Bits: IHG UK sale at 9am, triple Avios registration hiccups, HfP lounge review links

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• LOUNGE HUNTER says:

  4 Jan4 January 04:45

  You have missed out on the T5 BA super secret Platinum lounge but if I tell you I have to ……..

  OMG no ………..

• Si says:

  4 Jan4 January 06:01

  Hi, in march, flying BA F from T5 for first time. From article it looks like wife and I can get into Concord lounge and Galleries Lounge, which is all very exciting to a couple of porpers like us (who have done the hard avios-graft following advice from this excellent website!)

  Questions – so we don’t look out of place – are: all food and drink etc complementary? If can get a spot, is spa treatment complementary?

  I know can prob easily get the info off website, but looking for the insider info, tips and hints 🙂

  P.s. Happy New Year!

  • Andrew says:

    4 Jan4 January 06:12

    Hi Si. Congrats on your first First. Yes the food, drink and spa treatments are free.

    For the spa treatments, you can book them 28 days in advance if you’re in First – just call them or use the YouFirst form on ba.com. They book up though (on our flight on 28 December, I asked on the day bookings opened for a treatment in a 3-hour window and they only had one left). So, get in quick as soon as they open for bookings or be prepared to turn up on the day and see if they have walk-up appointments.

  • Si says:

    4 Jan4 January 06:39

    Amazing! Thank you for all the prompt advice. I’ll be straight on website 28 days prior to flight and I’ll see what spa appointments are available for the wife. This may prove to be our only ever F departer flight so def keen to make the most of it.

    Thanks again 🙂

    • Genghis says:

      4 Jan4 January 06:54

      There are spa options for men too! Treat yourself.

      • Andrew says:

        4 Jan4 January 07:53

        +1

    • Clive says:

      4 Jan4 January 09:27

      We had our first F departure recently – got to the Concorde room as early as possible to have breakfast and lunch and massage at Spa 🙂 I recommend the Fusion Fizz cocktail 🙂

  • Aceman says:

    4 Jan4 January 07:53

    If you’re in F you’ll be able to get into any of the BA lounges but you’ll only want to bother with the CCR. Hope you’re first F is from T5 though!

    • Genghis says:

      4 Jan4 January 08:04

      The CX F lounge in T3 reviewed recently doesn’t seem too shabby

• reddot says:

  4 Jan4 January 07:23

  I sometimes redeem EDI-LON flights with Flybe due to better timing. Am I right that the BA lounge cannot be used?

  • Yan says:

    4 Jan4 January 21:04

    Only allowed if it was booked as BA codeshare.

• Alex says:

  4 Jan4 January 07:40

  Just took a flight from LHR T2, Was VERY disappointed by my visit this time to Plaza Premium. Outrageously dirty floors, tables, sofas. Also lots of flies everywhere!! Hoping it’s the remnants of Christmas and new year revellers as its been great before.

  • Roger I says:

    4 Jan4 January 09:16

    Hi, Alex. I totally agree, having heard so much in advance here and elsewhere.

    It may be OK off-peak but when we arrived at about 11:30 most seats in the lounge area were occupied and every table in the dining area was occupied except one – the one with accumulated debris from other tables. The food wasn’t great – the chicken in the chicken tikka had only met the sauce seconds before and was tasteless, and the rice was cold. i didn’t bother with the Christmas pudding slices.

    Disappointing.

• Neil says:

  4 Jan4 January 08:13

  Flying to JFK on Sunday with BA in J out of T5 (part-Avios redemption made before I got into this “hobby”), so should be popping into the Galleries lounge then. Will try and take a few pictures surreptitiously whilst in there.

  • Rob says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:31

    I don’t need BA Heathrow (or JFK) pics – I can do those myself at any time. I only realised yesterday that I have never done Galleries Club, probably because I am there so often I dont think about it.

    Happy to receive stuff on, say, Belfast, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford.

    • Graeme says:

      4 Jan4 January 09:59

      Rob, I can look at doing the Aberdeen lounges for you. I’m not scheduled to go through the BA loung until late May however. There is also a small Swissport Lounge I can review for you.

      The airport is going through a transformation and both lounges will be moved to a new upstairs area later this year however. Is it worth it, or rather wait?

      • Rob says:

        4 Jan4 January 11:13

        Thanks Graeme. If they are being resited then I would wait, as the reviews will have a shelf life of years once posted.

• Ro says:

  4 Jan4 January 08:14

  Very OT but has anyone had any luck claiming compensation from Iberia? Made a claim on resolver and all ive got back is a message along the lines of “thank you for contacting us. We do our best”. Basically nothing else. No offer for the 600 euro or anything. Wrote back asking for it about 2 weeks ago and still no response.

• Genghis says:

  4 Jan4 January 08:17

  As reported last night, the Triple Avios promo is now open for registration

• James Ward says:

  4 Jan4 January 08:24

  I can do you a piece on LBA’s embarrassment of a lounge this Friday if you want.

  • Rob says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:32

    Please do James, that would be great. Can’t see either of us going there in the near future (or far future!).

    • James Ward says:

      4 Jan4 January 08:51

      Will do. Could have done Belfast City for you a couple of days ago when we were re-routed following missed connection. BA lounge was closed but looked nice through the windows. Didn’t bother with the genetic lounge as we didn’t want to waste our Lounge Club freebies.

      • John says:

        4 Jan4 January 09:05

        The Genetic Lounge sounds like an interesting name!

        • James Ward says:

          4 Jan4 January 09:35

          lol

          “Generic”

  • Our_Kid says:

    4 Jan4 January 09:08

    Bit harsh! The Yorkshire Lounge is a nice place!

    • James Ward says:

      4 Jan4 January 09:52

      Yeah, maybe it was a bit harsh. But it’s hardly luxurious. Doesn’t even have its own toilet – you have to leave the lounge to use the grotty ones in the main terminal. Yuk!

      • xcalx says:

        4 Jan4 January 18:17

        Yeah, harsh indeed, not the only lounge you will have to leave to use the loo.

        • the real harry says:

          4 Jan4 January 18:32

          and let’s not forget those grotty public loos are seen as pretty good in ‘outhouse’ Yorkshire

    • James Ward says:

      7 Jan7 January 09:36

      I eat my words. Having assessed the lounge more consciously in order to write some notes for Rob, I’ve decided it’s not half bad. I guess I was comparing it to amazing spaces like the VS Clubhouse and Qatar business lounge in Doha. Of course that’s a stupid comparison. A small regional airport will never match up to those lounges. It also turns out that those really terrible toilets are currently being refurbished. It’s a shame there’s no natural light in the business side. I do think they could improve this with slightly less harsh artificial lighting. But other than that, I’m going to stop slagging it off.

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