1st Class Lounges - how early is too early?

[Ascot]

What many people fail to realise is a very small amount of first class ticket holders actually use the lounge facilities. However, since St Pancras has a advertised buy-in facility it is used largely more than others.

Quite a large number of the cheaper airport lounges restrict passengers to 3 hours before departure so it makes perfect sense to apply this to high use station lounges.

Feel free to have a look at the lounge guide in the fares & ticketing section which provides information for each lounge on the network.

 

[pjnathanail]

EMT don't record your time of entry or ask what train you are catching, but I imagine if anyone was to stay longer than two hours they would leave a good margin of error and then politely request payment. I don't know what the policy is at other EMT lounges (although I was once asked what time train I was getting on at Leicester with 3tph to Nottingham, and when I said an hour later, that was fine). I think it is acceptable to arrive whenever you want, particularly given the penalties handed out for missing trains on AP tickets. They can't have it both ways!

 

[maniacmartin]

Evidently you need to go armed with a stack of cheap 1st class tickets, one to cover every 2 hours you'll be spending there

 

[island]

I doubt there are any first class tickets valued under £5 valid on EMT from St Pancras?

 

[calc7]

I doubt there are any first class tickets valued under £5 valid on EMT from St Pancras?

With their £5/£10 off vouchers it's been possible to get First Class tix to/from stations up to Leicester for free!

 

[tivoli]

Of course the solution Is to carry a few wigs, coats, and a fake mustache

I do that anyway!