I was flying from Madrid to London on Iberia in economy, connecting to American business class from London to Los Angeles. My flight from Madrid to London was at 8:20AM, and I got to the airport at around 6:30AM. While I've connected at the Madrid Barajas Airport before, this was my first time originating travel…
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Nice review of my main airport Lucky! But is necessary to clarify that actually the T4 have two concourses. Main concourse serves only intra-europe flights. You can transfer between concourses by a train. In the other concourse Iberia also have a lounge who serves long-haul flights. This lounge its much nicer than the intra-europe lounge and also have a nice a la carte restaurant catered by Melia hotels and an impressive wine bar! Hope you can review this lounge in the future!
Just curious, if you are connecting to a long haul flight in business class, that entitles you to business class check-in/priority security/lounge access at your point of origin?
And what about the fast track lane for this flight- was that due to OW Emerald status? Or also due to connecting to business class?
The T4s lounge has much better food selection.
You can access it on us flights.
Usually fly out of T1 in Madrid. Doesn't come anywhere close to T4. One of the worst terminals in Europe.
Is that their main lounge as well for long haul business passengers also? If so, kind of cheap food offerings for a lounge.
I've only spent time in the other lounge (used for longhaul flights). MUCH, MUCH nicer...complete with delicious hot food offerings, nap room, showers, etc. I always arrive at MAD a bit early to avail myself to that lounge.
Dear all,
as this is my new home base I can tell you that the Lounge Review is located in terminal T4 which is the Schengen-Part. The international flights to Non-Schengen Areas depart from Terminal T4S which is connected by a short Underground Train ride.
The Iberia Lounge in T4S is bigger and features more food and in the evening even an a la carte-dining menue.
What Ben forget to mention is, that there is a wine bar in the left part of the Lounge which is usually staffed by a somelier/bartender who can recommend wine and even can give you a short wine tasting 🙂
The Iberia Lounges are serviced by Melia Hotels which guarantees a certain Level of Quality.
As other have said there are several Iberia lounges in MAD, perhaps you could update the title to reflex which one you were in?
There is the Dali and the Velazquez.
In the main T4 there is the Dali
http://loungeindex.com/Europe/Spain/MAD/Iberia%20Dali%20Lounge%20T4%20Schengen/index.htm
And in the T4S there is the Velazquez.
http://loungeindex.com/Europe/Spain/MAD/Iberia%20Velazquez%20Lounge%20T4S/index.htm
Interesting to see how the lounge hasn't changed at all, including the irritating wi-fi that I mentioned in my review 2 + years back.
and yes, this is a Schengen lounge only. http://vishal1mehra.com/2013/07/03/flying-iberia-madrid-barajas-schengen-lounge-report/
it is also worth bearing in mind that BA's London flights operate out of 4S and so provide access to the Velazquez lounge.
The lounge in 4S, accessed in the middle of the duty free store, is far superior.
Hi,
I agree the Velazquez lounge is better, but here are a few comments worth considering. Breakfast remains out in the morning until early afternoon. In keeping with how Madrilenos eat (not necessarily travelers), lunch items are put out at 2 p.m. I was there recently at 1:30, famished, and made do with some stale packaged sandwiches. But the hot food after 2 p.m. was great. Now, get this: Dinner, hot dinner food, is put out starting at 9:30 p.m. Starting at 9:30 p.m! I was in Montreal (YUL) recently and their international lounge closed at 8:30 p.m. A couple of other things about the Velazquez: First, excellent selection of wines. Probably, in terms of diversity, the best I've ever seen in a biz class lounge. I counted seven varieties of sherry. Seven. They had a wonderful white Rioja too, hard to find good ones in North America. But there was one thing I really didn't like: You pass through the duty free to enter, so that excruciatingly strong smell of duty free perfume permeates the lounge. It's really hard to escape. I was with someone who had an allergic reaction and there was no escaping it.
Can you access the Velasquez room in T4S, even though you onward flight is Schengen?
We are arriving in Madrid at 8:30 am, and our flight to Toulouse isn't until 7:00 pm...