BA First Check-in & The Concorde Room

Less than 12 hours later, after a comfortable evening at the Sheraton Skyline, we were back, this time at T5 where our bizarre day with BA began.

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T5 First Class Check-in and the Concorde Room

Can I be honest? An absolutely rubbish day for BA today. One that erased positive memories of last October and will make me wait a long time before coming back. First Class check-in dragon cops a snooty "are you sure you belong here" attitude, asking "are you traveling in First today?" Uh no, I'm just here to take in the scenery.

Pics from last October...

Based on experience with other airlines, I expected some of BA's more competent staff manning the F desks. Bad assumption today. Our First Class check-in agent can't figure out how to enter my AAdvantage EXP number into the system. Seriously? He turns his screen to show me as if he'd like me to help. Yes, that's it there... Executive Platinum. Next, he can't figure out how to print our LAX-DEN connecting boarding passes. Seriously? At this point, he excuses himself and walks off to get assistance, returning with someone who takes less than 10 seconds to get the BPs to print. I'm guessing trainee or clueless? Maybe both.

British Airways Concorde Room

Like a pretty girl you meet for the first time, I previously compared the Concorde Room to the LH FCT/FCL in FRA/MUC, SQ's Private Room in SIN and the QF FCL in SYD. On the second date, I'm have second thoughts and am seeing this thing more critically, warts and all. A combination of old and new pics...

Even though the lounge was pretty crowded, we get a table right away. Bloody Marys and fruit appear pretty promptly...

... But it takes 30 minutes for the most positively horrid eggs to appear. Then again, maybe the typical British breakfast is just that awful.

I do recall my gross arrival Eggs Benedict from last fall, so maybe this is par for the course at T5.