Good day from London Gatwick. At Gatwick, writing about Heathrow; now I’m getting confused. Let me take a take step back, if I may, to last week when I was at Heathrow awaiting my United flight back to Los Angeles. I checked out the Star Alliance lounge in Terminal 1 and true to my hypothesis, lounges, regardless of airline or alliance, are always better outside the United States-even if it’s a US based airline.
The Star Alliance Lounge at Heathrow provides plenty of room to spread out and relax as well as some more private areas to work. There is free wi-fi with the a code that is provided, although I was unable to locate any power outlets where I was seated. Shower rooms were available, but I did not use them. There were a plethora of magazines, dated US newspapers and the day’s locals too.
Food, while seemingly basic, can make or break a lounge for me. (What did you expect… my last name starts with “eat”) There was plenty of it at the Star Alliance Lounge-Heathrow. Sausages, sausages on rolls, bacon on rolls, cereal, yogurt, bagels, fruit, croissants and at least 2 dozen beverage choices not including the hard stuff (booze). You would be hard-pressed to go hungry there.
Best Bet: When you enter the lounge, veer off to the left and head towards the back of the lounge. This area seems to be the most spacious and there is alot of natural light provided by floor to ceiling windows.
Next time, try the BMI Great British Lounge near the Gate 5 Complex (Which I hear are now serving bacon rolls in the morning).
The Star Alliance lounge whilst nice, lacks a lot of natural light, and is really good for the bacon/sausage rolls before getting on a flight.
That and a natural light view over Heathrow too.
It’s a pain to trek back from Gate 5 to the UA gates in the far 30′s, but you could always double-lounge visit…
I heard the lounge has 2 sections, a first class and business class section, which is this?
This is the business class section-I do not recall seeing a first class section, but there could have been one
–Thanks