How to navigate Heathrow Lounges

[Princess Fiona]

I would love some help!
I am flying QF J class to Barcelona in September via LHR with the obligatory 3 hr transit in LHR from 0600hrs. I am also taking my tweenage daughter who is flying Q class.
Neither of us has QF status (QC Bronze only). The LHR-BCL leg from T3 is also on J class for me.
Can I use the T3 Galleries lounge and importantly do T3 lounges have shower facilities ? Is there an alternative if not?
Can I bring my daughter as a guest?

Yours in anticipation

 

[serfty]

Business class passengers do no have Guest rights - but as QP member, you can have one guest if departing on a BA flight.

You will land at T4 and you need to transfer to T3.

More on that can be found here: http://www.britishairways.com/cms/global/pdfs/Terminal4Connections.pdf

 

[kpc]

...(QC Bronze only)....
Can I bring my daughter as a guest?

If QC bronze means "Qantas Club bronze", as a Qantas Club member, you can bring in ONE guest to the BA lounges.

In addition to Qantas Club lounges, you can relax in British Airways lounges^ (Terraces and Executive Club lounges) and American Airlines® Admirals Club lounges.To access a partner airline lounge, simply present your Qantas Club card or Platinum or Gold Frequent Flyer card at check-in and again with your boarding pass at the lounge reception. You may also invite a guest. Note: both you and your guest must be travelling together and have onward travel that day on a flight marketed and operated by the partner airline whose lounge you wish to visit.

Fly - The Qantas Club - Lounge Access

 

[MelUser]

I am doing the same thing in Oct but flying CX so that I land in T3 which makes the MCT 60 mins or so (with my booking it is 90mins).

Lounge access not an issue here as in J and also have oneworld status.

I would suggest trying to walk your daughter in and see what happens!

 

[obrienja]

For the OP you'll find that the BA lounges in T3 do not yet have showers but apparently they're on their way before QF moves there in October. The Cathay lounge in T3 probably has showers and I'd avoid the AA one as it's old, tatty and currently under reconstruction.

 

[Mal]

The Cathay lounge in T3 probably has showers and I'd avoid the AA one as it's old, tatty and currently under reconstruction.

CX refused me entry a few days ago as I was flying BA. Just because the lounge is there, and you should have rights to enter under OW agreements doesn't mean they want you entering. A big thanks to 'Simon' at the front door for telling me to go to the BA lounge.

I also don't remember showers in the BA lounge, although there are renovations occurring and a Elemis spa opening up shortly.

 

[simongr]

CX refused me entry a few days ago as I was flying BA. Just because the lounge is there, and you should have rights to enter under OW agreements doesn't mean they want you entering. A big thanks to 'Simon' at the front door for telling me to go to the BA lounge.

There is a thread on FT about this issue I think. ISTR that BA have directed the other airlines to request people to go to the BA lounge as BA get billed every time someone uses other lounges and given that there is a BA lounge then why would people need to use CX (BA's thinking I assume).

 

[serfty]

There is a thread on FT about this issue I think. ISTR that BA have directed the other airlines to request people to go to the BA lounge as BA get billed every time someone uses other lounges and given that there is a BA lounge then why would people need to use CX (BA's thinking I assume).

That thread had it's genesis before the opening of the new BA J lounge in the last few months and there were alternate arrangements made lest the CX lounge get flooded with BA loungeites ...

... these arrangements should have finished ...

 

[obrienja]

As serfty noted I'm pretty sure these arrangements have finished. I've used the BA lounge twice recently once flying Iberia (who don't have a T3 lounge) and once flying AA because I prefer the BA one (I didn't think to try CX). Both times BA were more than happy to let me into the lounge - probably because they get paid for me not using the AA one. It was also early in the morning and virtually empty which might have helped.

There definitely aren't showers in the BA lounge (as of 2 weeks ago).