May 20, 2015, 3:45 pm
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oneworld and American Airlines Lounge Access Based on oneworld Status
Relax in more premium lounges around the world
If your oneworld® frequent flyer tier status is Emerald or Sapphire, or you are traveling in a First or Business Class cabin on any oneworld member airline, you can access more than 600 airport lounges throughout the world.
This means you can relax or catch up with work in comfort and style before departure, regardless of which oneworld member airline you choose to fly with.
To be eligible, you must be departing on a flight that is both marketed and operated by a oneworld member airline.
oneworld lounge access for frequent flyers by tier status
Enjoy exclusive access to premium airport lounges around the world with oneworld Emerald or Sapphire frequent flyer tier status. Members of oneworld airline frequent flyer programmes with the equivalent of oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status can use lounges offered by oneworld airlines when departing on any flight marketed and operated by any oneworld member airline, regardless of cabin class being flown (exceptions are noted below).
The following exceptions apply:
If your oneworld® frequent flyer tier status is Emerald or Sapphire, or you are traveling in a First or Business Class cabin on any oneworld member airline, you can access more than 600 airport lounges throughout the world.
This means you can relax or catch up with work in comfort and style before departure, regardless of which oneworld member airline you choose to fly with.
To be eligible, you must be departing on a flight that is both marketed and operated by a oneworld member airline.
- Some lounges may get busy at peak times, and access to them may be restricted as a result.
- Lounges operated by third parties are identified in the lounge finder tool (above). Access to these lounges is restricted to eligible customers when travelling on specific oneworld airlines as shown in the lounge finder tool.
- Arrivals lounges are excluded.
- Spa and Pre-Flight Dining facilities are excluded.
- British Airways Concorde lounges are excluded.
- Other exceptions may apply (see below).
oneworld lounge access for frequent flyers by tier status
Enjoy exclusive access to premium airport lounges around the world with oneworld Emerald or Sapphire frequent flyer tier status. Members of oneworld airline frequent flyer programmes with the equivalent of oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status can use lounges offered by oneworld airlines when departing on any flight marketed and operated by any oneworld member airline, regardless of cabin class being flown (exceptions are noted below).
- Emerald tier frequent flyers can use First Class, Business Class or frequent flyer lounges.
- Sapphire tier frequent flyers are welcome in Business Class* or frequent flyer lounges. (*does not include Qantas Domestic Business Lounges)
- Emerald and Sapphire members may invite one guest to join them in the lounge. The guest must also be travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld carrier.
- You must be prepared to show your boarding pass and frequent flyer membership card, with oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status, to access a lounge.
The following exceptions apply:
- First and Business Class customers who do not hold Emerald or Sapphire tier status are not eligible to access American Airlines or US Airways lounges when travelling on solely domestic flights within the U.S. or between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico [except Mexico City], the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean; customers travelling in First or Business class on U.S. transcontinental flights between JFK-LAX, JFK-SFO and MIA-LAX (and vice-versa) are eligible for lounge access.
- Guests are not permitted at Qatar Airways Al Safwa and Al Mourjan lounges at Hamad International Airport in Doha or Qatar Airways Premium Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 4.
oneworld and AA Lounge Access Based on oneworld Status
Oct 20, 2015, 6:21 am
#61
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Hi. I have OneWorld Emerald (through AirBerlin gold), and I'm an AAdvantage member but do not have status with American. I will be flying SEA-ORD on American, in economy, this Friday. Are there any lounges in Sea-Tac that I will be able to access through my OW status? Thanks!
Oct 20, 2015, 8:48 am
#62
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Hi. I have OneWorld Emerald (through AirBerlin gold), and I'm an AAdvantage member but do not have status with American. I will be flying SEA-ORD on American, in economy, this Friday. Are there any lounges in Sea-Tac that I will be able to access through my OW status? Thanks!
But just to add a little more detail... The BA lounge opens at 3pm and closes after the last BA flight leaves. It's all the way over at the S gates, in the same lounge complex/hallway as a Delta lounge and maybe another a lounge. (Sorry, it's been a while since I've been there.)In theory this is an official BA lounge, so oneworld lounge rules apply (i.e., as a non-AA oneworld elite, you should have access to oneworld lounges when departing on a oneworld marketed/operated flight).
May 4, 2016, 9:13 am
#64
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May 4, 2016, 9:21 am
#65
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Access based on OW status:
OW status via AA or not?
If AA, qualifying flight or not?
If qualifying flight: DING, welcome!
If not: go away
Else: DING DING DING, welcome!
Access based on ticket departing LAX:
F class on OW carrier other than AA: ding ding ding, welcome!
F class on AA:
If three cabin, ding ding ding, welcome!
Now that I think of it, AA only sells 3 cabin F fares on JFK and MIA transcons from LAX or international.
Access based on ticket from elsewhere on the itinerary:
Check for Intl F and qualifying time windows, if so, DING DING DING, welcome!
The best thing about a kiosk is that it's consistent. That and to provide a human who knows how to properly read the rules to be there in case the kiosk's programmers screwed up.
The #1 annoyance I hate the most when traveling is dealing with inconsistencies amongst staff members.
May 4, 2016, 10:28 am
#66
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May 4, 2016, 11:05 am
#67
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Posts: 432
Yes, thanks, I was planning to guest them in as an aa platinum/ow sapphire. It says the guest has to be flying a oneworld operated flight. Does it have to be international or would an AA domestic flight work?
May 4, 2016, 1:32 pm
#68
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May 8, 2016, 10:39 pm
#69
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Ok, so I tried this at the LAX Oneworld business lounge a couple days ago... tried to guest in a friend who happened to be flying out at a similar time but on a different AA flight. I am an AA platinum/ow sapphire flying international J. The lounge dragon insisted that my friend had to be flying on the same flight as me to have lounge access. I told her that this is stated nowhere in the description of lounge benefits for oneworld sapphire members. She claimed she had worked there for a long time and that is how it always has been. After some argument she just let us in as an "exception." Who is right here?
May 8, 2016, 10:58 pm
#70
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Ok, so I tried this at the LAX Oneworld business lounge a couple days ago... tried to guest in a friend who happened to be flying out at a similar time but on a different AA flight. I am an AA platinum/ow sapphire flying international J. The lounge dragon insisted that my friend had to be flying on the same flight as me to have lounge access. I told her that this is stated nowhere in the description of lounge benefits for oneworld sapphire members. She claimed she had worked there for a long time and that is how it always has been. After some argument she just let us in as an "exception." Who is right here?
Emerald and Sapphire members may invite one guest to join them in the lounge. The guest must also be travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld carrier.
May 8, 2016, 11:22 pm
#71
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or this can be done easily on the phone app.
but wait, this is AA? heard their IT guys haven't learnt what's app yet.
May 8, 2016, 11:25 pm
#72
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Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Yes, but the issue is, what does this mean? I interpret "must be traveling on a oneworld operated flight" to mean ANY oneworld operated flight. The lounge attendant seemed to interpret it to mean "must be traveling on the same flight." I see nothing in the verbiage to suggest that it has to be the same flight.
May 9, 2016, 8:45 am
#73
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Yes, but the issue is, what does this mean? I interpret "must be traveling on a oneworld operated flight" to mean ANY oneworld operated flight. The lounge attendant seemed to interpret it to mean "must be traveling on the same flight." I see nothing in the verbiage to suggest that it has to be the same flight.
Jun 29, 2016, 1:47 pm
#74
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Admirals Club "Immediate Family" access experiences - Please Post
The official Admiral's club terms say that an Admiral's club member can only bring in:
" Up to two guests or immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18 years of age) may accompany the member"
However, I am wondering if my wife and I are traveling with my two parents - will they allow my parents in?
Parents are "immediate family" according to the widely accepted wikipedia definition:
"The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person's family are affected by those rules. It normally includes a person's parents, spouses, siblings, children."
However, the Admirals terms do not mention parents or siblings, so I am worried about if I will be able to bring in 3 people.
If anybody has any recent 2016 experiences they can share, it would be much appreciated. ^
" Up to two guests or immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18 years of age) may accompany the member"
However, I am wondering if my wife and I are traveling with my two parents - will they allow my parents in?
Parents are "immediate family" according to the widely accepted wikipedia definition:
"The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person's family are affected by those rules. It normally includes a person's parents, spouses, siblings, children."
However, the Admirals terms do not mention parents or siblings, so I am worried about if I will be able to bring in 3 people.
If anybody has any recent 2016 experiences they can share, it would be much appreciated. ^
Jun 29, 2016, 2:14 pm
#75
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The official Admiral's club terms say that an Admiral's club member can only bring in:
" Up to two guests or immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18 years of age) may accompany the member"
However, I am wondering if my wife and I are traveling with my two parents - will they allow my parents in?
Parents are "immediate family" according to the widely accepted wikipedia definition:
"The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person's family are affected by those rules. It normally includes a person's parents, spouses, siblings, children."
However, the Admirals terms do not mention parents or siblings, so I am worried about if I will be able to bring in 3 people.
If anybody has any recent 2016 experiences they can share, it would be much appreciated. ^
" Up to two guests or immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18 years of age) may accompany the member"
However, I am wondering if my wife and I are traveling with my two parents - will they allow my parents in?
Parents are "immediate family" according to the widely accepted wikipedia definition:
"The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person's family are affected by those rules. It normally includes a person's parents, spouses, siblings, children."
However, the Admirals terms do not mention parents or siblings, so I am worried about if I will be able to bring in 3 people.
If anybody has any recent 2016 experiences they can share, it would be much appreciated. ^
However, in practice, this always depends on which club, how busy is it, if the AAgent is in a good mood, etc. etc. I certainly have accessed various ACs several times over the years with 3 guests. So I would certainly try, but don't be upset if they say no.