Hi

I have found various conflicting threads on this so wondered if anyone had a definitive answer so I will know for the future.

I am gold and returned with my son on an avios booked first trip from New York last week, with onward domestic connection to Aberdeen. I was held up getting my bag searched so he went ahead and tried to get in the galleries lounge and was denied because he "had no status". He was a bit confused as he arrived on a first ticket which I had "sold" as a massive birthday treat! Obviously if he was with me it would have been fine.

I have travelled previously with rest of the family (5 of us) on club or club Europe and never had a problem with all of us getting into the Aberdeen lounge on the way out or into galleries in heathrow on the way back. Obviously when we are only in economy it's accepted I can only take in one guest

Does anyone have the definitive position on this please? Many Thanks