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No1 and Clubrooms lounges open at Heathrow Terminal 3

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Late last year, we covered a major shake-up coming to the independent lounge scene at Heathrow’s Terminal 3.

If you’re a regular HfP reader then you’ll know Terminal 3 has the best selection of airline lounges of any airport terminal in the UK.

Perhaps less known is its network of independent lounges, which includes the American Express Centurion lounge, Club Aspire and No1.

Clubrooms lounge Heathrow Terminal 3

As we wrote in November, there were plans to fully refurbish both the Club Aspire and No1 lounges:

  • the existing Club Aspire lounge would be totally refurbished to become a Scandi-inspired My Lounge
  • the No1 Lounge would shrink marginally, mainly by losing the now-closed shower, spa and bedroom area
  • a new premium Clubrooms lounge would be built in the space given up by No1 Lounge

The No1 Lounge has been closed for redevelopment for around three months and reopened yesterday, transformed into two spaces: the No1 Lounge and a brand new Clubrooms space which features a la carte service.

Initial photographs look impressive, with some very Mediterranean-inspired interiors and a large, central olive tree (see below).

Fortuitously I am at Terminal 3 today as I head away for the Easter break and will stick my head into both. Stay tuned for reviews following the Bank Holiday.

You can book both on the No1 website. The Clubrooms (which requires a £15 supplement if using Priority Pass) is currently running an opening offer of 15% off when you book on the website and use the code CRLHR3-15. The offer runs until 16th May.

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Getting airport lounge access for free from a credit card

How to get FREE airport lounge access via UK credit cards (July 2025)

Here are the six options to get FREE airport lounge access via a UK credit card.

Your best value option (but no points):

The cheapest route to a Priority Pass airport lounge card is via the Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard.

The credit card has a fee of £15 per month, and comes with a Priority Pass which gives unlimited free access for the cardholder. If you add a free supplementary cardholder, they will also receive unlimited free access.

Unlike the version of Priority Pass you receive with American Express, the Lloyds Bank version also lets you access £18 airport restaurant credits.

Even better, the credit card has 0% FX fees and comes with 0.5% cashback. Full details are in my Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard review.

Lloyds Bank World Elite Mastercard

A Priority Pass, 0% FX fees and up to 1% cashback for £15 per month Read our full review

Lounge access via American Express cards:

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with two free Priority Pass cards, one for you and one for a supplementary cardholder. Each card admits two so a family of four gets in free. You get access to all 1,500 lounges in the Priority Pass network – search it here.

You also get access to Eurostar, Lufthansa and Delta Air Lines lounges.  Our in-depth review of The Platinum Card from American Express is here.

You can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

50,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card is FREE for the first year. It comes with a Priority Pass card loaded with four free visits to any Priority Pass lounge – see the list here.

Additional lounge visits are charged at £24.  You get four more free visits for every year you keep the card.  

There is no annual fee for Amex Gold in Year 1 and you get a 20,000 points sign-up bonus.  Full details are in our American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card review here.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

Lounge access via HSBC Premier credit cards (Premier account holders only):

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard gets you get a free Priority Pass card, allowing you access to the Priority Pass network.  Guests are charged at £24 although it may be cheaper to pay £60 for a supplementary credit card for your partner.

The card has a fee of £290 and there are strict financial requirements to become a HSBC Premier customer.  Full details are in my HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard review.

HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard

A good package, but only available to HSBC Premier clients Read our full review

Got a small business?

If you have a small business, consider The American Express Business Platinum Card which has the same lounge benefits as the personal Platinum card:

The American Express Business Platinum Card

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

You should also consider the Capital on Tap Pro Visa credit card which has a lower fee and, as well as a Priority Pass for airport lounge access, also comes with Radison Rewards VIP hotel status:

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

PS. You can find all of HfP’s UK airport lounge reviews – and we’ve been to most of them – indexed here.

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Comments (37)

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  • Gerry says:
    17 Apr17 April 04:51

    Lyft also has a partnership with Alaska.

    Let’s see how the FREENOW acquisition pans out – in the US, I generally prefer Lyft to Uber. Usually (not always) shorter wait times, lower fares and better cars than Uber.

  • e14 says:
    17 Apr17 April 05:22

    I don’t remember BA ever flying direct to Muscat ? Think it was a stop in either Bahrain or Abu Dhabi, prior to being culled.

    • Andrew says:
      17 Apr17 April 06:03

      Though confusing it was still “direct” if it was the same plane and flight number. “Nonstop” is different and exactly as it sounds.

    • Nico says:
      17 Apr17 April 06:04

      That’s still direct if same flight number, but not non stop, bit of a trick for sure.

    • TravelsWithMyHP says:
      17 Apr17 April 08:15

      BA definitely flew non-stop to Muscat from LHR, we used the service in the Spring of 2018. Don’t remember much about what aircraft was used but it was overnight outbound and daytime inbound.

      • Adder says:
        17 Apr17 April 08:30

        We flew BA79/80 direct, non-stop LHR-MCT in Dec 2019. Dreamliner service, as above outbound was overnight landing around 7am local time, inbound a day flight. Worked very well for us and a shame it hasn’t returned!

    • Paul says:
      17 Apr17 April 18:57

      In the early 90’s BA operated the route via Dhahran using a Tristan L1011. Later the flight operated via AUH before finally going nonstop.

  • redlilly says:
    17 Apr17 April 06:25

    Great to have a day flight option to Muscat without needing to transit in Doha, Dubai etc. Oman Air in economy is not bad, especially in extra leg room seats.

    • John says:
      17 Apr17 April 06:34

      Taken them a few times (you can already redeem using QR avios) and it was always only moderately loaded, such that apart from passengers choosing to sit together as a family of 3, everyone in Y had at least 1.5 seats.

  • Iain says:
    17 Apr17 April 06:39

    Can Amex Platinum holders still book No. 1 lounges for free? I recall last year we were given 4 free bookings (or something like that).

    • Rhys says:
      17 Apr17 April 07:14

      No

      • Nico says:
        17 Apr17 April 07:41

        Are those still free?

      • Bumblebee says:
        17 Apr17 April 07:50

        I tried to book a few days ago and went all the way to the basket ,and it still was trying to charge we £15

        • Rhys says:
          17 Apr17 April 08:35

          You still need to pay the £15 uplift for Clubrooms regardless of whether you book in advance or not.

          • The real Swiss Tony says:
            17 Apr17 April 09:26

            Really? It was launched as a 6 month trial last summer but I’ve clearly missed any news that it has been extended.

          • Rob says:
            17 Apr17 April 10:11

            They haven’t.

          • Nico says:
            17 Apr17 April 10:10

            I can’t see the 5 free booking passes on platinum for nb.1, some confusion it seems?

          • The real Swiss Tony says:
            17 Apr17 April 10:39

            @Rob/Rhys it might be worth editing the comments here to stop this misleading anyone/other people wasting time trying to find these free bookings that don’t actually exist.

      • Rob says:
        17 Apr17 April 10:14

        No!

    • Travel Strong says:
      17 Apr17 April 12:39

      Colour me confused.

      “Can Amex Platinum holders still book No. 1 lounges for free? I recall last year we were given 4 free bookings (or something like that).”

      Rhys says: Yes 17 Apr 07:14

      I’ve spent some time trying to figure this out this morning to rebook for Friday using Amex Plat, and returned to an even more confusing bunch of comments.

      For clarity, should this initial reply actually have said “No” ?

      • The real Swiss Tony says:
        17 Apr17 April 13:51

        I concur.

        Rhys got this wrong. The offer was not extended after 2024. Why the HfP correction isn’t more than the simple “No” from Rob at 10.14am is beyond me.

        • Rhys says:
          17 Apr17 April 14:53

          Believe it or not I’ve had more pressing matters to sort today including interviewing Tony Douglas! I have corrected it now.

      • Iain says:
        18 Apr18 April 09:20

        Like a lot of things at the moment, i expect the answer is that they themselves aren’t entirely clear either.

  • Simon says:
    17 Apr17 April 06:57

    6.40am this morning and No.1 was pushing PP / LC holders to pay for Club Rooms and refusing access unless pre-booked… same old, same old unfort…. The 50% occupancy looked to be mainly family package tour visitors, but then it’s Easter weekend!

  • Polly says:
    17 Apr17 April 07:20

    Re no 1.. heading to LGW later today, do l get a guest in with Plat biz priority Pass? And the 4 prebook passes? Tnx.

    • babyg_wc says:
      17 Apr17 April 10:13

      youll be unlikely to pre-book for later today based on my experience… also I didnt know amex re-issued the 4 guess “included” prebooking passes in 2025 (havent been paying close attention)

      • Travel Strong says:
        17 Apr17 April 12:49

        Have they though? Where is it confirmed, as when I go through it still tries to charge £6pp.

  • Can says:
    17 Apr17 April 07:20

    Does Oman increasing flights suggest that BA will not restart flights to MCT in near future?

    • Rhys says:
      17 Apr17 April 07:25

      Oman Air and BA can’t collude. I suppose it could be possible if you think Oman Air is mopping up all the capacity. But the bigger issue BA has is lack of aircraft.

      • Rob says:
        17 Apr17 April 10:14

        They could codeshare, put the flights on ba.com and be happy enough soaking up £ from selling a few tickets.

        • Nick says:
          17 Apr17 April 12:19

          They won’t be doing that. For BA to sell as a point-to-point standalone codeshare they would need to have a pricing team managing it, and there isn’t enough business to justify that (yes it would be BA, not WY, filing the fares, that’s how it works). The most they would do is have it as a connecting codeshare (e.g. to sell to Americans) but I doubt QR would allow that. Maybe if by chance most of the business comes from US cities that QR doesn’t serve.

  • Iain says:
    17 Apr17 April 07:54

    Yes, you’ll get a free guest. I’m not sure how the free booking passes work but expect you’ll be too late to pre-book.

    • Polly says:
      17 Apr17 April 08:59

      Tnx, yes, too late and were charging to pre book anyway.. great re guest too…

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