Why you should now be wary about visiting the Plaza Premium lounge in Terminal 5

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• Roger says:

  6 Oct6 October 05:50

  OT – but Lounge

  T4 Lounge – Plaza Premium vs Sky Team on Priority Pass.
  Which one should I go for, travelling with family and two PP cards.

  I have visited both in the past, Sky Team was quiet, but Plaza Premium was buzzing with lots of “better” food. Also as an aside, do both of them offer Free Showers?

  • Kevin says:

    6 Oct6 October 08:03

    I will be travelling via T4 next week too and would be nice to know which one is better for me to head off.

    • Rob says:

      6 Oct6 October 09:20

      Plaza Premium is classier, SkyTeam is a lot bigger. I would do PP if it were me.

• Judge says:

  6 Oct6 October 06:22

  Ah, that explains it. Was in there on Wednesday and had never seen it so busy, so was very surprised. Still better than Galleries Club upstairs though, so I stayed put.

• Yuff says:

  6 Oct6 October 06:45

  So does that mean club aspire won’t be as busy as all the dragon pass visitors are now in Plaza Premium????

• Brian S says:

  6 Oct6 October 06:56

  I thought it would only be a matter of time before this lounge ended up with wider exposure.

  Previously I questioned how they made it pay as it appeared to have such little footfall.

• Michael C says:

  6 Oct6 October 07:23

  More OT lounge: Barcelona this week in the non-Schengen lounge 0900-1000h. Not a single seat, the only hot food was toast, and the three types of cold meat were all pork.
  Oh, and only one copy of each newspaper for the entire lounge, each attached to a large wooden stick, so no pinching!

• Paul says:

  6 Oct6 October 07:29

  “May end up back in galleries first” ………..my god it must be bad to inflict that on anyone!

  • Chris H says:

    6 Oct6 October 10:31

    How would you rate the Galleries First against the Concord Lounge? I don’t know which one to use when we go to Japan.

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      6 Oct6 October 11:13

      I’d take CCR if you can get a nice spot out on the terrace (or if you want a restaurant-style breakfast). If you’re taking the First Wing then you’ll get a look through GF as you emerge anyway.

    • mark2 says:

      6 Oct6 October 11:42

      We spent.four hours in Concorde Lounge yesterday. Excellent food and enjoyed Pinot noir rom Oregon. On plane Pinot Gris from Oregon, English Champagne type wine and dessert wine from NZ. Almost new plane and superb crew.

• Michael says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:04

  I can concur. Was there a week ago, queue was 5 deep at both check-in stations. Not helped by one of the staff being incapable of operating her laptop, but it was a good indicator of what was to come past the entry. Not one of the single seat booths were available, only seating remaining was the high chairs at the big communal tables (didn’t bother me as I actually like these seats, good power point access and can spread out a little).

  Walking back from the food area to the high table I was a bit confused when a mobile phone charging cable was unleashed onto the floor. Appears a women had plugged in a black 5 metre charging cable from the high tables to her seating position not realising that someone may be walking through a packed lounge. Having not spotted it, I strode through it waist high like I was finishing first place in the London marathon. She seemed genuinely unimpressed I would do such a thing.

  To sum up, it is definitely worse now with the greater access opportunities, but I still do like the food and the bright space. Bar tenders however are not so great.

  • ankomonkey says:

    6 Oct6 October 11:47

    “…I strode through it waist high like I was finishing first place in the London marathon.”

    This raised a smile. You should have done this too even if you had seen it beforehand, maybe with a bit of a celebration.

    • James says:

      6 Oct6 October 12:24

      +1

      A little chuckle at this line!

  • Mark says:

    6 Oct6 October 17:52

    Try to get the phone to smash on the floor- it may help her think in the future!

• Waribai says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:17

  Went in there back in March instead of heading to Galleries. Must admit, I didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Maybe because it was the start of the Easter hols it was actually rather busy!

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