Airport Lounge Reviews (UK)

This is an (almost) complete directory of airport lounges in the UK, reviewed by the HfP team or our readers.

Coronavirus has caused substantial disruption to the airport lounge sector. This is how we have dealt with it:

we have removed reviews from this list where we know that the lounge will never reopen
we have kept reviews on the list if the lounge is currently closed but we believe that it will reopen at some point
where we have reviewed a lounge on multiple occasions, only the most recent review is shown below

Airline lounges are usually reserved for business class and passengers holding elite status. Third party lounges such as Aspire (click here), Plaza Premium (click here) or No1 Lounges (click here) can be booked for cash via their websites.

Certain credit cards offer free airport lounge access. The Platinum Card from American Express, for example, offers two free Priority Pass cards. Each allows unlimited visits for two people to 1,300 lounges.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold, which is free for the first year, comes with two free airport lounge passes. These are valid anywhere in the Priority Pass network. Applying for this card in advance of your trip, and cancelling it before the first free year is over, means that your two lounge visits will have been free.

You can also buy a Priority Pass lounge club card, allowing access to over 1,300 lounges. There are various packages available as you can see on their website here.

Review of the British Airways Galleries First lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3

This is my review of the British Airways Galleries First lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. .....

This is my review of the British Airways Galleries First lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of .....

24 Sep 201824 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

Review of the brand new Aspire Lounge South at Birmingham Airport

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge (South) at Birmingham Airport. We wrote about the opening of the new Aspire Lounge at Birmingham Airport a few weeks ago. This is the 2nd Aspire lounge at .....

This is our review of the Aspire Lounge (South) at Birmingham Airport. We wrote about the opening of the new .....

23 Sep 201823 September 2018 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Review: the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3

This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. I have .....

This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of our .....

4 Sep 20184 September 2018 by Anika Burnett • 67 comments

Review: the Aspire Lounge at Humberside Airport

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Humberside Airport. A few weeks ago we started another round of UK airport reviews and mentioned the fact that we would probably never get to Humberside. .....

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Humberside Airport. A few weeks ago we started another round of UK .....

30 Aug 201830 August 2018 by Anika Burnett • 8 comments

Review of the newly refurbished Aspire lounge at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

This is a brief review of the refurbished Aspire lounge at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. I won’t call it a full review because there isn’t much in the way of context for the .....

This is a brief review of the refurbished Aspire lounge at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. I .....

14 Aug 201814 August 2018 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Review: the Premium Lounge at Doncaster Sheffield Airport

This is our review of the Premium Lounge at Doncaster Sheffield Airport. We are building our collection of UK airport lounges reviews. There are, however, still a few lounges that neither .....

This is our review of the Premium Lounge at Doncaster Sheffield Airport. We are building our collection of UK .....

5 Aug 20185 August 2018 by Anika Burnett • 11 comments

Review of the Aspire lounge at Belfast City Airport

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Belfast City Airport. We are still building our collection of UK airport lounges reviews. Today we’re running reader Vasco’s review of the .....

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Belfast City Airport. We are still building our collection of UK .....

4 Aug 20184 August 2018 by Anika Burnett • 9 comments

Review: the Virgin Atlantic and Delta Revivals arrival lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3

This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic and Delta Revivals lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews .....

This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic and Delta Revivals lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. This is part .....

9 Jul 20189 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Review: Escape Plus Lounge (for Virgin Atlantic and Qatar Airways) at Manchester Airport Terminal 2

This is my review of the Escape Plus lounge at Manchester Airport Terminal 2. You can find out more, and book entry for cash, on the airport website here. This is part of our series of reviews of .....

This is my review of the Escape Plus lounge at Manchester Airport Terminal 2. You can find out more, and book .....

24 Jun 201824 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Review: the refurbished Spitfire Lounge at Southampton Airport

This is our brief review of the refurbished Spitfire Lounge at Southampton Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. The Breeze .....

This is our brief review of the refurbished Spitfire Lounge at Southampton Airport. This is part of our series .....

10 Jun 201810 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Review of the expanded 51 Degrees Lolfa Foethus (Executive Lounge) at Cardiff Airport

This is our review of the new 51 Degrees Lolfa Faoethus (Executive Lounge) at Cardiff International Airport. Last year in February we published a review of the Executive lounge at Cardiff Airport by .....

This is our review of the new 51 Degrees Lolfa Faoethus (Executive Lounge) at Cardiff International Airport. .....

23 May 201823 May 2018 by Anika Burnett • 20 comments

Review: the new British Airways lounge at Aberdeen Airport

This is my review of the new British Airways lounge at Aberdeen Airport. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. Aberdeen Airport has .....

This is my review of the new British Airways lounge at Aberdeen Airport. This is part of our series of reviews .....

17 May 201817 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

Review: the Plaza Premium airport lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 5

This is my review of the new Plaza Premium departure lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 5. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. .....

This is my review of the new Plaza Premium departure lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 5. This is part of our .....

8 Mar 20188 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Review: the Lufthansa airport lounges at London Heathrow Terminal 2

This is my review of the Lufthansa lounges at London Heathrow Terminal 2. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. My SWISS First .....

This is my review of the Lufthansa lounges at London Heathrow Terminal 2. This is part of our series of .....

8 Feb 20188 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments