were your guest your parents or siblings? Hoping that is more allowable rather than just a 3rd "friend".

Question: Are you trying to access the club as a member or based on your oneworld status (which is the topic of this thread)?

Based on my experience across many clubs across the system, more often than not, I've seen Admirals Club members get stopped when trying to bring 3 adults guests with them. The AC language is written so that someone can't bring in 4 adult children or a whole family of parents, in-laws, adult siblings, adult children, etc.

And I've seen even more stringent application of the rules be applied when it's admittance based on status-based entry - strict 1 guest per qualified passenger.

+1 If I were to guess, I'd say rules tend to be more lenient at non-hubs and are dependent on how busy the club is expected to be that time of day.

This is the wrong thread (lounge access based on oneworld status) for this question, which is about Admirals Club member guest access, if I read this correctly. We will likely move this post chain with a moderator's note. /Moderator

Admirals Club Terms and Conditions (link) are quite clear; they state:

"Membership includes access by either immediate family members (spouse or domestic partner and children under eighteen (18) years of age) or up to two (2) guests. Access by immediate family members or guests applies only when such individuals accompany the Member."

You will not generally be able to admit four adult people total, regardless of relationships. I'm guessing they'll suggest a $50 one day pass for the fourth person, though if another member of your party can benefit from these while they're available*, a $99 thirty day membership may be more economical in some instances.

*30 day memberships will no longer be sold as of 25 July 2016.

Lounge Access for BA flight
 

I am AA Plat (OW Sapphire) and have not taken an international flight in probably 4 yrs. We are taking a BA flight from JFK to Paris in the fall but using AA to connect to JFK.

Last time, AA lounges stated that we were NOT allowed to use any lounges within the Mainland even though we were connecting to an international flight. Is this correct?

However, at JFK, we should be able to access the BA Lounge - is that correct?

Thanks for any comments.

from my experience, you can access any OW lounge when connecting to another OW
airline on the day of your departure, granted it will be the business lounge
never had an issue with either AA or BA lounges. (as a previous ow sapphire)

You should indeed be granted access in "XYZ" en route to JFK on AA if connecting to transatlantic BA - OpenSkies as one worldSapphire. And you'll be granted access to the BA Business lounge at JFK as well, as long as your flight departs from the terminal used by BA.

Link to oneworld lounge access rules. In part:

"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).Which "AA lounges" barred you previously?

About 4 yrs ago, we flew AA from Washington Reagan (DCA) to JFK to connect to an AA flight to Japan and were told that we were not allowed to use the AA lounge at DCA because of a recent change in the rules. As I recall, we were told that we could not use any AA lounges in the continental USA - only lounges overseas. The Lounge dragon did grant an exception. Perhaps, AA has revised those rules once again - we will see!

Glad you got your "exception", since the OW rules have not changed concerning lounge access when doing same day flights with an Int'l segment for at least 13 years (since I 1st became AA PLT). They were simply wrong..

No change in the rules. Some employees just seem to make new "rules" out of whole cloth when they're caught making incorrect decisions - then they can "grant you an exception" so they can cover themselves and appear magnanimous to the passenger. :p

Say I am Emerald through AA and BA. Will I have access to FC lounges on soley domestic AA flights via my BA status?
The part that trips me up is the exclusion of AAdvantage members. Maybe just my reading comprehension is off?
If I do have access, does it matter to which program I am crediting my domestic travel?
I've read the thread and didn't see these facts addressed.
Thanks.

As a BA Gold (OW Emerald) you can access any Admirals Club or Flagship Lounge when flying AA on soley domestic itineraries. It doesn't matter whether you're crediting the flights to AA or BA. If crediting to AA I would for sure have your BA Gold card to show, since this won't be on your boarding pass.

Oneworld sapphire with AirBerlin. Traveling from LAX-CUN with family. Since my status is with oneworld I believe I will have access to Admirals and oneworld lounges. Just wondering what possibility is for my wife and two minor kids to come in as well. When I read the oneworld loung info seems like my wife can be a guest, but how are the kids generally treated?

You're permitted one guest or immediate family, so your wife and children should be allowed in.

As a OW Sapphire with AirBerlin, you and one guest can use the Admirals Club (and any other OW Business Class lounges) anytime you travel on a OW-marketed, OW-operated itinerary anywhere in the world. HOWEVER, the guest policy is ONE guest. The guest must also be traveling on a OW-marketed, OW-operated flight.

Here is the link to AA's policy about lounge access for OW elites:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...nge-access.jsp

It says: "**Children over the age of two count as a guest"

The "immediate family" exception is not for OW lounge access, but instead is for paid AC members, military, and a couple of others. The front desk staff MIGHT be very nice and allow you to enter with your children over age 2, but it would be an exception rather than the rule.

Hi

I am travelling from JFK Terminal 8 in Y on AA and I'm OW Sapphire (BA Silver). Do I have access to the new Lounge? Are the new lounges now open?

Thanks