New GWR rail lounges opened in Truro and Penzance for sleeper passengers

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• Amit says:

  29 Sep29 September 06:07

  Has anyone tried the sleeper? How is it?

  • John says:

    29 Sep29 September 07:01

    It’s ok if you get a new carriage, a bit expensive even on advance tickets

    • Alex Sm says:

      29 Sep29 September 20:10

      My partner and I went to Cornwall a few years ago on a seater train and back on a sleeper. The price was the same – £35pp each way, so I guess a bargain, no?
      I was impressed that each passenger had a seat in the lounge AND a berth in a compartment in an adjacent carriage! Also, as we arrived at Paddington very early (5am), we were allowed to sleep until 6am, then they served a FREE breakfast and we had to vacate the train by 7am. Then we could go to the lounge (Rob recently reviewed it here) to have another cup of coffee with a biscuit. Even saw a government minister there waiting for his train. In summary: the trip was a great value and great service. Hope it is still the case!

  • flyforfun says:

    29 Sep29 September 14:58

    I went on the Cornish Riviera service a long time ago, so I’m hoping it’s had a make oversince. Bunk beds in the cabin a loo at the end of the carriage. Preferred that overnight journey to Penzance than the 5 hour day journey back up that seem to just drag.

• Graham Walsh says:

  29 Sep29 September 07:03

  Who actually needs a membership card? Waste of time.

  • The Original Nick says:

    29 Sep29 September 07:08

    I see them as a form of ID which could come in handy.

  • Andreas says:

    29 Sep29 September 07:26

    +1 haven’t used a bag tag in years either

  • Marcw says:

    29 Sep29 September 08:20

    In this digital world, probably no one,

  • Shoestring says:

    29 Sep29 September 08:22

    Prems?

  • Wivus says:

    29 Sep29 September 08:48

    Come in useful with the icy mornings arriving and my old windscreen scraper having more divots than Poulters back garden.

  • h2d says:

    29 Sep29 September 10:22

    Two spring to mind for me: Get a lot of push back with the free upgrade for GGL on HEX without the card, and I have been to a few overseas lounges where they demanded the physical card as well as my digital BA ticket

    • Graham Walsh says:

      29 Sep29 September 10:38

      Wow, never knew that. Will chuck into my bag then. Just come home and my silver card arrived along with my Eithad luggage tags.

      • Lumma says:

        29 Sep29 September 12:09

        I had to show proof of my silver status when entering the Cathay lounge in T3 a couple of weeks ago as American Airlines boarding passes don’t show the frequent flyer number in full.

        I could’ve shown them the in app card I suppose but this was easier at the time

      • Nicky says:

        29 Sep29 September 19:11

        Yes I received my Etihad luggage tags this week, was really surprised as I had forgotten all about them. Turned up on the same day as my new silver card – but noted the absence of the silver luggage tags from BA: another cutback?

  • Chuckstar says:

    29 Sep29 September 12:32

    +1

  • Lady London says:

    29 Sep29 September 12:37

    Can be useful at outstations if systems are not showing the correct information or if a sub-contracted check-in person does not know how to find it in the systems. USA in particular.

    • Lady London says:

      29 Sep29 September 12:37

      above is response to @Graham Walsh above.

    • BJ says:

      29 Sep29 September 14:18

      Oh USA…I thought you meant LGW.

  • ChrisC says:

    29 Sep29 September 14:03

    Physical cars is handy when your phone battery has died on you or you don’t want to wave your phone about or give it to someone to look at and risk them dropping it.

    Was very handy when I was at ORD and used it to show I had access to AA Flagship check-in. The door minder took my card to check with a colleague i certainly wouldn’t have let her take my phone.

  • AndyGWP says:

    29 Sep29 September 16:06

    I’ve had US lounges who have wanted the physical card before from me

• David S says:

  29 Sep29 September 08:44

  Does this mean that at long last BA have moved to only 3 tiers of cards ?

  • ChrisC says:

    29 Sep29 September 14:08

    BA hasn’t longer issue physical blue cards for a while now. Same as many other airlines – no physical card sent to basic members but you can print one off from your BAEC account.

    The tiers have remained the same

• Eduardo says:

  29 Sep29 September 09:14

  I’ll make sure I carry a handkerchief with me to cover up my card

• Chris A says:

  29 Sep29 September 09:17

  So sorry that this has probably been asked a million times but I can’t quickly find the answer…do you get the 20k bonus when upgrading from Amex gold credit card to platinum charge card (as was the case when gold was a charge card)?

  • Nick says:

    29 Sep29 September 09:39

    It has been asked a million times. You can’t ‘upgrade’ a credit card to a charge card at all, so by default there’s no bonus.

  • Sam says:

    29 Sep29 September 09:40

    No, you can’t upgrade from credit to charge card.

    • ChrisA says:

      29 Sep29 September 10:34

      Thanks.

• Nick says:

  29 Sep29 September 09:40

  “With the help of Cornwall council”…
  How does Harry feel about his taxes being used to pay for lounges to be built?!

  • Shoestring says:

    29 Sep29 September 10:05

    Cornwall lives on tourism, spend like this can be justified up to a point if it enhances the tourist experience.

• Shoestring says:

  29 Sep29 September 10:07

  Don’t miss checking out the Ryanair sale, genuinely cheap on routes that often don’t get discounted much.

  • the_real_a says:

    29 Sep29 September 13:36

    I also realised that skyscanner does not show any of the sale fares! So got a nice suprise at booking time.

    • Shoestring says:

      29 Sep29 September 14:59

      Glad you found a goodie! 🙂

      Shame about these kids or I’d have grabbed a couple of cheap returns, I priced them at under £50 rtn on useful dates (as cheap as £30) – when you can’t normally get them for under £140 (from Bristol).

      • Peter K says:

        29 Sep29 September 20:12

        The problem with Ryanair at the moment (as compared to the usual ones) is whether they are actually going to fly or if strikes will hit your flight.

• MKB says:

  29 Sep29 September 10:11

  Virgin’s Liverpool Lime Street lounge has moved twice since your review. The latest opened a couple of weeks ago and is now upstairs by the departure boards where the pub used to be.

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