American Airlines reopens its arrivals lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3

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• Andrew J says:

  2 Feb2 February 04:33

  AA Arrivals lounge is much better than BA’s – the shower suites are like a nice hotel rather than an NHS hospital (BA). The breakfast is a la carte and the fridges are stocked with mini bottles of Moët! The “valet ironing” which you put a bracketed exclamation after just means the same service which BA and Virgin offer where you put your shirt/suit in the two-way bathroom door and they press it while you shower. And also the lounge is available to Qantas arrivals once services resume.

  • John A says:

    2 Feb2 February 10:19

    Completely agree. The AA Arrivals lounge is fab

  • Adam says:

    2 Feb2 February 12:47

    Nice lounge and I found the staff very friendly.

    I had an unusually long stay in there a few years ago when BA ‘forgot’ to load our gate checked pushchair in Miami. They ended up putting in on the next flight and so we just camped out in the AA arrivals lounge until it turned up (soaking wet of course)!

• Thywillbedone says:

  2 Feb2 February 06:51

  Morning all.
  O/T. Am looking at Dubai for Easter break. Late deciding to go thus prices are very high for flights and fairly high for hotels. Any views on using Emirates Holidays to get a decent package? They seem to come out about £200 cheaper for a week than booking flight (Y) and hotel (5*) separately. But no great bargains either. Any obvious tricks to getting a hotel on the beach or one with beach access? Have stayed a couple of times in Jumeirah Emirates Towers but not certain they still have beach access, and would prefer Marina/JBR area anyway.

  Thanks!

  • Chris1922 says:

    2 Feb2 February 09:11

    Easter coincides with Ramadan this year, if that makes any difference to your plans, and hotel prices.

    • Tical says:

      2 Feb2 February 15:14

      How is Ramadan there? Would you notice any difference at the high end hotels?

      • Rob says:

        2 Feb2 February 17:07

        Yes. On a ‘soft’ level the staff won’t be at their best because they won’t be eating whilst still putting in a full day of work. On a practical level you are likely to find some, but not all, restaurants closed in hotels and a lot closed outside the hotels. You shouldn’t eat in a public place – this was illegal but I think this has now been lifted but it still very much unacceptable.

  • Pjaw says:

    2 Feb2 February 20:42

    Happy hour in the hotels is often delayed till say 8 pm for Ramadan. The restrictions for Ramadan are getting less as the years pass. Food is available during the day but might be less choice.

• BJ says:

  2 Feb2 February 07:10

  The BA avios Nectar offer is now working in the app. It registers us for both the 50k avios competition and the 2x Nectar points in February offer at the same time.

  • ChrisC says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:29

    Thanks for posting.I was going to give up because of all the errors it was throwing up trying to register

  • Rui N. says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:41

    What do you guys mean by “registering”? Putting auto-convert “on”? Or do you need to register somewhere else? Don’t see that anywhere.

    • John says:

      2 Feb2 February 09:12

      Turning on autoconvert

      • Rui N. says:

        2 Feb2 February 09:28

        Cheers

• AJA says:

  2 Feb2 February 08:02

  Never knew Business Class passengers had access to the Arrivals Lounge. Does the same apply to BA’s arrival lounge at T5 (When it’s open)?

  • Andrew J says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:10

    Indeed it does and the T5 one has already reopened. But note that it’s only for long haul passengers, so you can’t use the T5 or T3 lounge if you’re arriving on a short-haul flight.

  • John says:

    2 Feb2 February 08:12

    Yes, but only from longhauls.

    • AJA says:

      2 Feb2 February 22:42

      Thanks both. And also for clarifying it’s long haul only. Learn something new every day. 🙂

• ChrisC says:

  2 Feb2 February 08:23

  Used AA revivals a few years ago.

  Fine for a coffee, breakfast, shower etc whilst waiting for taxi etc but I wouldn’t want to linger there for hours.

  • Genghis says:

    2 Feb2 February 09:12

    Same. I recall decent eggs royale and a good shower before heading into the City for the day.

• andrew says:

  2 Feb2 February 09:14

  In the last year (?) before Covid I was often told that the AA arrivals lounge wasn’t for BA pax and to head over to T5 but sometimes let in as an exception.

  • Andrew J says:

    2 Feb2 February 12:02

    It’s always been available for BA passengers arriving on long haul flights into T3 only, it’s not available to BA arrivals into T5.

• Andrew. says:

  2 Feb2 February 09:46

  There’s an Argos triple dip available.

  I’ve got a 5% rebate across LBG, a 2% rebate on Airtime and this Nectar offer too.

  Depending on what you buy, and if you follow an unmentionable pathway, there may be additional rebates available too.

• JK says:

  2 Feb2 February 10:02

  Vaguely remember this lounge being actually decent – better than the AA departure lounge at least! Good shower / breakfast. Kinder access rules than BA.

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