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I saw Robs recent review of T5B and asking for champagne. This is something I used to do everytime in the main T5 north and south lounge for a long time, however, twice recently I have been told by the lounge supervisor that no such request for champagne exists, eg they don’t do it anymore.
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Does that mean no sparkling wine at all, or just no champagne? They introduced a very decent English fizz on board recently so maybe they’re serving that in the lounge as well now?
They have Prosecco available to self-pour now.
This is what Rob wrote in August
“There was no champagne out but I imagine there would have been some on request”
He didn’t say it was available on request but he thought it would be.
And yes NL there is the whispering angel bar – see todays article about the 5B lounge.
Historically it has been available on request, although it isn’t something I ever do.
I’ve asked nicely twice in September in North and B and been served champagne
Bottega Prosecco available for self pour, Champagne IS available on request, they pour it from the back, no idea what Champs it is.
I asked for one glass of champagne yesterday at South and they gave me two; to save time…
This is what Rob wrote in August
“There was no champagne out but I imagine there would have been some on request”
He didn’t say it was available on request but he thought it would be.
And yes NL there is the whispering angel bar – see todays article about the 5B lounge.
Isn’t Whispering Angel a still French rose though? The English sparkling is the Digby Fine English Brut, I think.
Bottega Prosecco available for self pour, Champagne IS available on request, they pour it from the back, no idea what Champs it is.
It’s Monopole blue label AFAIK. Not as bad as the CE champagne so I usually indulge!
And for those travelling T3, of course champagne is still available in the Cathay Pacific lounge.
Piper Heidsieck can be bought on Xmas Sales at Sainsbury’s for £16 per bottle.. AA Flagship lounge offers it in large quantities… great Value Champagne IMHO… why can BA not do the same?
Piper Heidsieck can be bought on Xmas Sales at Sainsbury’s for £16 per bottle.. AA Flagship lounge offers it in large quantities… great Value Champagne IMHO… why can BA not do the same?
Why should BA serve Piper (or indeed any other champagne) just because another airline does? Champagne isn’t the measure of anything.
It seems quite sensible to offer it on request only as the vast majority of people either don’t care or can’t tell the difference. Personally, I would prefer decent Prosecco over cheap champagne like PH any day. Iberia serves Cava not champagne and Qantas serves Australian sparkling etc. What’s wrong with that?
I like them all, Champagne, English sparkling, Cava, Prosecco, Aussie etc. Although I can tell the difference, I’m too much of a pleb to care that much. They all have better/worse options within their own category.
I’d like them to bring back mineral water rather than filtered tap water.
I’d like them to bring back mineral water rather than filtered tap water.
Absolutely this! Its not good enough to only have tap water dispensers imo.
I’d like them to bring back mineral water rather than filtered tap water.
Absolutely this! Its not good enough to only have tap water dispensers imo.
Unfortunately this cost saving measure, masked as an eco conscious measure seems quite on trend – I was doing the T3 lounge circuit a couple of weeks ago and there’s not a bottle of mineral water to be seen in any of the lounges anymore – CX first have carafes of tap water, as does AA First, Qantas always had the water dispensers and BA have the filter tap. It’s a real shame.
I’d like them to bring back mineral water rather than filtered tap water.
Absolutely this! Its not good enough to only have tap water dispensers imo.
Unfortunately this cost saving measure, masked as an eco conscious measure seems quite on trend – I was doing the T3 lounge circuit a couple of weeks ago and there’s not a bottle of mineral water to be seen in any of the lounges anymore – CX first have carafes of tap water, as does AA First, Qantas always had the water dispensers and BA have the filter tap. It’s a real shame.
Surely water is water, and if filtered then no unpleasant tap water taste. Let’s have some levelling up and Dandelion & Burdock and Vimto in LHR lounges and of course Irn-Bru for our those further North!
Can’t believe people would rather have all those bottles produced and transported, then carted into the center of the lounge rather than Brita taps that do filtered room temp, cold, sparkling, and extra sparkling!
But that’s why they’ll always have a difficult job. People want/prefer different things!
Can’t believe people would rather have all those bottles produced and transported, then carted into the center of the lounge rather than Brita taps that do filtered room temp, cold, sparkling, and extra sparkling!
But that’s why they’ll always have a difficult job. People want/prefer different things!
I’m all for filtered water. What’s frustrating is the absolute trickle-speed it gets dispensed at, and the limited number of taps (is there just one in the T5 lounges?), leading to long queues.
Can’t believe people would rather have all those bottles produced and transported, then carted into the center of the lounge rather than Brita taps that do filtered room temp, cold, sparkling, and extra sparkling!
But that’s why they’ll always have a difficult job. People want/prefer different things!
I’m all for filtered water. What’s frustrating is the absolute trickle-speed it gets dispensed at, and the limited number of taps (is there just one in the T5 lounges?), leading to long queues.
Definitely more than one. The problem it seems is most people congregate around the area where the food is served. The South lounge is pretty vast and there is seating around the corner, where there are more coffee stations and water dispensers.
Piper Heidsieck can be bought on Xmas Sales at Sainsbury’s for £16 per bottle.. AA Flagship lounge offers it in large quantities… great Value Champagne IMHO… why can BA not do the same?
Why should BA serve Piper (or indeed any other champagne) just because another airline does? Champagne isn’t the measure of anything.
It seems quite sensible to offer it on request only as the vast majority of people either don’t care or can’t tell the difference. Personally, I would prefer decent Prosecco over cheap champagne like PH any day. Iberia serves Cava not champagne and Qantas serves Australian sparkling etc. What’s wrong with that?
Just to be clear PH is not actually any cheap champagne, it has consistently been awarded top marks by CSWWC and if anyone know anything about sparkling wine, would know that CSWWC is as a good indication of reliable awards as there can be in the wine industry. Prosecco is truly an inferior sparkling wine, and it comes from someone that knows first hand some of the most rel own producers, including the one that introduced Prosecco to the UK.
Having clarified that, to answer to your question about why BA should do that, simply because the other airline I mentioned managed to offer probably the best quality value champagne on the market, that as a simple consumer can be bought at Xmas sales (certainly as a loss leader as I know wholesale prices are normally higher than that retail price) at £16. This would be a great improvement from what they currently offer in the club lounges or in club onboard.
You also assume that the vast majority does not care, when all I read about on forums talking about BA First / GGL is the fact that one can be served LPLGS in first /CCR, obviously a premium champagne, but still some ways behind LR Cristal, Krug Vintage, or even DP.
I personally do care as I value the F&D experience when travelling premium as much as the hard product.
It is not Piper Heidseck, I don’t think.
I’m drinking it now and it is flipping delicious. I don’t what it is, it’s a gold label, gold neck label, and I couldn’t see the writing.
It’s not Moët, or similar. As we managed to get a freebie glass of Moët from the France Olympics marketing desk. This is considerbly nicer than that.
I’d like them to bring back mineral water rather than filtered tap water.
Absolutely this! Its not good enough to only have tap water dispensers imo.
especially as the taste isn’t good and you wonder when they last changed the filter-y thing.
Tap water would be fine at any Scottish airport.
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