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The British Airways business lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5 is not one location but they are numerous and are spread across the A and B parts of the terminal. The terminal 5 business lounge nearest your gate will be clearly signed in the terminal and can be accessed via escalator or elevators since they are on the higher levels of the terminal. The main British Airways Terminal at Heathrow is Terminal 5, however some BA flights do operate out of other terminals Click here to read my review of Heathrow Terminal 5 For such a flagship airport I found the British Airways Galleries Club lounge at Heathrow a bit of a mixed experience.

The British Airways Business Class Lounge at Manchester Airport is located in terminal 3, where the BA flights operate from. The so called BA Terraces Lounge at the airport is a circular room, with internal windows looking down onto the Manchester Terminal 3 shops below. The BA lounge in terminal 3 drinks selection included fruit juices (orange, pineapple etc) and a coffee vending machine. Overall though the British Airways business class lounge at Manchester Airport Terminal 3 was a decent stop off point pre-flight.

This meant that for my Iberia Business Class check in I could use the British Airways check in desks at Heathrow Terminal 5. My first flight to Madrid was an Iberia European business class flight and the cabin was impressively fit out the same as my long haul flight plane – surprising because a European flight could be considered short haul. The business class seating layout for this Iberia flight was 1-2-1, so every seat has aisle access (a relatively modern selling point for most business class travel now). So to conclude my Iberia Business Class review I would be happy to fly Iberia again and found the in flight comfort better than I initially expected.