Delta Moves All London Heathrow Flights To Terminal 3

Hate to be a negative Nancy, but my first thought is that the London Clubhouse will now be overrun and lose its mojo. Good luck getting a salon/spa appointment. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

And it's bad news for those of us who fly Virgin.

My question is - who is moving to make space for the delta flights?

Note that Gold Medallions can't use the LHR Clubhouse, though they can use Clubhouses in the US when flying to the UK. Plat/Diamond Medallions only at LHR Clubhouse, while Golds in economy are given access to a contract lounge.

@Mike -- a ton of airlines have moved out of T3 in the past couple of years to the new T2, so there is presumably a lot more capacity in T3 than there used to be.

@ Bgriff -- Good catch, thanks.

Good and bad news, more access to the Clubhouse...good, More people in the clubhouse...bad!

Easier connections between Virgin and Delta, worse connections between Delta and other Skyteam Carriers.

"Passengers traveling in business class on Delta, as well as Delta SkyMiles Diamond and Platinum Medallion members can use the lounge (Gold Medallion members can only use the US Clubhouses), guaranteeing an already over-crowded lounge at peak times now becomes over-crowded at *all* times."

Fixed it for ya'. 🙂

"if you’re flying Virgin Atlantic from Dubai to London, and then Delta from London to Atlanta, you won’t have to change terminals anymore"

@Lucky , if we are flying from dubai to atlanta wouldn't we all fly through Doha on Qatar? 😉

@Bgriff

The move to T2 was before DL bought its stake in Virgin - when that happened, there was no available space for DL in T3. So it has to be someone else moving to T4 which will have cleared up the gate space.

This seems like a middle-finger to Delta's other Sky Team partners. Granted, not many are flying through London to Paris or Amsterdam but I've had some routings to/from London on KLM or Air France connections to the continent. Also, I disagree that the Sky Team lounge in Terminal 3 isn't good. Sure, it's not an international first-class lounge, but the food is generally pretty good, there's heaps of complimentary newspapers, and I've never, ever had an issue getting a treatment in the spa.

Skyteam elite plus flying Delta economy??what lounge access would they get??clubhouse or contract loinge.

Gold Medallions on Delta don't get access to the Clubhouse, they get directed to the (far inferior and consistently overcrowded) No. 1 Traveller Lounge next door. Not sure about SkyTeam Elites, but my guess would be no access to the Clubhouse (presumably get directed to the No. 1 Traveller Lounge as well).

I too have to question where this space in T3 has come from, especially given Oman Air's new second daily flight to Heathrow has to operate from T4 because there was no space in T3.

T3 is a dump, and this move will only make the clubhouse (the best thing about T3) even busier and less special. Good luck to any economy passengers without lounge access!

Regarding connections, this move won't make flying DXB to ATL and easier - you'll still have to clear immigration, collect your bags, go to a hotel, and check in again the next day, as Virgin's Dubai flight arrives after all Delta's Atlanta departures. For the return you'd have a ridiculously long transit time (LHR to DXB on Virgin is a late night departure).

I agree with @Yahtzee.
The London Clubhouse is fantastic but can get busy at times.
More people = less attraction.

I'm happy about this because it shaves off a fair amount of time to get into London on the Heathrow Express, which is kind of a pain from T4. That "shuttle" ride adds a significant percentage of time out of T4, especially on the weekends.

Can you still access this club when flying Delta One as of now after the split?

I am disabled and flying Delta Heathrow-Atlanta next week. It would be wonderful if I could find out which entrance door from the outside would be closest to the Delta checkin area.