Lounge access for minor travelling alone (HKG and LHR)
May 11, 2024, 3:36 am
#1
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Lounge access for minor travelling alone (HKG and LHR)
Does anyone know whether the Cathay lounges (or failing that any other Oneworld lounges) at HKG and LHR T3 allow a minor travelling alone to enter?
For clarification, this would be a minor with Emerald status travelling alone, not whilst using the Unaccompanied Minor service.
Thanks!
For clarification, this would be a minor with Emerald status travelling alone, not whilst using the Unaccompanied Minor service.
Thanks!
May 11, 2024, 4:41 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2015
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There should be no problem. (Most, if not all?) Alcohol is served from a bar at CX lounges so there isn't that issue which is the case at BA lounges. Nevertheless, when I was under 18, I never had any issue with getting into most lounges. The only time I got denied was once by BA at JFK T7 for being under 21.
May 11, 2024, 6:22 am
#3
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There should be no problem. (Most, if not all?) Alcohol is served from a bar at CX lounges so there isn't that issue which is the case at BA lounges. Nevertheless, when I was under 18, I never had any issue with getting into most lounges. The only time I got denied was once by BA at JFK T7 for being under 21.
May 11, 2024, 6:59 am
#4
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Switzerland
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CX lounges in HKG have self-serve cans of beer. (I only know about business class lounges). However, all the info I can google states that there's no problem with unaccompanied minors going into the lounge.
"A member of Cathay Pacific escorts the UM from check-in through immigration and security, one hour before departure. Customer Service Manager Jackie Man says: ‘If any are travelling in business class, we deliver them to and from the lounge. Otherwise, we go to the aircraft and introduce them to the ISM [Inflight Service Manager, the senior cabin crew member] – they have priority boarding.’"
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...ed-minors.html
"A member of Cathay Pacific escorts the UM from check-in through immigration and security, one hour before departure. Customer Service Manager Jackie Man says: ‘If any are travelling in business class, we deliver them to and from the lounge. Otherwise, we go to the aircraft and introduce them to the ISM [Inflight Service Manager, the senior cabin crew member] – they have priority boarding.’"
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...ed-minors.html
May 11, 2024, 11:42 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2024
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I doubt the minor in question will be denied entry. LHR-HKG have many boarding school kids with status. It is not uncommon to see a group of them holding glasses of champagne before 238/254 departs.