mdj1

Now all BA need to do is print this out and give it to all the lounges.

FlyerTalker6245

srbrenna - I think it was adrianjc32 who let us know of the changes to mean that the "most significant flight" of an itinerary counts for access.

greg5

^
And agents.

I paid for an upgrade from WT+ to CW in SEA in Oct and the agent told me I would be able to use the arrivals lounge but NOT the Galleries Club lounge before my connecting ET flight to ZRH. The connection was too tight to bother with the arrivals lounge, but a visit to Galleries would have been nice.

It would have been nice to have this guide back then. Thanks for it now! ^^^

Jenbel

I would hope any F would outweigh 'shortest doesn't count'. If someone was flying JFK-SYD, with the JFK leg in F but LHR-SYD in J, would they only be entitled to GC at LHR?

Sixth Freedom

Thanks for putting the effort in here Petrus. ^

Post 2 in respect of Silver card holder access to Galleries First may need a bit of tightening up.

Currently it suggests that a passenger holding a Silver card and travelling CW to ORD before connecting to AA F onwards to MSP would be entitled to GF access. However I doubt that this would be the case.

Prospero

This is where oneworld's rules guide us...

http://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access/

Prospero

It was indeed, which motivated this rewrite.

As we approach the question of "will I have lounge access" from a multitude of angles, I've added more meat to the bones in both the access qualified by class of travel and status sections. There are still several vague areas, which for now I've chosen to ignore . My head is approaching the point of implosion

xlax

I'm glad to read that. Not that I am happy about your head, but it makes me feel better about my imminent implosion. I've read this excellent thread, and others, for more time that I care to admit and am still quite unsure about what I can and should do. To me this feels like being in a maze with no way out (or, in this case, no way IN).

I'd really appreciate any help any sages could offer given the following circumstances. I am BAEC Blue and AA Plat (OW Sapphire). We are traveling LAX-LHR on AA in Z (award ticket first) arriving LHR at 1:15pm then LHR-STT at 4:00 pm in U. Which lounges in which terminal at LHR could -- and should -- we use?

Thanks!

xlax

P.S. I don't mean to push my luck, but will be able to use the lounge in STT upon arrival while we are waiting for our friends who are arriving an hour later?

Prospero

You qualify for entry into the Galleries First lounge while in transit at LHR because you are flying into LHR in first class on a oneworld carrier. If you are travelling on one ticket, the lounge reception will see that you are connecting from long haul first to short haul business class but its worth holding onto your inbound boarding pass just in case they cannot.

I presume your final destination is Stuttgart (STR) - there is a departure lounge at this airport but I'm not aware of their being an arrivals lounge there.

crimson12

I posted this in the AA forum but realize it may be a better fit here -- if I am flying (paid) AA F from LHR-JFK, can I access the Concorde Room?

Royce

No. Concorde Room is only for pax flying on BA in First. Also, it is in Terminal 5, AA depart from Terminal 3, so you would not get airside in T5.

McCoy

Could a staffer not get hold of the access rules book the dragons keep at the desks, and just either scan it in, or corroborate the last few areas of uncertainty?

Tobias-UK

It's a pity there isn't an official on-line version of it so those who are wrongly being refused entry can show it to the 'dragon'.

crimson12

Thanks. In that case could I access the Galleries First lounge at T3?

gw76

I have done that many times without problem, though I have physically "checked-out" first guest with door staff and later checked another in. Just did it last week at CCR with a long layover without problem.