Originally Posted by
pauleeepaul
I deal with this at LHR often, annoying that AC members traveling with family are good in T3 but SOL in T5. As a OWE I can bring one but not 3

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The flip side is taking one of my girls F lounge hopping in T3 while my wife and the other girl hang at the AC

We will be there next month.
Yeah, it sucks, I'm so used to solo or travel with just my wife or just my son, so this becomes frustrating. That said, I imagine internal OW conversations conclude with them wanting to keep lounges relatively kid free, so I guess it makes sense. I travel solo with my son a lot, but only every 1-2 years do we do a family trip, and my wife and son are used to the OWE experience, so it sucks almighty when we all travel together and don't get the same experience. As you said, last time at Haneda (outbound), we went to the OWS (AC access), left my wife there and my son and I went to the JAL First which is 10x better. Sadly, we don't have that option this go around. I am flying solo to LHR the day after we return to the states, so I will appreciate my lounge freedom on that trip