UA moves to LHR T1 this July

[jjpb3]

Just received this email from UA:

Dear Mr. jjpb3,

On 4 July 2008, United's move to Terminal 1 at London Heathrow will be complete. The next time you transit London, you can look forward to an enhanced travel experience.

Terminal 1 highlights:

• An improved Premier Lobby area, consistent with our other major airports around the world, that is closer to the pre-flight security checkpoint.
• An exclusive check-in area for Global Services and United First customers.
• New lounge facilities, including an Arrivals Lounge and a Star Alliance
• Departure Lounge with distinct First Class and Business Class areas, offering more amenities and the latest business technology, including Wi-Fi access. Red Carpet Club members will continue to enjoy lounge access at the new Star Alliance Departure lounge.
• Bright, spacious gate areas, providing a more relaxing experience before boarding.
• Faster flight connections to our Star Alliance partners.
• And so much more!

Thank you for choosing United.

Looking forward to seeing how good the shared *A lounge is (except, of course, that I don't know exactly when I'd get to do that ). I wonder when LH, SK, TG will move over.

[Kiwi]

NZ moves immediately. IIRC SK and AC too. Not sure about TG. SQ and LH stay in their current terminals for a while.

[Singapore_Air]

Sounds good. Hopefully Star Alliance will put some pictures of their lounge up when it opens.

Singapore Airlines moves to Terminal 1 in 2011.

[MAN Flyer]

Singapore Airlines moves to Terminal 1 in 2011.

Correct. Contrary to what we were told on here...

TG not moving until 2010 at the earliest either according to them.

I went through T1 the other day. There is a lot of changes and building work going on at the moment.

[Singapore_Air]

What were we told?

[Nick C]

What's going at T1? I saw some recent pictures of the tarmac being closed.

[MAN Flyer]

What were we told?

That SQ were moving to T1 this year.

What's going at T1? I saw some recent pictures of the tarmac being closed.

Dunno about the tarmac but there is quite a bit going on internally. The Flight Connections bit is all changing at the moment. I waltzed through going to T3 earlier this week. Let's hope it stays that way...particularly inbound as well...

[Kiwi]

Dunno about the tarmac but there is quite a bit going on internally. The Flight Connections bit is all changing at the moment. I waltzed through going to T3 earlier this week. Let's hope it stays that way...particularly inbound as well...

Yeah just a few minutes for me through FCC in April even at a busy time that normally takes an hour. Only issue was LX was unable to issue my boarding pass at transfer desk.

[SQ LPP]

T1 is the terminal where BA used to be right? There is the BA Lounge near the Tumi store?

[SQFAN]

There is/was a BA lounge near the Tumi store for International T1.

For the domestic T1 section, there was another BA lounge but this has since closed. Only the BD Domestic one remains open.

[Kiwi]

T1 is the terminal where BA used to be right? There is the BA Lounge near the Tumi store?

Yes - BA has moved out. BD (and SA) remains in T1. Not sure about EI etc.