Originally posted by bagold:
BA allows people under 18 to accrue mileage and also obtain elite status. However, they cannot use the lounge facilities.
My 15 yr-old brother wanted to sign up with the UK Exec Club to earn about 80,000 miles on a RTW ticket (which would have also brought him BA silver status = OW sapphire).
He was not allowed to sign up. Perhaps yet another example of the utter ridiculousness of the UK Exec Club compared with the US scheme??
Incidentally, AAdvantage permitted enrolment and he is Platinum with them.