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Feb 25, 2017 | 7:39 pm

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Originally Posted by HarryKUK

If booking standby on a staff travel booking but as the nominated companion (without the staff member) do Gold benefits still apply? I thought I read somewhere that standby tickets don't allow lounge access etc.

Also, does it matter if you have bags to check, if they are waiting until check in closes for the flight before confirming? I've never travelled via the staff standby scheme but may be doing so this summer.

Cardholders on staff travel may enter lounges according to their status (although, on staff travel standby, you're often not accepted until the last minute, so wouldn't have time to stop in the lounge.)

At LHR, bags aren't accepted until you are. They're tagged in advance but don't get taken until you're confirmed, when you then have to drop off your bags and hurry through security. (Conformance is 10 minutes shorter for staff).

Sometimes you standby at the gate, in which case checked bags are taken before you go through.

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