LHR T3 lounge crawl Saturday 6 June 2026

[Lowjhg]

Im going to be Platinum for this!

Im not going to miss a bunch of Aussies on Safari in T3!

 

[JessicaTam]

Im going to be Platinum for this!

Im not going to miss a bunch of Aussies on Safari in T3!

I wasn’t sure if I should tap ‘like’, ‘agree’ or ‘informative’. In the end I went with the laugh.

 

[I love to travel]

Just gauging that this is still going ahead so I can start travel planning. @JessicaTam I will organise for to be on a BA J rewards flight but no longer have QF status so will have access to J lounges only.

 

[JessicaTam]

Just gauging that this is still going ahead so I can start travel planning. @JessicaTam I will organise for to be on a BA J rewards flight but no longer have QF status so will have access to J lounges only.

Certainly is going ahead. There will only be one lounge that we may not be able to enter. All the others are fair game. Don't worry about access to the OWE lounges; there is usually an overflow of people who can guest.

Make sure your BA flight leaves from T3 as there is no access if it leaves from T5.

16 months to go and counting!

 

[I love to travel]

Something to note

Planned BA T5/T3 Lounges "transformational change" 2026 - FlyerTalk Forums

British Airways | Executive Club - Planned BA T5/T3 Lounges "transformational change" 2026 - As part of their press release about the new SEA lounge BA have said: The airline’s lounges across London Heathrow Terminal 3 and 5 will be undergoing significant transformational changes commencing in...

www.flyertalk.com

 

[vitagen]

Put me down as gold, hopefully I stars can align for a DSC over that time, I haven't seen the AFF crew in years...

 

[Townsend]

I will not make the LHR lounge crawl.. However I am currently in Heathrow and have done a mini lounge crawl! The Cathay first class lounge is excellent with superb food. Now back in the Qantas lounge where the lift is broken and downstairs is closed! Welcome home!

 

[jrfsp]

I always miss these by a few days / weeks

 

[I love to travel]

I always miss these by a few days / weeks

This is why @JessicaTam gave us lots of notice!!!

 

[Mal]

I'll be there likely so put me down as Gold. Just need to sort the finer details .

 

[Mal]

I don't see any issues with access to the qf, ba or aa lounges but cx f could be tricky depending on the numbers. They are quite keen to capacity control to allow their elites/flights to have access and there's a quite a few flights a day. Timetables not loaded yet for 2026 Jun , but an example day is something like
8.35,9.20,12.20,17.00,18.20,20.10,22.15

 

[JessicaTam]

Still early days but there are a few CX F seats in 6 months for 125k Asia Miles. LHR-HKG. That would guarantee CX F access!

 

[JessicaTam]

I always miss these by a few days / weeks

You have 15 months to plan!

 

[mviy]

I’m likely to go to LHR in 2026, but probably later than that. Anyway, have fun.

I like the CX F lounge and S&P squid in the QF Lounge is nice.

 

[Mattg]

I did a bit of a lounge crawl yesterday at LHR T3. I was flying out on BA (on a flight departing T3) and my brother (with no status) was on JL. We were able to get into the BA, AA, QF and CX lounges with no problems, although I did see some people getting turned away from the CX lounges with staff citing capacity. Hopefully the lounge crawlers next year will be able to access the CX lounges as they're probably the best ones. But all the lounges were good.

Flying BA and with status, I was able to check in basically whenever I wanted. My brother on JL was only able to drop his bag 3 hours before departure. Something to be aware of when considering which airline/flight to book out of LHR if you're attending next year's lounge crawl.

FWIW check-in for QF2 only opened 4 hours before departure.

 

[JessicaTam]

I did a bit of a lounge crawl yesterday at LHR T3. I was flying out on BA (on a flight departing T3) and my brother (with no status) was on JL. We were able to get into the BA, AA, QF and CX lounges with no problems, although I did see some people getting turned away from the CX lounges with staff citing capacity. Hopefully the lounge crawlers next year will be able to access the CX lounges as they're probably the best ones. But all the lounges were good.

Flying BA and with status, I was able to check in basically whenever I wanted. My brother on JL was only able to drop his bag 3 hours before departure. Something to be aware of when considering which airline/flight to book out of LHR if you're attending next year's lounge crawl.

FWIW check-in for QF2 only opened 4 hours before departure.

Thanks @Mattg. Good to know.