I am posting this in hopes that someone will prove me wrong.

1. In almost all lounges, each person that enters counts as a visit. That is, if you take a guest in, that is considered two visits. Exceptions are cases where the Lounge Club website listing states explicitly that the member is entitled to bring a certain number of guests (usually no more than two) in. One example is the AAdmirals Club at YYZ--two counts as one. But my impression is that those exceptions are very rare.

2. The two free visits are not per year. Only the very first two visits, within the first year of your joining Lounge Club, are free. If your first or second visit occurs after the first year, you get charged. Also, from the third one on, you get charged too, whether the visit occurs in the first or a later year. Moreover, on those visits, even if the gatekeeper lets you through without mentioning any charges, after swiping your Lounge Club membership card, I would not assume that they are free. The $27 charge will most probably automatically be processed, and appear on the credit card that sponsored your membership. Trying to dispute that charge would appear to me to be exceedingly difficult.

Please tell me that I am mistaken.