BA lounge access guidelines
#31
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Traveling on 10 May BOS-LHR-ARN in WT. I am a OW Sapphire (AA Platinum). I understand that I have access to the Galleries Lounge at Boston & Heathrow for myself and husband due to my OW status. I do not have my current "physical" AAdvantage Card showing my Platinum status - though I do have the digital version on my phone. Will this be an issue at the clubs as I know from past experience BA has been a stickler for seeing the physical card.
ARN is non BA, but I would expect they are reasonably IT literate over there, plus the boarding pass is probably also going to help.
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No access. Your departing flight would have to be oneworld operated and marketed for you to get access to a oneworld lounge at SIN prior to your flight.
#37
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Looked and searched and couldn't find an answer. I am aa plat(sapphire) flying f on ba iad/lhr. Wife (also sapphire) and daughter ( 25 nears old no status) flying bus. on same flight. All 3 us connecting to ba club europe. I know the rule is one guest in CCR. Do they make exceptions for family member?
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Looked and searched and couldn't find an answer. I am aa plat(sapphire) flying f on ba iad/lhr. Wife (also sapphire) and daughter ( 25 nears old no status) flying bus. on same flight. All 3 us connecting to ba club europe. I know the rule is one guest in CCR. Do they make exceptions for family member?
I think your options would be go in with one of your wife or daughter with the other one using the GC lounge. Unfortunately it wouldn't even be possible to all go in the GF so the other option is all go in the GC.
#39
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Looked and searched and couldn't find an answer. I am aa plat(sapphire) flying f on ba iad/lhr. Wife (also sapphire) and daughter ( 25 nears old no status) flying bus. on same flight. All 3 us connecting to ba club europe. I know the rule is one guest in CCR. Do they make exceptions for family member?
#41
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Thanks to Prospero for putting this guide together. I know that as an AA EXP, I am only allowed one guest into the Galleries First lounge at T5. I will be with my wife and 2 kids (7 years old), and I am worried at whether or not I will be able to bring in my kids into the lounge. Do the lounge agents draw a hard line at children (they are very, very well behaved) or in practice do they give some accommodation and let them in? We will all be traveling in J so just wondering, any practical insight is much appreciated.
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Thanks to Prospero for putting this guide together. I know that as an AA EXP, I am only allowed one guest into the Galleries First lounge at T5. I will be with my wife and 2 kids (7 years old), and I am worried at whether or not I will be able to bring in my kids into the lounge. Do the lounge agents draw a hard line at children (they are very, very well behaved) or in practice do they give some accommodation and let them in? We will all be traveling in J so just wondering, any practical insight is much appreciated.
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Yes, that is correct, wife and 2 kids. It maybe much to ask but will give it a try if they're willing to let the kids enter.
#44
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My daughter and her boyfriend were booked in Y on SJC-LHR-GLA using Amex 2-4-1 award. Shortly after booking (9-10 months ago) J opened up on the SJC-LHR sector and she changed her booking to J. The LHR-GLA sector was unchanged (obviously) as class X.
Later, of course, BA announced the advent of CE to domestics. With both being class X their sector LHR-GLA remained un-upgraded. Daughter phoned BAEC querying why she was not now in CE on LHR-GLA but was told that there was no availability on CE. Seems to me that they really should be in CE, following the LH J.
MMB shows that they have lounge access at SJC, but not at LHR. I understand under the Oneworld rules, that they should have lounge access at LHR due to same day LH in J. Can anyone confirm that, if they present their J boarding cards along with their LHR-GLA boarding cards in the LHR lounge, they will get access? Is it worth another call to BAEC to try to get them in CE?
Later, of course, BA announced the advent of CE to domestics. With both being class X their sector LHR-GLA remained un-upgraded. Daughter phoned BAEC querying why she was not now in CE on LHR-GLA but was told that there was no availability on CE. Seems to me that they really should be in CE, following the LH J.
MMB shows that they have lounge access at SJC, but not at LHR. I understand under the Oneworld rules, that they should have lounge access at LHR due to same day LH in J. Can anyone confirm that, if they present their J boarding cards along with their LHR-GLA boarding cards in the LHR lounge, they will get access? Is it worth another call to BAEC to try to get them in CE?
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My daughter and her boyfriend were booked in Y on SJC-LHR-GLA using Amex 2-4-1 award. Shortly after booking (9-10 months ago) J opened up on the SJC-LHR sector and she changed her booking to J. The LHR-GLA sector was unchanged (obviously) as class X.
Later, of course, BA announced the advent of CE to domestics. With both being class X their sector LHR-GLA remained un-upgraded. Daughter phoned BAEC querying why she was not now in CE on LHR-GLA but was told that there was no availability on CE. Seems to me that they really should be in CE, following the LH J.
MMB shows that they have lounge access at SJC, but not at LHR. I understand under the Oneworld rules, that they should have lounge access at LHR due to same day LH in J. Can anyone confirm that, if they present their J boarding cards along with their LHR-GLA boarding cards in the LHR lounge, they will get access? Is it worth another call to BAEC to try to get them in CE?
Later, of course, BA announced the advent of CE to domestics. With both being class X their sector LHR-GLA remained un-upgraded. Daughter phoned BAEC querying why she was not now in CE on LHR-GLA but was told that there was no availability on CE. Seems to me that they really should be in CE, following the LH J.
MMB shows that they have lounge access at SJC, but not at LHR. I understand under the Oneworld rules, that they should have lounge access at LHR due to same day LH in J. Can anyone confirm that, if they present their J boarding cards along with their LHR-GLA boarding cards in the LHR lounge, they will get access? Is it worth another call to BAEC to try to get them in CE?
In terms of lounges this is correct, same day connection inbound long haul in J connecting to short haul or domestic in Y would get lounge access to any of the GC lounges in T5 - they will need to keep hold of their inbound bp as they will need to show it.