Originally Posted by
flyalways
Hi there,
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Children: AA and most lounges will admit young children without applying guest access limitations. Children 18 or over will be seen as adults falling under guest rules, unless you're an Admirals Club member seeking Club access with "immediate family".
Recently myself + wife and our 13 year old son were on Economy tickets
at CDG Admirals club. As AA EXP they insisted that I can only get 1 guest
in the club. They were adamant about it and refused entry for three of us.
I went next door to CX lounge which also denied us entry. I can
fully understand CX's reasoning because of money exchanging
hands and not getting paid for 3 guests. They had valid reason not
to accept us.
We then had my wife go to AA lounge with me while me + Son went to
CX lounge. Coming to think of it, AA lounge dragon's inflexibility in
accommodating us cost AA whatever money they now need to pay CX for
two guests
F.A.
Meaning you violated Lounge rules stating you must remain with your guest, as well as the lounge access you had based on status with one guest.
I believe if you had an infant child you'd had no problem, but 13 years old - you paid an adult ticket for him, right?
Whilst I certainly do empathize with your plight, you clearly did violate the Lounge access
rules.
As to the Wikipost, Wikiposts are, like Wikis,
community property, maintained by the community (on FlyerTalk, that means signed in members with 90 days and 90 posts). The information provided in a Wiki or Wikipost is only as up to date as the community keeps it, and though they may attempt to summarize airline rules, etc. have no official status and are always superseded by the airline's, etc. Rules (which may change overnight).
I've updated the phrasing to be less ambiguous than what you quoted - you interpreted that language to believe a 13 year old is a "young child". And some Lounges are more family oriented, whilst others are very much "by the book" (BA is one airline notorious for their parsimonious lounge access enforcement).