Concorde Room Access with AA F
Jul 31, 2022, 8:23 am
#91
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See what happens between now and then, but if it goes the way my trip went two weeks ago, you will be met with heavy resistance, and that was a couple of weeks after the T3 move. I’d also check the OW lounge finder for the access rules and have that handy should it still indicate AA F has access. That said, the CCR staff could then say no dice on an inbound AA flight.
Jul 31, 2022, 8:47 am
#92
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Jul 31, 2022, 3:05 pm
#93
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Jul 31, 2022, 3:11 pm
#94
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Yes. They’re not really being helpful by being vague. That said, in BA F, you’ve always gotten in departing or arriving. So it makes sense that it would be the same for AA. HOWEVER…departing on AA won’t even get you into T5 at all. So by process of elimination, you can only access when arriving on AA.
Jul 31, 2022, 3:31 pm
#95
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Yes. They’re not really being helpful by being vague. That said, in BA F, you’ve always gotten in departing or arriving. So it makes sense that it would be the same for AA. HOWEVER…departing on AA won’t even get you into T5 at all. So by process of elimination, you can only access when arriving on AA.
Jul 31, 2022, 11:14 pm
#96
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Aug 13, 2022, 1:27 am
#97
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Data point today. Arrived in F on AA metal into T3, connected to T5 for an onward BA flight in Europe. At the Concord room desk my BP was scanned and got a big red X. Produced by F boarding pass and was told clearly 'absolutely no access for AA inbound F passengers'. Discussed pleasantly the public websites and Oneworld policy. The agent got three supervisors involved and came back with "Outbound F only" and "AA was only listed because they departed T5 previously. Since that has changed, AA passengers no longer have access to Concord room." The agent asked three different supervisors "and got to the bottom of it" with a polite, absolute NO.
Then they let me in to be nice.
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Then they let me in to be nice.
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Aug 13, 2022, 2:47 am
#98
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Data point today. Arrived in F on AA metal into T3, connected to T5 for an onward BA flight in Europe. At the Concord room desk my BP was scanned and got a big red X. Produced by F boarding pass and was told clearly 'absolutely no access for AA inbound F passengers'. Discussed pleasantly the public websites and Oneworld policy. The agent got three supervisors involved and came back with "Outbound F only" and "AA was only listed because they departed T5 previously. Since that has changed, AA passengers no longer have access to Concord room." The agent asked three different supervisors "and got to the bottom of it" with a polite, absolute NO.
Then they let me in to be nice.
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Then they let me in to be nice.
V
Was let into the CCR without pushback upon showing the inbound BP.
Sep 8, 2022, 5:10 pm
#99
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So if I’m arriving in AAF (Term 3) and connecting to BA Y (Term 5), what are my options (if any) if rejected at the CCR? Is it worth going back to the T3 AA arrivals lounge? (I have a 3-hour layover from 625 to 925 am.)
What’s also troubling to me is I have no OW status and the BA flight is Y, so the BA BP will get me nothing; I’m entirely reliant on the incoming AA F BP, so if that’s not good enough for CCR (on grounds that im an arriving AA F passenger, not a departing one), why would it be good enough for any other BA lounge?
Thanks for any tips.
What’s also troubling to me is I have no OW status and the BA flight is Y, so the BA BP will get me nothing; I’m entirely reliant on the incoming AA F BP, so if that’s not good enough for CCR (on grounds that im an arriving AA F passenger, not a departing one), why would it be good enough for any other BA lounge?
Thanks for any tips.
Sep 9, 2022, 1:18 am
#100
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So if I’m arriving in AAF (Term 3) and connecting to BA Y (Term 5), what are my options (if any) if rejected at the CCR? Is it worth going back to the T3 AA arrivals lounge? (I have a 3-hour layover from 625 to 925 am.)
What’s also troubling to me is I have no OW status and the BA flight is Y, so the BA BP will get me nothing; I’m entirely reliant on the incoming AA F BP, so if that’s not good enough for CCR (on grounds that im an arriving AA F passenger, not a departing one), why would it be good enough for any other BA lounge?
Thanks for any tips.
What’s also troubling to me is I have no OW status and the BA flight is Y, so the BA BP will get me nothing; I’m entirely reliant on the incoming AA F BP, so if that’s not good enough for CCR (on grounds that im an arriving AA F passenger, not a departing one), why would it be good enough for any other BA lounge?
Thanks for any tips.
Sep 9, 2022, 12:56 pm
#101
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Wondering the same as some of the above mentioned
Flying Lax-Lhr paid Biz and swu to FC then onward to Madrid on BA in Biz
would be nice to use the CCR during our 4 hour layover in T5
Flying Lax-Lhr paid Biz and swu to FC then onward to Madrid on BA in Biz
would be nice to use the CCR during our 4 hour layover in T5
Sep 9, 2022, 3:21 pm
#102
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If you're in AA FC inbound there should be no quibbles about getting into the Galleries First lounge next door regardless of your onward class of service. The CCR is a bit nicer but it's not worth losing your mind over if you get rejected, bar the potential embarrassment. The Galleries First is still a very decent lounge...
Sep 9, 2022, 5:49 pm
#103
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If you're in AA FC inbound there should be no quibbles about getting into the Galleries First lounge next door regardless of your onward class of service. The CCR is a bit nicer but it's not worth losing your mind over if you get rejected, bar the potential embarrassment. The Galleries First is still a very decent lounge...
Sep 10, 2022, 4:12 am
#104
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If you're in AA FC inbound there should be no quibbles about getting into the Galleries First lounge next door regardless of your onward class of service. The CCR is a bit nicer but it's not worth losing your mind over if you get rejected, bar the potential embarrassment. The Galleries First is still a very decent lounge...
Sep 17, 2022, 12:28 am
#105
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So to close the loop (at least on my inquiry), I was just now granted access to the CCR by showing my inbound DFW-LHR F BP. The agent also asked where my next destination was (EDI), then asked for that BP also (which made me a bit skeptical since it’s Y), then asked me when I arrived and I said “Just landed”. She then waved me in.