American Airlines moving its flights to London Heathrow Terminal 5

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• Will in SFO says:

  6 Jul6 July 05:16

  The American move is permanent though rather than temporary until T3 opens as I had first assumed. OMAAT had it confirmed by American press team apparently.

  • Andrew says:

    6 Jul6 July 06:04

    What a shame, I used to fly AA to New York so I could enjoy the myriad lounges at T3. Let’s hope they open an AA Flagship First lounge – anything has got to be better than Galleries First.

    • Rhys says:

      6 Jul6 July 08:56

      I wonder if they could make use of the currently empty lounge space in T5C, since all their flights are longhaul.

      • Voldemort says:

        6 Jul6 July 09:45

        Apparently they’ve set up the AA gates at T5B so that might not be convenient.

        • Rhys says:

          6 Jul6 July 09:51

          Not right now, but I imagine we might see changes in the coming months if AA really are there to stay.

      • ChrisC says:

        6 Jul6 July 21:13

        It’s important to realise that it’s an empty space not an empty lounge space

        It is basically a shell space waiting for whatever purpose HAL want to put it to use as – lounge or shops or whatever and it will take sometime to turn it into a lounge with proper lights, electrics, toilets and catering facilities etc etc etc

        It’s not a ready to go space that AA can move into overnight like BA did with the VS lounge when there were issues with the new BA lounge at LGW

• John says:

  6 Jul6 July 05:59

  Has Avis said anything about extending their Preferred status levels? They seem an outlier compared to other rental firms that have announced this already.

  • Rich says:

    6 Jul6 July 07:27

    They’re double-counting your spend at the moment, so you’ll reach Preferred Plus or Presidents Circle quicker.

    • Alex says:

      6 Jul6 July 09:51

      Thanks for that, I didn’t know. Was there an announcement?

    • Rich says:

      6 Jul6 July 11:43

      It was on the website but I can’t find it right now. It was definitely ‘spend counts double’ between certain dates rather than ‘target spend halved’. In the back of my head istr it was for bookings made by the end of Sept for collection by the end of the year, but I could have that wrong as I can’t find the details now. Sorry

• Andrew says:

  6 Jul6 July 06:02

  BA website says the First Wing reopened on 4 July, which presumably means the security lane too.

  • Roberto says:

    6 Jul6 July 07:23

    First security opens on the 10th

    • Roberto says:

      6 Jul6 July 09:51

      In saying that reading its actually opened today, the 6th…

  • Rob says:

    6 Jul6 July 10:58

    No.

    • marcw says:

      6 Jul6 July 11:12

      The First Wing is open now.

      • Rob says:

        6 Jul6 July 13:34

        First Wing, yes. First Security?

        • marcw says:

          6 Jul6 July 15:21

          Yes, based on reports on Flyertalk

• The Lord says:

  6 Jul6 July 06:55

  Any tips on cheap car hire in central London or is it just best to head out to Heathrow for the better deals?

  • Tom H says:

    6 Jul6 July 07:32

    +1 I ve read Charliefaces great Hertz article, and even trying us and aus sites for a week in the uk in August it’s pretty pricey for a large estate. Avis seems reasonable priced but does any one have a good code for them aswell?

  • Rhys says:

    6 Jul6 July 08:44

    Try something local – sometimes cheaper than the big brands. I’ve used Kendall Cars in south London several times. Not fancy cars but excellently priced (especially for me given that Hertz etc all charge a ‘young driver surcharge’!)

    • Josh says:

      6 Jul6 July 13:19

      One of the few benefits of being over 25 😂 No surcharge

      • Rhys says:

        6 Jul6 July 13:30

        Can’t wait, although that also means I age out of cheap theatre tickets in London which I’m not looking forward to….

  • AG says:

    6 Jul6 July 12:36

    Try Virtuo or Zipcar.

  • Charlieface says:

    7 Jul7 July 00:49

    Avis key worker offer is very good. If you’re not a key worker I’ll leave that to your imagination…

• vol says:

  6 Jul6 July 07:19

  The Lego sale reminds me of the gold old days getting lots of Avios from Tesco 😩

  • Sussex Bantam says:

    6 Jul6 July 09:42

    I had my eye on the Boba Fett helmet which has been reduced from 54.99 to 54.97….

• Rich says:

  6 Jul6 July 07:30

  Have been hiring for the last five weeks, waiting in vain for a juicy promo!

  Due to hand one back today but I don’t have anything booked as the price has jumped from <£70pw to £175

• tony says:

  6 Jul6 July 07:46

  I need a car later this week. Enterprise is the only major within 20 miles of me & their prices haven’t budged at all.

• Dezbez says:

  6 Jul6 July 08:15

  AA’s move reminded me of the HFP article from the beginning of the year predicting this, as well as a number of other things. (The start of this year seems a very long time ago….)
  https://headforpoints.com/2020/01/19/what-is-british-airways-planning-at-terminal-5/

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