How to earn Avios or Virgin miles, and save £, with No1 Lounges

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• Lumma says:

  9 May9 May 03:21

  Even if it’s not the best lounge in the world £12 plus a couple of hundred virgin miles for the MyLounge in Gatwick north seems a decent deal. Do you get fast track security as well?

  • Robbie says:

    9 May9 May 08:12

    Not sure about fast track as I have the priority pass – however, if I didn’t have priority pass I would consider 12GBP to be overpriced for MyLounge. It really is the strangest lounge I have been in, last time I ended up in there the only choice of food was a pot of baked beans.

    I will only use it if both the Aspire and Nbr1 are full. Obviously this is just my opinion I am sure others will probably like it but when you have other choices I would rather pay the 12GBP to mcdonalds.

• Ro says:

  9 May9 May 07:25

  OTish…. which lounge would people recommend in LHR T3 for priority pass – no1 or aspire?

  • the real harry1 says:

    9 May9 May 07:40

    both are pretty good

    No1 is lighter, airier with good runway views – only 1 free item of menu food + unlimited salad, soup etc – often full

    Aspire told me they’d never turned anyone away (Xmas) though that might be because nobody much knew how to find them! 120 capacity – unlimited buffet food, refreshed regularly

    Both have manned bars with decent choice (no self-serve for alcoholic drinks), pay for Champers/ Prosecco – Aspire has Guinness (cans)

    both worth visiting

    • Ro says:

      9 May9 May 08:01

      Great, thanks for the tips Harry
      Will have 4h so can probs try both

      • Rob says:

        9 May9 May 08:18

        I did a review of Aspire if you search, perfectly pleasant. Little to choose between the two but No 1 is larger. Aspire is newer.

    • Raymond Hennessy says:

      9 May9 May 17:07

      Aspire turned me away last month,said they were full.

• Chris says:

  9 May9 May 07:56

  On topic – last summer I bought 8 passes for No1 LGW south (stag do). Booking them individually but each time using my Avios account – I received 8 x 750 Avios.

  I did need to chase a couple of missing ones a few months later though.

• Chris says:

  9 May9 May 08:00

  Off topic – in 2 weeks I am travelling from LGW North on Thomson (don’t ask!) with check in around 4:30/5am. Any anecdotal experience on lounge busyness around 5/6am for Priority Pass holders? Will No1 be turning people away?

  I am at ‘churn point’ with my Amex Plat and wondering if it’s worth an extra 3 week’s fees for lounge access on that trip (outbound LGW S, inbound MLA a week later).

  • Fenny says:

    9 May9 May 13:14

    I have a similar query, so interested to hear any comments.

• N says:

  9 May9 May 08:02

  Not really OT but sort of; I’ve managed to use fast track security at STN by flashing my priority pass as it was proof I was using the lounge.

• Sussex Bantam says:

  9 May9 May 08:03

  Whilst we’re on the topic of lounges I’m off to BKK on Thai in Business in a couple of weeks from T2. Apparently I can use any of the Star Alliance lounges there – any recommendations ?

  • Rob says:

    9 May9 May 08:19

    United Club, by a substantial margin. I have reviewed it on here a couple of times. It is lovely.

    • Gavin says:

      9 May9 May 09:12

      Completely agree re United. Singapore lounge is good for a Sling as well

    • thehornets says:

      9 May9 May 12:12

      United is lovely but I would suggest trying them all. I did! IIRC you have Lufthansa and others too.

      Also, don’t forget you have access to the Star Alliance arrivals lounge on your return.

      • Andy says:

        9 May9 May 13:16

        That’s if it’s open! Last August (5th Aug I think) there were hardly any lounge staff in T2…i think i was told eventually there were severe staff shortages…and they shut the United Lounge early (6pm) and gruffly refused entry to any non-united passengers. I was on Air China in F.

        The Singapore first lounge also had no lounge attendants and the business lounge was quite poor.

        Hopefully this lack of staff doesn’t happen often! The Lufthansa lounges were fine and were fully staffed.

        • Sussex Bantam says:

          9 May9 May 13:25

          Thanks all!

  • Roger says:

    9 May9 May 17:57

    I need to use priority pass lounge at BKK later this month with family (incl. kids).
    Any ideas how will be I be able to use shower? Do you just ask the purser for the same?

    Also any recommendation for Priority Pass lounge at BKK will be good.

• Whiskerxx says:

  9 May9 May 09:11

  I’ve twice been refused entry to No 1 Lounge in Birmingham recently when using PP. On both occasions the lounge was empty. I was told that they were expecting to be busy later???
  On the second occasion I walked in and took photos of just how empty it was and emailed them to Phil Cameron ( who I think is the CEO). My mail was read, but I didn’t receive an acknowledgement. Very poor show.
  Both times I then visited the Aspire lounge, and received a great welcome.
  I’ve since visited No 1 when travelling with a Qatar business class ticket, and wasn’t overly impressed with the offering.
  TBH if travelling from BHX it’s not worth spending any money or points on a Lounge. The food offering at Pret is much better, and get a drink at Weathersppons. Save some money/points for another time.

• Catman says:

  9 May9 May 11:17

  Yes please Harry….

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