British Airways moves 12 long haul routes from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3

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• Froggitt says:

  13 Oct13 October 08:54

  I recently had a Madrid flight this winter changed from T5 to T3

• Scottydogg says:

  13 Oct13 October 09:13

  Off topic , but is there any need in the Forum password having to be so complicated ??
  I cant use any of my standard passwords as they are too weak apparently . so i have to make up a new massive password that i then forget and i cant get into the site again next time i want to use it and have to go through the whole ‘forgot password’ make up a new massive password , forget password cycle

  Does it need to be this complicated for a forum ??
  More secure than any bank i use …..

  • Rob says:

    13 Oct13 October 09:15

    You need to blame WordPress / Automattic for this as it is their default registration system.

    Because it is the same system that site admins use – who clearly need complex passwords to avoid hacking – the grief gets passed down to casual forum posters.

    • lumma says:

      13 Oct13 October 10:09

      American Express, after years of having no format requirements changed recently and it’s a nightmare when you have to log in on a new device. It doesn’t let you use your last two passwords when you reset it either, so you put something more complex in and then forget it and the process starts again…

      • John says:

        13 Oct13 October 13:30

        Reset your password 3 times then.

        I once worked at a place where you could not reuse your last 8 passwords, and had to change your password every 3 months. So I just changed it 9 times back to my regular password, which was similar to John!@#$%^&().

        Also my HFP password is a dictionary word… well if someone wants to steal this account they are welcome to it

  • BuildBackBetter says:

    13 Oct13 October 10:34

    Are you not concerned at all that your usual pass words are weak?
    Get an app or use the ones provided with iPhone or android.

  • TerryTierPoints says:

    13 Oct13 October 11:52

    You don’t use a password manager? 😬

    • memesweeper says:

      13 Oct13 October 12:04

      Get bitwarden on your phone — the free version is super

  • Chas says:

    13 Oct13 October 14:37

    Try using 1Password then – it generates secure (and complicated) passwords for you, and then you don’t need to remember them. You just need your Master Password to the app (but most of the time you can use FaceID or other biometric access), and then you copy and paste it across.

  • Mikeact says:

    13 Oct13 October 19:15

    Once again, a topic in the wrong forum….should be in Housekeeping. Be that as it may, as others have said, a decent Password Manager is a must….amazing to have to spell it out to people on here.

    • Andrew says:

      13 Oct13 October 20:54

      Do you work here?

      • Mikeact says:

        13 Oct13 October 22:29

        Absolutely not….! Feels like it sometimes, since day1.

• G says:

  13 Oct13 October 09:37

  The “Centurion” lounge in T3 is very under-whelming. Dark place, food nothing special and just prosecco or other cheap supermarket plonk.

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    13 Oct13 October 10:17

    Sounds like the NCL Aspire lounge (except in the Aspire Prosecco isn’t free)

  • John T says:

    13 Oct13 October 10:48

    ‘Food nothing special’? Are we talking about the same lounge?? You won’t find any bacon baps or rubbery scrambled eggs in the Centurion Lounge!

    • meta says:

      13 Oct13 October 10:56

      F&B is the best thing about that lounge. I agree it’s dark and not much space. They also bring drinks to the table. If there are no Qantas flights don’t expect à la carte service in the Qantas lounge.

  • memesweeper says:

    13 Oct13 October 12:05

    Best lounge food I’ve had in an age. Despite the lack of windows I’d rather sit and kill an hour at the bar there than any T5 lounge.

• lumma says:

  13 Oct13 October 10:12

  Are there any short hauls flying from T3 at the minute? I know Iberia has some Madrid flights

  • Rob says:

    13 Oct13 October 10:15

    Yes, a chunk are over there – including BA’s Madrid flights.

    • Save East Coast Rewards says:

      13 Oct13 October 11:14

      That reminds me, I need to check if Bologna is T3 next year. They were always T5 pre-covid then for some reason BA decided to make them T3 once it reopened, then it got moved back to T5.

      As a soon to be GGL I’d rather depart from T5. The F wing security is much better than T3 fast track and although the CX and QF lounges are nice (certainly better than their directly equivalent BA lounges) the overall T5 experience is better.

      I’ve been in the Concorde Room a few times this year when flying F with BA and when I hit GGL it will be my regular lounge when flying from T5 and in general it’s better than CX F although the CX dining area is better, everything else from the drinks to the varying seating areas (such as a terrace) are better in the CCR. One issue with the CX lounge is it’s fairly small so it’s better it’s kept a secret and most passengers go to the BA offering. One time there was a crying baby in there and there was nowhere you could move to where you couldn’t hear it whereas in the Concorde Room there’s more space to move away from sources of noise.

• lifelessordinary.xyz says:

  13 Oct13 October 10:17

  Checked out Qantas and Cathay Business Lounges a few weeks back on a 5 pm IB flight. Qantas was only open upstairs and downstairs opened at 5pm so missed the dining but the bar upstairs was tended and there was some “ok” quality self service food on offer too.

  Cathay business lounge was much more interesting food wise. Another tended bar with relatively more liberal pours and a lot more comfortable seating IMHO. Have yet to check out the AA lounge at T3. Is it worth it over and above these two?

  • John says:

    13 Oct13 October 13:31

    No

    Apparently AA has extremely fast wifi though

  • Ant says:

    13 Oct13 October 13:55

    Cathay for the food, Qantas for the coffee, BA for the self pour spirits, AA for the pick and mix. Have yet to work out where Centurion fits into this!

  • Lady London says:

    13 Oct13 October 14:39

    The jellybeans in AA are good and the showers were OK, but it’s a while since I’ve been there. The BA T3 lounge was actually very OK for alcohol and the British newspapers but unfortunately I was only ever there around 6.30 am and I rather suspect the newspapers won’t have come back.

    I’d do breakfast in QF as I kind of feel the CX lounge doesn’t really feel like it wakes up till 9.30 or 10.00am and funmily enough the Paris CX lounge felt like that to me too

• SammyJ says:

  13 Oct13 October 10:48

  We’ve had Phoenix flights booked for next April for a couple of months now, and they’ve always been scheduled to depart from T3. Then we got the email yesterday telling us what we already knew!
  Booked Austin a couple of weeks ago, and that was also T3 at the time of booking for flights next summer.

• Ghosty says:

  13 Oct13 October 10:57

  Last month we were informed that our March outbound flight to Vegas has been moved from T3 to T5. Then 2 days ago we were informed that our return from San Diego has been moved from T5 to T3

• David S says:

  13 Oct13 October 11:10

  Why are BA making so many changes? Is T5 overcrowded (it was ok last time I flew), are other flights being moved into T5 to compensate or….are new routes coming.

  • Rob says:

    13 Oct13 October 11:14

    No idea. Is AA moving back into T5?

    • Oldworld3 says:

      14 Oct14 October 13:37

      T5 is for premium flights. The pecking order for BA flights is: T5 , LCY= T3, LGW. LGW is mainly for leisure destinations . BA also put the best staff and resources at T5. With increasing Asian Pacific destinations coming back next year, BA will need to move less premium flights to T3.

  • memesweeper says:

    13 Oct13 October 12:07

    That’s exactly what I was wondering. It’s inconvenient for BA and passengers to have so much in T3, and the fleet is still below strength.

    • JDB says:

      13 Oct13 October 14:18

      It’s for essentially for the same reasons BA stays at Gatwick. Squatting/dog in a manger & similar. As you it’s costly in money and efficiency.

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