Inside the Windsor, Heathrow’s Newly Upgraded Private Terminal for VIPs
From chauffer service to private security screenings, here’s what you get for £3,800.
Heathrow’s private terminal just got a major glow-up.
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It’s an open secret among the royal family, celebrities, VIPs and high-flyers: London’s Heathrow has a private terminal. But for everyone else, the gated entrance off Terminal 5 has been a relatively unknown quantity since the commercial service was rolled out in 2009.
That’s changing. The Windsor—as the private wing of the terminal is called—is fresh off a major renovation that’s transformed it from a dark, dated VIP area into a set of eight sumptuous suites designed to feel like luxury homes. The revamp appeals to the masses, but to get in, you must have a business- or first-class ticket on any airline and be willing to shell out an additional, one-way £3,812 ($4,795) entry fee. If you want to use the facility for a round trip, the cost simply doubles, to £7,624—roughly as much as a business-class ticket from London to Los Angeles with British Airways.