Clinic Thread - Lounge access rules
Dec 1, 2011, 10:44 am
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Dec 4, 2011, 8:27 am
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Hi,
As a BA silver member you will get access to the AA admiral's club in T8 + 1guest.
As you are arriving in BA F and a same day connection on AA to LAS you may get AA flagship lounge access (i'm not 100% sure on this though)
Enjoy!^
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As a BA silver member you will get access to the AA admiral's club in T8 + 1guest.
As you are arriving in BA F and a same day connection on AA to LAS you may get AA flagship lounge access (i'm not 100% sure on this though)
Enjoy!^
Regards
TBS
Dec 4, 2011, 9:08 am
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Dec 4, 2011, 10:30 am
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Can anyone provide a link to BA's lounge access rules? I've found the OW rules but the BA Lounge Database suggests that there may be some differences between the two.
These links were too vague.
Palmer
These links were too vague.
Palmer
Dec 4, 2011, 10:36 am
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I don't think there's a public BA website which exhaustively specifies all the BA lounge access rules. If you have a specific question, however, we should be able to answer it.
Dec 4, 2011, 11:09 am
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I'm flying F into JFK from LHR arriving around lunchtime. Intend to spend the afternoon shopping. Returning back to London later the same day in CW. I wondered whether I'd get access to the CCR at JFK having a same day F ticket.
I can't find the answer through BA. OW isn't helpful and, I would say, it's not relevant as the flights are purely with BA and the site makes no mention of the CCR, only first class lounges (and, as thoses F travellers arriving at T3 LHR on a BA flight but travelling under a QANTAS codeshare, with a connecting flight out of T5, will know, there is a difference!)
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Dec 4, 2011, 11:49 am
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I doubt the written lounge rules contemplated someone making a day return on longhaul since the demise of Concorde!
I would say you do get CCR access in JFK in that scenario, but expect a fair amount of head-scratching from the lounge dragons.
I would say you do get CCR access in JFK in that scenario, but expect a fair amount of head-scratching from the lounge dragons.
Dec 20, 2011, 6:48 pm
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I think I know the answer, as the OW site provides a clue, but I wanted to check the wording with the BA T&Cs to see if there was anything in my favour - and to try to nail it one way or the other.
I'm flying F into JFK from LHR arriving around lunchtime. Intend to spend the afternoon shopping. Returning back to London later the same day in CW. I wondered whether I'd get access to the CCR at JFK having a same day F ticket.
I can't find the answer through BA. OW isn't helpful and, I would say, it's not relevant as the flights are purely with BA and the site makes no mention of the CCR, only first class lounges (and, as thoses F travellers arriving at T3 LHR on a BA flight but travelling under a QANTAS codeshare, with a connecting flight out of T5, will know, there is a difference!)
Palmer
I'm flying F into JFK from LHR arriving around lunchtime. Intend to spend the afternoon shopping. Returning back to London later the same day in CW. I wondered whether I'd get access to the CCR at JFK having a same day F ticket.
I can't find the answer through BA. OW isn't helpful and, I would say, it's not relevant as the flights are purely with BA and the site makes no mention of the CCR, only first class lounges (and, as thoses F travellers arriving at T3 LHR on a BA flight but travelling under a QANTAS codeshare, with a connecting flight out of T5, will know, there is a difference!)
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Dec 22, 2011, 8:45 am
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Jan 5, 2012, 12:28 pm
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A new wrinkle (to me, anyway) regarding lounge access with a Qantas Club card (for which you pay an annual fee for lounge access)---it no longer provides access to the Galleries lounges at LHR T5, only at T3.
Jan 5, 2012, 12:59 pm
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Depending on whom you believe, it might be because BA was concerned about overcrowding, QF refused to pay BA's costs, or because they're not Terraces.
Jan 5, 2012, 9:15 pm
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Is QF T3-only at LHR? If so then it makes sense; BA's lounges are premium cabin/status lounges, not membership lounges (as are QF/AA lounges). If there's no QF lounge at T3 then it makes sense for them to make an arrangement with another carrier (the way they have with AA at LAX, and likely the reason the Flagship Lounge there stays in existence). However if flying ex-T5, where there's no QF metal, then there's no reason for QF to pay for you to access a partner's non-membership lounge.
Jan 6, 2012, 2:00 am
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