Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
If the room is in your name, it's elite +1, even if guest #3 is a gold. If your other gold friend had booked a room in his/her name, then it wouldn't be a problem. I've never stayed at the Ren, so don't know the size/layout & whether there's a gatekeeper at their lounge. [...].
When I went a couple years ago (off-season) to the Ren in Amsterdam, I do not recall anyone sitting by the door checking people as they went into the lounge. However, I remember someone once checking with a large group as they went in.