Cathay Pacific has been refreshing many of their lounges worldwide, which has led to some pretty impressive spaces, like the new "The Pier" lounge in Hong Kong, which is one of our favorite airport lounges. The new Cathay Pacific Heathrow lounge had a "soft opening" yesterday, and is scheduled to fully open to passengers on…
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"First and Business Class passengers of Cathay Pacific"
I was able to access this lounge traveling in F on AA. Pretty sure Business class passengers of AA can also access this lounge.
It may be fancy, but most guys would probably appreciate a divider between those urinals.
I love it how Tiffany embedded the phrase "Business Class lounge" well within her story, as if she worked for the anti-Trump, suppress speech CNN without placing it on the headline for all to know. She wanted everyone to think it was [maybe for the] First Class lounge. What's being put in her head to do that....has she lost it? I think she has. You see, she did that on purpose.
She wrote, after scrolling down 15 meters, "[t]he business class lounge also has a Noodle Bar, which looks delicious." It does. I Love Cathay Pacific. The pictures look great. But.....which lounge again....after 15 meters of scrolling to find out? It was not the First Class lounge, but the Business Class lounge. Girlfriend then wrote "Sapphire or Emerald oneworld members..." can get in. Correct for the BUSINESS CLASS Lounge. But the Cathay Pacific's LHR FIRST CLASS lounge is only for Emerald members with One World and/or Diamond members with the Marco Polo Club.
Well, maybe with all the FF Mile devaluations, she can't in the First Class lounge any 'mo. That may be why we had a "micro-aggression" in this article to confuse readers on purpose.
@ Luis -- Yeah, that language came from Cathay Pacific, which I found odd as well.
The typical access policy for oneworld is "Customers flying First or Business Class have access to the equivalent class of lounge regardless of their frequent flyer status. First Class passengers may use a Business Class or frequent flyer lounge if a First Class lounge is not available.
So I don't know if Cathay is arranging a special exception for this lounge, or if they're just trying to not broadcast that it's open to AA and BA passengers as well. We'll see what the rules are once the lounge is officially open, I suppose.
I purposely booked myself on a BA flight home because I wanted to avoid the AA Flagship and BA T3 lounge. Wish I had known this was opening up.
That's the general rule but not always applied. One example being BA Gallaires Club and Gallaries First lounge at PHL. They will often refuse access to passengers in American J with or without BAEC status/in American Y but have BAEC Silver or gold status. Long thread on FT. Reason given is due to capacity. It would not surprise me if CX start doing this at LHR also especially when both BA and AA (and soon QF) have their own lounges.
@ Melissa -- There are pictures of both the first and business class sections of the lounge above. The business class section has a noodle bar, the first class section has the restaurant. The access rules are for the lounge as a whole (as I understand it there is currently a single check-in desk), and passengers will then be directed to the appropriate section based on their status or class of service. Goodness gracious.
@Tiffany - I'm sure your husband can comment, but I wouldn't exactly call those urinals "fancy." 😛 😉
We're flying QF first class out of T3 in 2 weeks' time. It seems clear that all oneworld first class ticket holders get access to all CX first class lounges worldwide:
http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_GB/travel-information/airport/lounges/all-lounges-admittance.html
I think Cathay's press release for the T3 lounge reopening is just poorly worded.
Wow, @Melissa, take a breath. There isn't some vast media conspiracy to conceal the lounge's class of service. It's pretty clearly stated in the piece. Writers prioritize what they think are the most important parts of the story. This writer simply didn't think it was worth highlighting this was a business class lounge, though it is clearly mentioned as an additional fact later on.
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We flew out of LHR this morning and visited the new CX lounge. It is soooooo nice!! The noodle bar is to die for. If we would have had more time I would have gotten another order.
Regarding the urinals, they are spaced very far apart and I didn't even give two thoughts to the fact that there were no dividers. Also, they may not have installed dividers yet. When I used the restroom this morning there were construction workers in there still installing the actual toilets in a couple of the stalls. So who knows, dividers still might be coming. Lol
I can see this lounge getting very crowded quickly. There isn't a ton of regular loungey type seating. There are quite a few booths in the noodle bar area however.
The one problem with the lounges at T3 is that they can be a long walk from your gate.
Ideally foreign airlines should have lounges next to their gate, as with T2 and (for BA) T5.
Was there on Sunday and things are still under warps. Damn! Will see it in a few weeks. Can't wait.
What camera did you use to take these pictures? They look good. I am guessing it's not an iPhone? iPhone usually does not fare well when there are bright lights in the mix and capture the scene outside of the light to be to dark.
Does anyone know if Finnair J access will continue? They had it for the old CX lounge at LHR and I'm really hoping it'll come back for the new one!
Hi Sherman.
These pictures were all shot with my iPhone 6s believe it or not. I just upgraded in August, and the picture taking is much better on this newer version. I will say it still doesn't take great pictures of stuff like the moon, but I'm very happy with it!
One question: Who is the genius that is taking the furnishings from Comfortable Traditional to Contemporary Uncomfortable...... Spend more than 15 minutes sitting in one of those contemporary chairs and your legs will ache becasue the length is too long, cutting of your circulation and the back is too low to give you good backsupport!
My wife is 5'2" and looks like Alice in Wonderland trying to get comfortable in one of those chairs. When you consider that the average Oriental male is around 5'5" and the average American male is about 5'9" those chairs will get few thumbs up.
Anybody remember the old "Comfortable" PC lounge at Heathrow?
Thanks, Tiffany. The Cathay lounge in T3 used to be my favorite at Heathrow and I have been missing it for a while. Looking forward to checking out the renovated version!
Melissa: It is a common set up in many lounges across the world that there is one reception desk and, after looking at your bp, they direct you towards First or Business section of the lounge as appropriate.
@Mike, the chairs look the same as the ones in the Pier First and Pier Business lounges in HKG. If so, I can assure you that they are super comfortable. Also, there are about 6 different types of seating - so should be enough to suit all shapes sizes and leg length!
I had the opportunity of visiting the business class lounge last Sunday and I was BLOWN AWAY. Probably the best business class lounge I've ever visited (must assume that I’m not very experienced in Asia/Middle East airports). Super friendly staff, fantastic breakfast with a brilliant spread, a noodle bar, elegant decor influenced by late 60s modern design with oriental references.
Everything from the smooth check in process was seamless and perfect. I really didn't want to leave. I wish I had spent more hours there and I'm really looking forward to use their first class lounge there next year.
The Cathay Pacific lounge looks fabulous! Love the materials they've used - looks cosy and inviting. Those urinals are rather fancy!
just sitting in the business class lounge enjoying a glass of MOËT champagne, so the answe is yes - and may I say - not the worst brand. cheers 😉
There is no reason anyone flying business class on BA from terminal 3 should go to the BA lounge. The CX lounge is better in every single way. Few other things to add: a full English breakfast spread is served until 12 noon. Moet champagne available at the bar. Plus, drinks are actually chilled here. It seems BA choose to not cool their fridges properly. CX don't penny pinch. Amazing lounge.