The Concorde Room (London Heathrow) and British Airways First Class London Heathrow to San Diego Lindbergh Field

While purchasing tickets for our San Diego - Copenhagen trip I noticed something that I believe was a bit of an aberration. For the return flight to San Diego; British Airways First Class was just a bit more than Business Class. I thought this would be a nice treat for the Missus. Especially since we had a 5-1/2 layover in Heathrow. So, for this slow Saturday, I thought I'd complete the posts on that trip with a short, mostly photo post.

The Concorde Room:

The flight from Copenhagen to London-Heathrow was short and sweet; we went through the usual hassle at LHR, the second set of security, not knowing what gate our flight was going to be at, etc.

One thing did make this lay-over a treat was the Concorde Room, unlike Galleries Club in Terminal 5, set for Business Class and the Galleries First, which, even though it says" "First" caters more to elite status fliers, the Concorde Room, which has it's own door after security where you can bypass all the shops and such, is for only passengers with First Class BA tickets or those with a Concorde Room card.

This large lounge has four basic areas; the lounge and basic seating area.....

You can even pre-book a "Cabanas"; basically a day-room, which I understand has a private bathroom, shower, day-bed, and television.

The Restaurant, with booths, and a separate menu.

And our favorite area; the Terrace, with couches, chairs, and day-beds, which I made really great use of during our lay-over.

From the Terrace you can view the tarmac.....

And the bustling terminal.....if you look closely, you'll notice a place where we had a rather mediocre meal on a previous trip.

The menu outside of the dining area is a simple abbreviated one.

It's all table service; so you won't find the chafing dishes and the buffet line here. I found the service to be quite professional.

The Missus decided on a breakfast sandwich; but couldn't decide on the filling, so the really nice Server asked Her if She wanted all three on Her sandwich. Which is what She ended up getting. I got the Smoked Salmon and Scrambled Eggs.

and two glasses of Champagne later; I had a short nap while the Missus watched Her Netflix.

Because of the lay over; we were asked about lunch, but we were still full from breakfast. The flight desk was really good about letting us know our gate and other info and soon enough we boarded.

In a nutshell, the key difference I saw between Business and First on this BA flight was the space and the service. The pod was surprisingly large.

Please take note of the seatbelt on the "footrest" section of my pod.

After the usual glass of sparkling wine to start things off...…

We were asked if we'd like to dine together! Really! And you know what? They did a second setting and the Missus and I shared a nice dinner.....

I don't think the food is really different between Business and First; though the presentation is.....

Man, that cheese plate was quite generous.....

Best of all, was the lie-flat bed....with a much larger area then the usual Business Class Pod.

So there you go. I'm not sure when or if we'll be able to do this again; but it was a nice way to end our trip.

Comments

[kat]

very nice!

[Soo]

Wow! You travel in style!

[Kirk]

It was Kat!

Not sure about travelling in style Soo. We do like to be as comfortable as possible.

[caninecologne]

Fancy!

[Kirk]

It was a nice way to end our trip CC!

[Nicole B]

wow, business class is on my bucket list :D looks amazing!

[Kirk]

It's so nice to hear from you Nicole! I hope all is well.

[Junichi]

I've flown business but never first class. It was nice of them to let the two of you to dine together.

[Kirk]

That (and the real sheets and blankets) was the best part of the flight Junichi!

[Nicole B]

always nice to read your posts, takes me on a little vacation when i'm taking a break in my living room! :D almost done with school, almost time for wedding... hope all is well with you too!