V-Flyer

Do you pay for anything, i mean anything at all ever (including pool table and games consoles) in the new clubhouses at LHR ?

Extra expensive champers etc ?
The best food etc ?
Is it all really really really free ???

[:o)]

Yes, it's all REALLY, really free. [y]

However, I tend to give the girls in Cowshed / B&B a little "gesture" of thanks.

A few of us gave the SFO CH staff a tip for putting up with the gang of us in November, too - but it's all entirely discretionary.

Originally posted by preiffer
Yes, it's all REALLY, really free. [y]

However, I tend to give the girls in Cowshed / B&B a little "gesture" of thanks.

A few of us gave the SFO CH staff a tip for putting up with the gang of us in November, too - but it's all entirely discretionary.

GULP - that could prove dangerous !
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"Free" = "Inclusive"

You get complimentary food, drink, services, etc., on the ground as part of your Upper Class experience, through giving VS (or their partners) enough custom to make Flying Club Gold status, or through having other means of lounge access (e.g. AMEX Centurion).

There's no such thing as a free lunch... though sometimes it feels like it in the Clubhouse [8D].

Cheers,
Mike

I just can't wait to see the complete CH tomorrow evening. Hoping it will make up for having to Y this time around!

Graham[:(]

Yep all free free free.

I tend to tip in the JFK clubhouse for waitress service dining at a table - just because it is, well, New York! And only if the service is acceptable. Service in SFO is great and I always leave a little something for them.

Never tip for waitress service in LHR because, it is the UK. Also, I have never received particular great service but that might be my timing and luck. I do tip at the Cowshed/B&B when I received a particularly good massage.

I always try to give the Brits a good name in the US and always tip. But I must admit that have never thought to tip in the JFK clubhouse (for me the friendliest and best staff) because once in the lounges I go into my FREE FREE FREE mentality...

Dean

I don't think any of it is free - you have either paid £££ more than other passengers or have done in the past!

TTFN

Paul

The question of tipping should also consider the wages earned by the staff - many restaurants in the US assume there will be a 15% tip on all bills, and compensate the staff less as a result.

If CH staff anywhere are paid in a similar manner, then perhaps we should tip.

Provocative and probably unanswerable question follows...
Does anyone know how far away from minimum and average wages CH staff are paid?

And on the subject of tips - would you tip the limo drivers in the UK and/or USA, and if so what would be a suitable non-insulting amount?

Hi PK,

I always do. To be honest, the amount varies based on time/distance + how "chirpy" they are on the way... [:w]

Well maybe for a frame of reference, my roommate gets paid USD2.13 an hour plus tips to work at a Hooter's-like restaurant in Murfreesboro, TN, USA.

Just ask the wait person how they get paid and how to tip. I do and maybe rude but how else will you know?

Sidebar: If you divide my professors salary out she makes US3.15 an hour for the time she is required to work. Should I tip her?

Hi Preiffer,

I agree how "chirpy" someone helps me make up my mind on tip for the car drivers and team in the cow shead...

Patrick

One of my friends was 'told' by another pax in the JFK C/H that you must tip. It's expected. I guess some people do and some people don't. I don't think there is a right or wrong

Originally posted by jamie
One of my friends was 'told' by another pax in the JFK C/H that you must tip. It's expected. I guess some people do and some people don't. I don't think there is a right or wrong

Just going on from this subject, but in the LHR CH how many "extras" can you have - i mean the all over tan, the sauna, the message ? - Do you just have the one and can pay for one of the other ones available on your date of travel ? - I quite like the idea of the tan as im meeting mates in AUS for the cricket who will be well past their "Pastyness" by the time i get out there, but the sauna looks quite tempting before a 24 hour flight, oh and umm, so does the massage ! - Urrrghh, choices choices choices !!

Each passenger is normally allowed one treatment. However, areas such as the hot-tub etc. are more of a free-for-all (ie: non-booked, and you can use them as well as having a treatment).

Not sure how your fake tan will react to the heat inside a sauna though... [:I][:0]

Originally posted by preiffer
Each passenger is normally allowed one treatment. However, areas such as the hot-tub etc. are more of a free-for-all (ie: non-booked, and you can use them as well as having a treatment).

Not sure how your fake tan will react to the heat inside a sauna though... [:I][:0]

Ahh yes but if i have the sauna first ! [:?]