Off to The London Palladium? You can use the new free Cathay lounge

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• TimM says:

  15 Jun15 June 05:45

  Great idea – so I can’t see it lasting.

  I saw Frank Spencer as ‘Barnum’ at the Palladium and that had quite a long run. A while ago I know so I imagine much has changed.

• N says:

  15 Jun15 June 06:30

  Smart.

• Roger that says:

  15 Jun15 June 06:39

  … Michael Crawford a.k.a. Frank Spencer a.k.a Barnum?

  And Ken Dodd had what amounted to a lengthy residency – 42 weeks! – at the Palladium, ‘lengthy’ also famously applying to each performance. But Rob’s description is still valid as of today.

  Interesting offer. I wonder how many patrons book direct with LW.

  • Rob says:

    15 Jun15 June 08:00

    90% apparently

    • ADS says:

      15 Jun15 June 10:47

      90% is amazingly high considering how many other booking channels are available!

      I wonder if LW have a very different profile to the rest of the London theatre industry.

  • TimM says:

    15 Jun15 June 18:21

    >> “Michael Crawford a.k.a. Frank Spencer a.k.a Barnum?”
    Yes 🙂 It was absolutely terrifying to see Frank Spencer walking on the tight rope high above the stage. I just hoped somebody would come and catch him when he fell off. There were no wires. Michael Crawford was a genius of a performer.

• The Savage Squirrel says:

  15 Jun15 June 07:42

  Can’t knock free – will surely be an initial promo/soft opening (can see it going to “only if you redeemed miles” pretty sharpish once that’s up and running). My first thought about miles for theatre tickets was “bet the redemption rate will be rubbish” but then my second thought was “but you often get some good rates/offers at launch to publicise the scheme” so I’m mildly optimistic in the short term.

  • Rob says:

    15 Jun15 June 08:03

    I expect decent deals simply because Asia Miles holders are thin on the ground here, albeit they are aiming at tourists.

• S says:

  15 Jun15 June 07:44

  Very timely as I booked two tickets to a gig in February yesterday.

  I can’t seem to find a ‘manage my booking’ link on the Palladium website though?

• Joan says:

  15 Jun15 June 07:53

  Ooh this is interesting . I followed the instructions , joined Cathay, but when I go into manage my booking via the LWtheatre link ( I’ve got a show booked for October ) I enter my surname and transaction correctly but it just keeps saying unable to locate booking with provided details … which is annoying !
  So I’ve emailed the theatre to request help … I’ll try to book the Cathay room if the theatre can fix this .
  Or might try calling them when the box office opens

• Joan says:

  15 Jun15 June 07:56

  In reply to S , go to your theatre booking email and about half what down there’s a heading “ Feel like a Star “ under that there’s a link to manage your booking – although as I said in my other comment , the link didn’t seem to like the details I entered – you might have better luck !

  • S says:

    15 Jun15 June 08:20

    Thank you, however my email doesn’t appear to have that link. Perhaps it’s because I ‘checked out as a guest’ yesterday?

    If anyone is able to share the link to the manage my booking page, I’ll put my details in and see what happens!

    • Rob says:

      15 Jun15 June 09:52

      If you create an account using the same email address you used to buy the tickets, it may (or may not) import your existing booking.

      • S says:

        15 Jun15 June 11:02

        Thanks Rob, but there doesn’t seem to be a place to do that either. I’ll drop them an email instead.

        This might turn out to be a bust anyway since the pal I’m taking has probably never even heard of Cathay and will be rather confused as to why I’m asking him to create a frequent flyer account!

• Pug206 says:

  15 Jun15 June 08:04

  Aw shucks! Saw Barry Manilow week before last – fabulous btw! Am going to Palladium again in August to see Imelda Staunton in Hello, Dolly so will give this a go. Thanks for posting.

  • Rob says:

    15 Jun15 June 09:52

    One of the Cathay people also went to Manilow and said how great it was, and she’s over 30 years younger than him!

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