Can you purchase a day pass to access to British Airway airport lounges
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#18
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Just to confuse things, we are travelling LHR-JFK in CW and my brother-in-law has booked late to join us, but in economy. This is the only way I can think to get him access with us to the lounge, but would him checking in for two flights at roughly the same time flag up?
#19
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I spent some hours in T5 without lounge access recently. Its fine. Plane Food has better grub. Fishy things and bubbles available in several places. You can walk around using the walkways to past the time interestingly.
Not a problem. Although I have just gained Silver so will be wacking back the bacon rolls and champagne for the next couple of years.
Not a problem. Although I have just gained Silver so will be wacking back the bacon rolls and champagne for the next couple of years.
#20
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Thinking about this, could you book a one way redemption to say MAN for 7750 miles and 25, and gain access?
Just to confuse things, we are travelling LHR-JFK in CW and my brother-in-law has booked late to join us, but in economy. This is the only way I can think to get him access with us to the lounge, but would him checking in for two flights at roughly the same time flag up?
Just to confuse things, we are travelling LHR-JFK in CW and my brother-in-law has booked late to join us, but in economy. This is the only way I can think to get him access with us to the lounge, but would him checking in for two flights at roughly the same time flag up?
If you go through security using the CE pass, the actual economy flight will cancel before you get to the gate as you havent cleared security on time.
And if you use the economy pass, you problem will come as you try to get into the lounge. Your CE pass will flag as not having cleared security and so wont be valid for the lounge.
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Thinking about this, could you book a one way redemption to say MAN for 7750 miles and 25, and gain access?
Just to confuse things, we are travelling LHR-JFK in CW and my brother-in-law has booked late to join us, but in economy. This is the only way I can think to get him access with us to the lounge, but would him checking in for two flights at roughly the same time flag up?
Just to confuse things, we are travelling LHR-JFK in CW and my brother-in-law has booked late to join us, but in economy. This is the only way I can think to get him access with us to the lounge, but would him checking in for two flights at roughly the same time flag up?
#22
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How could you have a "ready to fly" status on the CE bp isn't being flown on? When you try and use it at the lounge the lack of this flag will raise questions surely? Your brother-in-law would have had to use the economy bp for passport check and to enter security so that would be the one marked correctly.
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How could you have a "ready to fly" status on the CE bp isn't being flown on? When you try and use it at the lounge the lack of this flag will raise questions surely? Your brother-in-law would have had to use the economy bp for passport check and to enter security so that would be the one marked correctly.
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All too easy to become obsessed (I include myself) with lounges ; and at an airport such as LHR, it's not exactly a hardship to kill time in & around the many facilities of the main terminal.
Reading through some of the wacky suggestions for gaining access to the BA lounge, one could be forgiven for imagining it's the eighth wonder of the world.
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It's a faff but enter T5 using your first BP, take the train to C, come back through immigration to departures or flight connections using BP2 and voila you are airside with conformance met on two flights. I'm not saying this is sensible or rational but it can be done lawfully and without breaking rules.
#26
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Agree entirely. Just wanted to note that it was possible. People on FT do far crazier things
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But so far I've only seen few people willing to spend nearly 8k in Avios + 25 to get access to a BA lounge. I'd probably wouldn't want to spend 25 to see the inside of a BA lounge (those that you can enter with a CE/CW BP). Spending 8k on top of that is madness.
You could have a pretty decent afternoon outside the lounge with the cash equivalent.
You could have a pretty decent afternoon outside the lounge with the cash equivalent.
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But so far I've only seen few people willing to spend nearly 8k in Avios + 25 to get access to a BA lounge. I'd probably wouldn't want to spend 25 to see the inside of a BA lounge (those that you can enter with a CE/CW BP). Spending 8k on top of that is madness.
You could have a pretty decent afternoon outside the lounge with the cash equivalent.
You could have a pretty decent afternoon outside the lounge with the cash equivalent.
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Perfect FT fodder then .