Feb 7, 2014, 11:49 pm
Last edit by: Adam Smith
This is a master thread to post any lounge meet up requests / invite requests forum members might have. It'd be great if you could post your lounge guesting/request in the same format as below...
A reminder - those offering guesting are quite happy to be guested to a superior lounge!
If you have the ability to make changes to the WIKI, please do so yourself rather than replying to the thread! If you are asking to be guested, please only add to the wiki - do not post in the thread.
OFFER REQUEST MEET (i.e. will be there but can't guest) dd-MMM-yyyy / hh:mm / XXX / Terminal Lounge / FlyerTalkName
Please note the date format so as to avoid confusion
Please do not write OFFER/MEET; if you are able to guest someone in, it is implied you can also meet them without guesting them in.
A reminder - those offering guesting are quite happy to be guested to a superior lounge!
If you have the ability to make changes to the WIKI, please do so yourself rather than replying to the thread! If you are asking to be guested, please only add to the wiki - do not post in the thread.
OFFER REQUEST MEET (i.e. will be there but can't guest) dd-MMM-yyyy / hh:mm / XXX / Terminal Lounge / FlyerTalkName
Please note the date format so as to avoid confusion
Please do not write OFFER/MEET; if you are able to guest someone in, it is implied you can also meet them without guesting them in.
I'm in the MLL/AC Cafe/Signature Suite now......Lounge meet-up master thread
May 14, 2012, 4:42 am
#331
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: 1A
Programs: UA GS, NH Diamond, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist (formerly Courtesy Card sadly), Amanjunkie, CLEAR
Posts: 3,713
YVR today between 9:30am and 10:30am before heading to PVG. PM if anyone wants to grab a drink / chat. Will be in the lounge - first time on AC.
May 18, 2012, 3:29 pm
#333
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: YYZ
Programs: A3&O6 Gold,IC AMB & HH Diamond
Posts: 14,132
Yyz us
In the lounge now bored waiting for the 8.25pm to JFK. Unfortunately no availability to lga or ewr all oversold or full. Agent was nice but change fee of $75 if possible or if our flight was oversold he coul have done something no charge. Oh well bored, come say hello. Green Lacoste tshirt.
Last edited by djjaguar64; May 18, 2012 at 3:41 pm
May 18, 2012, 5:55 pm
#334
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: YYZ, SFO
Programs: AS 100K, UA*S, IHG Plat, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond | Formerly: AC Super Elite
Posts: 2,476
I'm in YYZ domestic
Turn left at the dragons' desk and turn left around the island. I'm sitting on one of those 2-chair-1-payphone things. Will be here to around 11pm for YUL
Turn left at the dragons' desk and turn left around the island. I'm sitting on one of those 2-chair-1-payphone things. Will be here to around 11pm for YUL
May 18, 2012, 7:36 pm
#335
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: YYZ
Programs: AE SE, SPG Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,867
Can you hide a glass with three of shots of vodka for me since the bar will be closed at 7am?
May 20, 2012, 10:16 pm
#337
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,147
Ugh, I can get lounge access reimbursed through Skyguide, but AC doesn't sell lounge passes at the door and I'm on an award ticket so I can't add the lounge access online. Way to go AC and miss out on 50 bucks or whatever it costs to access the MLL.
May 21, 2012, 11:34 am
#339
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: YQR
Programs: NEXUS; alas, no status anymore.
Posts: 1,181
AC won't let you buy lounge access <24 hours in advance (maybe 48; not sure) to prevent gaming the system.
May 21, 2012, 3:20 pm
#341
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,147
May 21, 2012, 8:46 pm
#342
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: YQR
Programs: NEXUS; alas, no status anymore.
Posts: 1,181
You could buy a pass when you were many hours early for your flight, or if your departing or connecting flight were seriously delayed. Customers are more likely to buy a pass when they have more time to use the lounge.
I'm a perfect case in point. I screwed up a flight home from YYZ a few months ago and I ended up stuck at the airport for 8 hours. I'd have used a seat in the lounge most of the day and eaten a lot of food and drunk a lot of beverages if I'd bought a pass, but I wasn't allowed. Had I bought a pass a couple of days earlier, before I made my mistake, I could have taken advantage of the time in the lounge. But because I only wanted a pass once I knew how long I was stuck at YYZ, it wasn't as profitable for Air Canada to send me one. (It probably wouldn't have been profitable at all.)
Air Canada doesn't want passengers buying them based on situations on their travel day. Air Canada will do better financially if you have to buy them ahead (or if you have them by virtue of your status). Annoying? Perhaps, but it helps Air Canada to manage its costs.
Some airports (YYZ is one) have third-party lounges you can pay to enter. If you have a situation where you can do that, and you want lounge access, you should pay there.
I'm a perfect case in point. I screwed up a flight home from YYZ a few months ago and I ended up stuck at the airport for 8 hours. I'd have used a seat in the lounge most of the day and eaten a lot of food and drunk a lot of beverages if I'd bought a pass, but I wasn't allowed. Had I bought a pass a couple of days earlier, before I made my mistake, I could have taken advantage of the time in the lounge. But because I only wanted a pass once I knew how long I was stuck at YYZ, it wasn't as profitable for Air Canada to send me one. (It probably wouldn't have been profitable at all.)
Air Canada doesn't want passengers buying them based on situations on their travel day. Air Canada will do better financially if you have to buy them ahead (or if you have them by virtue of your status). Annoying? Perhaps, but it helps Air Canada to manage its costs.
Some airports (YYZ is one) have third-party lounges you can pay to enter. If you have a situation where you can do that, and you want lounge access, you should pay there.
May 21, 2012, 8:50 pm
#343
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,147
You could buy a pass when you were many hours early for your flight, or if your departing or connecting flight were seriously delayed. Customers are more likely to buy a pass when they have more time to use the lounge.
I'm a perfect case in point. I screwed up a flight home from YYZ a few months ago and I ended up stuck at the airport for 8 hours. I'd have used a seat in the lounge most of the day and eaten a lot of food and drunk a lot of beverages if I'd bought a pass, but I wasn't allowed. Had I bought a pass a couple of days earlier, before I made my mistake, I could have taken advantage of the time in the lounge. But because I only wanted a pass once I knew how long I was stuck at YYZ, it wasn't as profitable for Air Canada to send me one. (It probably wouldn't have been profitable at all.)
Air Canada doesn't want passengers buying them based on situations on their travel day. Air Canada will do better financially if you have to buy them ahead (or if you have them by virtue of your status). Annoying? Perhaps, but it helps Air Canada to manage its costs.
Some airports (YYZ is one) have third-party lounges you can pay to enter. If you have a situation where you can do that, and you want lounge access, you should pay there.
I'm a perfect case in point. I screwed up a flight home from YYZ a few months ago and I ended up stuck at the airport for 8 hours. I'd have used a seat in the lounge most of the day and eaten a lot of food and drunk a lot of beverages if I'd bought a pass, but I wasn't allowed. Had I bought a pass a couple of days earlier, before I made my mistake, I could have taken advantage of the time in the lounge. But because I only wanted a pass once I knew how long I was stuck at YYZ, it wasn't as profitable for Air Canada to send me one. (It probably wouldn't have been profitable at all.)
Air Canada doesn't want passengers buying them based on situations on their travel day. Air Canada will do better financially if you have to buy them ahead (or if you have them by virtue of your status). Annoying? Perhaps, but it helps Air Canada to manage its costs.
Some airports (YYZ is one) have third-party lounges you can pay to enter. If you have a situation where you can do that, and you want lounge access, you should pay there.