Hi! I was hoping some of you with more experience could please help me to clarify some lounge rules. I'm not used to utilizing many OW benefits outside of my "home" airline but am hoping to for an upcoming trip.

I have OWE status. Next week I will be flying on Sri Lankan in Business Class. My colleague (no OW status) is on the same flight but in Economy. Trying to figure out if I can bring him into the Serendib Lounge at CMB with me. Having tried to do research...

- The OW website states:

• "Emerald and Sapphire members may invite one guest to join them in the lounge. The guest must also be travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld carrier."

- The Sri Lankan website states:

• "FlySmiLes Platinum / Gold members travelling on Business Class may invite one guest to join them at the Serendib lounge." I don't see it explicitly specifying guests for OW, only for its own program. However, there is a chart and it appears to show that OWE+Guests are NOT allowed in the Serendib Lounge but only the lesser Serendiva Lounge (which would be a bummer for me since I could for sure go to Serendib being OWE + in Business). https://www.srilankan.com/flysmiles/...ge-entitlement

Any experience at CMB specifically, or just with OW in general that would help me figure this out? I know I could just try at the airport, but I kind of don't want to even mention it to my colleague unless I'm pretty confident. Thank you!