Been checking out fares for next year UC to MCO and the Atlanta route is coming out much cheaper. It means arriving 4 hours later but I can clear customs pre Orlando. Has anyone got any experience of this route they can share, what is the Upper Class Lounge like in Atlanta, the A330 as opposed to the 747 in UC and for the return journey is there a decent Duty Free in Atlanta. Thanks for any help.
There isn't a Clubhouse at ATL. It will be the Delta SkyClubs and their locations are found here:
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US ... lanta.html
There are 10 SkyClubs in all. There isn't much to them, they are very standard US style lounges with a small food buffet selection and free beverages with some upgraded spirits/wines/beers which you can pay for, but its better than the concourse. There are some nice restaurants airside though like Gordon Biersch that I quite like. You get free SkyClub access when connecting from an International VS flight.
The A330 is much smaller than the 747's so do be expecting lots of room. I found it nice enough. I did LHR>ATL>MCO for Thanksgiving and it was very very easy.