also noted on my Priority Pass app last night that the Plaza Premium lounge is now on their list!

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