Who the f*** designed T5?

[BR14]

i avoid LHR whenever possible LCY for me, every time

[ladymuck]

What is your beef with T5? I quite like it. I pop to Plane Food and / or the lounge (BAEC Silver means I always get access and my Platinum Amex gets me into the other one if I fancy a change of scenery). I tend to fly from A gates though, can't say I've experienced the doldrums of B and C...

EDIT: but I do agree the lounge options in T3 are way better - you can do a veritable lounge crawl if you're flying something other than pleb class

[GreenMirror]

Unfortunately you generally need to be a member of a certain German family to fly from Northolt...

Pooper uses it? I am going to use Farnborough in future.

[Mordac]

AFAIK Northolt only has one terminal. What am I missing?

Unfortunately you generally need to be a member of a certain German family to fly from Northolt...

[GreenMirror]

AFAIK Northolt only has one terminal. What am I missing?

[Old Greg]

Who the f*** designed T5? What an absolute mess, badly designed.

Word is that they got their BPM tool from an innovative Luton based outfit.

[Mordac]

Who the f*** designed T5? What an absolute mess, badly designed.

There's far worse out there. The lounges are nice, but if you're travelling pleb class, I admit it's not all that. Put it on expenses (difficult if your name is Scooty) and it's quite a pleasure, but otherwise it's a tad shambolic. The first time I travelled out of T5 was just after it opened, and it was a bit crap, but recently it's quite a lot better. T3 would be my choice, but you need to be going to the right place.

[Jog On]

Which is where the money is for the airport operator, or at least it was when I was contracting for BAA in the late 90s.

It's all about retail spend and parking.

[gables]

Feels like a glorified shopping centre than a airport terminal.

Usually I retreat to wagamama until it's time.

Which is where the money is for the airport operator, or at least it was when I was contracting for BAA in the late 90s.

[WTFH]

Usually I retreat to wagamama until it's time.

The Concorde Room for me, or First Lounge. other than that, don't venture out until your flight is called.

Also, they don't have any lounge in the C-section.

[jamesbrown]

It's in the Berlin Brandenburg category of airport fails, having exceeded the epic fail of even Berlin Schönefeld.

[scooterscot]

Feels like a glorified shopping centre than a airport terminal.

Usually I retreat to wagamama until it's time.

[Paddy]

Who the f*** designed T5? What an absolute mess, badly designed.