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Old Aug 16, 2023 | 9:56 pm
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Originally Posted by vanillabean
A staff member at the SFO Centurion lounge insisted to me today that free guest access needs to to come from spending.
This is still true. Additional card members are not guests, they're card members.

Originally Posted by vanillabean
we entered the lounge with an eligibility code from the app for me + guest, which should mean we don’t have to show cards, but the staff member wouldn’t accept the guest without a card.
Right, so the procedure now is your additional card member needs to present their physical card or get their own eligibility code using their app and login.

It's not a +1 situation - you both scan in as individual card holders.
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