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Which is the best airport lounge at London Heathrow Airport? We’ve reviewed most of the airport lounges at London Heathrow Airport Terminals 3 & 5. These include the British Airways Lounges because Terminal 5 is exclusive to British Airways. Our editors have flown with British Airways many times and elsewhere reviewed British Airways First Class flights and British Airways Business Class flights.
Which lounge is best? Well, it has to be the Concorde Room at Heathrow (pictured above) which offers iconic styling and a much more serene environment than the busy Galleries Lounges. The prize for the best Airport Lounges in the world does, however, probably go to Qatar Airways for its jaw-dropping Al Safwa First Class Lounge in Doha’s new Hamad International Airport.
The British Airways First Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5 is also excellent, and you can access this lounge if you are an Emerald member or are traveling in First Class. If you are traveling in Economy Class, you can buy your way into the Aspire lounge in Terminal 5 or the Club Aspire lounge in Terminal 3. These are both good lounges. The Aspire lounge in Terminal 5 has its own Spa and shower (both paid).
There are two British Airways lounges in Terminal 3; the Galleries Club and Galleries First lounges. There are now many long-haul flights with First Class out of Terminal 3, so the Galleries First lounge is mainly used by Oneworld Emerald elites. This lounge is also open to First Class passengers flying on other Oneworld carriers.
The BA Galleries across these two Terminals, which are open to Club Europe and Club World passengers, are both good, but they are also enormous. The array of food, along with papers and magazines, is enough to fill your stomach and brain, but do not expect personal service in these lounges. These lounges are simply too large.
The Virgin Clubhouse Lounge in Terminal 3 is also a great lounge and more fun than the BA lounges.
We’ve also reviewed other British Airways Airport Lounges around the world and also the best British Airways lounges at London Gatwick separately.
This list goes from best to worst lounge and includes reviews of all the lounges that we have visited:
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