GF - one guest exception?
Dec 22, 2014, 3:07 pm
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GF - one guest exception?
Travelling through T3 to BCN. Self (OWE), partner and elderly mother (wheelchair pax). Clearly there's no entitlement to a second guest (and of course we could go to Giraffe etc). However, do staff have the ability to make a one-time exception and allow a second guest if one pax has obvious mobility issues?
Dec 22, 2014, 3:10 pm
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Travelling through T3 to BCN. Self (OWE), partner and elderly mother (wheelchair pax). Clearly there's no entitlement to a second guest (and of course we could go to Giraffe etc). However, do staff have the ability to make a one-time exception and allow a second guest if one pax has obvious mobility issues?
Dec 22, 2014, 3:12 pm
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Travelling through T3 to BCN. Self (OWE), partner and elderly mother (wheelchair pax). Clearly there's no entitlement to a second guest (and of course we could go to Giraffe etc). However, do staff have the ability to make a one-time exception and allow a second guest if one pax has obvious mobility issues?
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Dec 22, 2014, 3:26 pm
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I'm not saying I think they "should" (which would imply a sense of entitlement. I'm saying it would be nice if it happened. FWIW I've never seen GF in T3 anything other than sparsely populated, though that in itself is not a reason to allow a second guest in.
Dec 22, 2014, 3:30 pm
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I guess the gap between "should" and "nice" can get a bit marginal. Galleries Club in T3 is also uncrowded on the whole, and you can pay to enter your whole group into that lounge. Two guests is a privilege reserved for BA's frequent flyers so it wouldn't surprise me if you were declined, they may turn a blind eye on a Saturday morning. Particularly if you initially attempted to enter GC first.
Dec 22, 2014, 3:32 pm
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Dec 22, 2014, 3:38 pm
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My pleasure, but I was being slightly disingenuous, you need to pay for a Club Europe onwards ticket OR arrive into LHR the same day from a Business Class/First longhaul oneworld ticket to do this (to keep it over simple).
Dec 22, 2014, 3:46 pm
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I guess the gap between "should" and "nice" can get a bit marginal. Galleries Club in T3 is also uncrowded on the whole, and you can pay to enter your whole group into that lounge. Two guests is a privilege reserved for BA's frequent flyers so it wouldn't surprise me if you were declined, they may turn a blind eye on a Saturday morning. Particularly if you initially attempted to enter GC first.
Dec 22, 2014, 3:51 pm
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Dec 22, 2014, 4:01 pm
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