Lounge Access Question
Aug 8, 2016, 8:10 am
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Lounge Access Question
I will travel CW as a Gold with my two sisters who will be in Y. Is it possible to go to Galleries with one of them, both of us leave, and then bring the other into the F lounge?
So I will only have one guest in a lounge at any one time?
So I will only have one guest in a lounge at any one time?
Aug 8, 2016, 8:16 am
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No, I'm afraid not, unless you have GGL status, and it is tracked too. You are only allowed one guest during your spell in LHR on a given boarding pass, not multiple guests spread over time.
Aug 8, 2016, 9:15 am
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Whilst the answer is no, you could always smile and sweetly ask the lounge clerk if they'd let you take 2 guests. 99% of the time at LHR the answer is no (outstations can be a little more lenient), but as an example at LHR the other week I was allowed to take both my mum (Silver) and dad (blue) in the flounge with the 'just this once and only because it's quiet this morning' warning 
Aug 8, 2016, 9:16 am
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It would be nice I feel if BA allowed you to buy an extra pass to a lounge, limited perhaps to once per year to limit numbers and priced to deter flippant use of it. Limited also perhaps to avoid busy periods.
Aug 8, 2016, 9:21 am
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Do we know how many people actually guest in visitors - I have only ever once (in NCL) and that was pure chance as an old mate was on the same flight as me.
In my (very) casual observations most people appear to be solo travellers.
And like the OP, the only time I ever really want to be able to guest someone in, its for more than one, such as my wife and daughter, which I can't.
In my (very) casual observations most people appear to be solo travellers.
And like the OP, the only time I ever really want to be able to guest someone in, its for more than one, such as my wife and daughter, which I can't.
Aug 8, 2016, 9:36 am
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This has made me think, and I wouldn't condone this (or go into detail) but there is a loophole to guest in two people if the second guest is the same sex and a similar age to the first one. I've never thought of it before but what are the safeguards against this?
Aug 8, 2016, 9:45 am
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Aug 8, 2016, 9:50 am
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I do enjoy the lounges, and as above am willing to be a bit cheeky and ask if they'd let me take 2 guests as a gold, but I don't think any lounge is worth what is essentially fraud in an environment where boarding passes and identity are quite important!
Aug 8, 2016, 10:58 am
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I've had no problems at all with different guests in different lounges in the past, certainly worth trying. I wouldn't explain what you've done unless asked! There's also no passport check at the desks if you want to just use the same boarding pass to avoid potential hassle.
Aug 8, 2016, 12:22 pm
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Whilst it's great that most posts here are giving the honest and technically correct answer to the OP's question, perhaps at this stage we should bear in mind that a previous guesting thread had to be closed down because of issues with the process.
Methods of illegally (in the sense of BA/oneworld rules) circumventing the guesting rules might be regarded by some as potentially incompatible with the ethos of the new meet-up thread @:-)
Let's not head too far in that direction if possible, please. I'm sure the OP would, however, appreciate practical suggestions as to how to resolve the original dilemma.
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Methods of illegally (in the sense of BA/oneworld rules) circumventing the guesting rules might be regarded by some as potentially incompatible with the ethos of the new meet-up thread @:-)
Let's not head too far in that direction if possible, please. I'm sure the OP would, however, appreciate practical suggestions as to how to resolve the original dilemma.
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Aug 8, 2016, 12:34 pm
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Presumably you can do this anywhere that has lounges operated by two oneworld carriers? For instance you could guest one into T3 GF and the other unit AA Flagship? I assume the lounge systems don't talk to each other...