Virgin Atlantic Opens London Clubhouse Entry To Gold Standing Members

Virgin Atlantic has barely expanded the doorway to its Clubhouse lounge in London Heathrow’s Terminal 3. Now, Gold members from the Flying Membership will now be allowed to enter with one visitor when flying Delta Air Traces or Virgin Atlantic in any class. The provider has been slowly opening entry to its iconic lounge, hoping to steadiness capability over the day. Listed here are the most recent lounge entry guidelines.

Gold Members welcome

For years, Virgin Atlantic has reserved its Clubhouse and Higher Class Wing for 2 teams of passengers: Higher Class and Delta One passengers touring on the identical day. Nonetheless, the provider has made some modifications consistent with its entry to the SkyTeam alliance final month and its partnerships.

This week, as famous by a Head for Factors discussion board member, Virgin Atlantic prolonged the courtesy to its personal members as properly. Now, formally, Gold members of the Flying Membership will have the ability to use the Clubhouse with one visitor so long as they’ve a same-day ticket on Virgin or Delta.

Here’s a listing of these allowed to entry the lounge underneath the present guidelines, all embody one visitor touring on Virgin Atlantic or Delta:

• Higher Class passengers + one visitor touring on Virgin Atlantic or Delta
• Delta one passengers (no visitor)
• Flying Membership Gold cardholders + one visitor touring on Virgin Atlantic or Delta
• Delta Sky Miles Diamond and Platinum Medallions + one visitor touring on Virgin Atlantic or Delta
• Flying Blue Platinum Members + one visitor touring on Virgin Atlantic or Delta
• SkyTeam Elite Plus members + one visitor touring on Virgin Atlantic or Delta
• Virgin Australia Velocity Membership Gold, Platinum, and The Membership cardholders (no friends).

Will the expertise endure?

The London Clubhouse has at all times been a busy area, with Virgin having departures unfold by means of the day to cities throughout the globe. Nonetheless, with elite members having entry now, there may be potential for the lounge to get crowded, and quick. It’s no shock that airways normally have not less than two lounges at their hubs to separate vacationers by terminal or their entry stage.

For example, British Airways has a number of lounges in Terminal 5, two enterprise class, one firstclass, and one in Terminal 5B as properly. Alternatively, Singapore Airways have separate lounges for enterprise class passengers (SilverKris Lounge) and Star Alliance Gold flyers (KrisFlyer Gold Lounge).

Virgin Atlantic is constrained by its one area, however it wouldn’t be stunning to see one other facility sooner or later, maybe solely for standing holders within the SkyTeam scheme and Delta Air Traces companions.