BCN lounge access for *G flying Rouge?
Oct 9, 2019, 4:59 pm
#1
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BCN lounge access for *G flying Rouge?
I've read conflicting reports, some say yes some say no.
There is no *G lounge in BCN, just contract lounges. Does anyone have *G experience of trying to get access when flying AC?
There is no *G lounge in BCN, just contract lounges. Does anyone have *G experience of trying to get access when flying AC?
Oct 9, 2019, 5:12 pm
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No. There is only a contract lounge and it is not open to Premium Rouge or *G flying rouge, despite being available to every other *A airline in those scenarios (probably because mainline doesn't fly to BCN so there's no value to them). You can however get in with a priority pass membership, so that's been my loophole the last couple of times.
Oct 9, 2019, 6:14 pm
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BCN is just one example of many European airports (of major cities) that have zero *G lounges despite some *A presence with premium cabins.
Oct 10, 2019, 6:02 am
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I fly out of NCE often and it's the same story, contract lounge only, but I still get access even when travelling Y (though I've never flown Rouge out of NCE so I guess in that scenario I would not have access).
Oct 10, 2019, 8:03 am
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I have Priority Pass so used that one time while in BCN. But a colleague showed his AC *G card when flying out of there on Rouge and was granted entry... I was surprised... YMMV
Oct 10, 2019, 8:08 am
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Shouldn't we be examining European equivalents of Rouge? Do *Golds have lounge access when flying Eurowing, for example? How about Brussels Airlines? Or that Tyrolean affiliate?
Oct 11, 2019, 12:29 am
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I can confirm both Brussels and Austrian give *G Y passengers lounge access to contract lounges in airports they serve - and of course all Star Alliance travellers collect miles as normal.