At both Heathrow and JFK you boarded British Airways&#x27;s Concorde flights from Concorde Room, a premium lounge with a directly attached jet bridge to the plane. (These live on as BA&#x27;s lounges for first class passengers; even at Heathrow Terminal 5 from which Concorde never had a chance to operate. But they&#x27;re nothing special. Lufthansa operates a dedicated <i>terminal</i> for their first class passengers at Frankfurt.)<p>In other words, ground services were and are a key component of a premium travel offering, and can effectively shave a ton off the total travel time. Concorde flights predate the now-common practice of bundling chauffeured limousine rides with premium airfare, but you have to expect that the average Concorde passenger had adequate arrangements in place for their airport transfers.<p>I&#x27;ve only flown Concorde in the easterly direction, with none of the &quot;chase the sun&quot; appeal. But if you&#x27;re accustomed to the drudgery of the regular JFK-LHR redeye, a breakfast in Concorde Room at 8 am, a <i>very</i> nice lunch at Mach 2.0, and wheels down in London before 5 pm is comparatively a very agreeable way to spend the first half of a work day.