British Airways (BA)
- Location: London (LHR)
- Class: First
- Access:
- BA First Class ticket holders
- CCR card holders
- Visit Date: August 2015
See my previous CCR review here:
REVIEW – British Airways Concorde Room (First Class) – London Heathrow T5
After clearing transit security we made a beeline for the CCR. Here you can see the gatekeeper spot a chancer headed her way. He approached, made his case and was dispatched before we even made it to the podium.
If you ever want to partake in some schadenfreude bathed people watching, spend some time sitting on those seats to the left. I hear that more people are turned away than granted entry to the CCR. Based on my limited observations I’d say that’s an accurate statement.
This lounge is definitely more refined than BA’s Business Class lounge offerings but as you can see, it hardly exudes class. In the scene below I can spot numerous small details which I would immediately change.
Details like replacing the trolley by the bar with one made of silver (or at least covering its ugliness by draping a linen cloth over it), keeping the bins next to that trolley covered, putting wooden borders around the screens so that the cables and fixtures aren’t visible, adding some plants etc. None of these things is enough to tarnish the experience of the lounge individually but on the whole this lounge is sloppy in its presentation, very rough around the edges.
One positive element that does stand out about the CCR is the alcohol selection. There aren’t many lounges in the world that provide a champagne of the calibre of Laurent Perrier Grand Siecle
We only had a 90 minute connection so after two glasses of LPGS we made our way to Gate A10 (all of you BA regulars will know what that means…)
Next up: our flight in First Class on the BA 777 to New York
- Part 1:
- An evening in Dublin
- Part 2:
- Conrad Dublin
- Part 3:
- Dublin Executive Lounge – Dublin Airport
- Part 4:
- British Airways : Club Europe (Business Class) – Dublin to London
- Part 5:
- British Airways Concorde Room – London Heathrow T5
- Part 6:
- British Airways : First Class – London to Newark
- Part 7:
- Andaz 5th Avenue : Splash Suite
- Part 8:
- New York photos and recommendations
- Part9:
- American Airlines : Business Class – New York to London
4 Comments
Lovely shoes, Corthay Arca?
Thanks David, well spotted!
They are indeed Arcas, I thought I’d try out one of their suede patinas for something a little different 🙂
Ah cool, nice to see someone who shares both my passions, luxury travel and shoes!
Cheers to that! Here’s a picture I posted many years ago of my new St Crispins on a private jet 😀 (best day ever)
