Entry with toddler into Galleries Lounge?
Oct 27, 2017, 9:30 am
#1
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Entry with toddler into Galleries Lounge?
Flying to Singapore from LHR next Friday with wife and toddler (2 years old). I have silver, they don't.
Is there the remotest chance of persuading the lounge staff to let all three of us in?
If not I'm concerned that even though of an independent nature, he'll get bored wandering around the terminal on his own, and may talk himself onto an ill-judged flight to adventure.
Is there the remotest chance of persuading the lounge staff to let all three of us in?
If not I'm concerned that even though of an independent nature, he'll get bored wandering around the terminal on his own, and may talk himself onto an ill-judged flight to adventure.
Oct 27, 2017, 9:32 am
#2
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Formally, no.
Informally, I'd say the odds are pretty good but I wouldn't push my luck, either.
Anyway, the solution is for your toddler to get GGL if he's that independent minded and then he can guest you both into Galleries F.
Informally, I'd say the odds are pretty good but I wouldn't push my luck, either.
Anyway, the solution is for your toddler to get GGL if he's that independent minded and then he can guest you both into Galleries F.
Oct 27, 2017, 9:59 am
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Can I recommend you take him for a wander through the tunnels. It is a great place to let them have a bit of freedom that you cannot give them in the lounge or main terminal area due to the number of other passengers. Yes, you do still need to keep an eye on them but there are very few other passengers down there. Just read the guide before going there so you know how to get back! It’s very simple and a great place to go.
Oct 27, 2017, 10:33 am
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Can I recommend you take him for a wander through the tunnels. It is a great place to let them have a bit of freedom that you cannot give them in the lounge or main terminal area due to the number of other passengers. Yes, you do still need to keep an eye on them but there are very few other passengers down there. Just read the guide before going there so you know how to get back! Its very simple and a great place to go.
Actually I didn't know about the tunnels until today when someone mentioned them on the "how long to spend in the lounge" thread, and that's definitely something I want to have a look at.
The solution if there's dragonly intransigence is probably that I'll go to the lounge with him so he can watch the aircraft, and my wife will go and relax solo in a caf - we have 12 hours of toddler on a plane to follow. But because the taxi is building in a big safety factor because of Friday M25 traffic, chances are we'll be there for a while so the ideal would be to set up shop in the lounge. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Oct 27, 2017, 11:14 am
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The softplay by A7 has kept my little ones amused more than the lounge does. They also prefer eating at Giraffe. So even though I can take the whole family in the lounge we often don't.
Oct 27, 2017, 11:20 am
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Whilst the answer should be 'no' per the lounge rules, practical and from experience, I do not foresee a problem. Master Hoch went into lounges (when not flying in the appropriate class) until he was about 2 1/2. As I recall, I often said he was over two but no one minded.
Besides, we usually walked around in the airport because he would get bored.
H
Besides, we usually walked around in the airport because he would get bored.
H
Oct 27, 2017, 12:29 pm
#8
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I thought this was a question about guesting by the toddler.
So, get the toddler to silver status, then you can use the toddler to guest the wife in, and giggle a lot.
So, get the toddler to silver status, then you can use the toddler to guest the wife in, and giggle a lot.
Oct 27, 2017, 12:29 pm
#9
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There is no obligation for them to all be allowed in. The OP can choose to guest either their OH or child into the lounge but not both as the child is over two. They may, at their discretion, allow everybody in. I suspect that if they attempted to leave the child outside that they will be taking a trip to the local police station rather than somewhere more exotic.
Oct 27, 2017, 12:32 pm
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Actually I didn't know about the tunnels until today when someone mentioned them on the "how long to spend in the lounge" thread, and that's definitely something I want to have a look at.
The solution if there's dragonly intransigence is probably that I'll go to the lounge with him so he can watch the aircraft, and my wife will go and relax solo in a caf - we have 12 hours of toddler on a plane to follow. But because the taxi is building in a big safety factor because of Friday M25 traffic, chances are we'll be there for a while so the ideal would be to set up shop in the lounge. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
The solution if there's dragonly intransigence is probably that I'll go to the lounge with him so he can watch the aircraft, and my wife will go and relax solo in a caf - we have 12 hours of toddler on a plane to follow. But because the taxi is building in a big safety factor because of Friday M25 traffic, chances are we'll be there for a while so the ideal would be to set up shop in the lounge. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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Oct 27, 2017, 12:33 pm
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Oct 27, 2017, 12:55 pm
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He's got 235 TP already for this year just in existing bookings, so silver is well within his grasp if he can be bothered to stop reading his Thomas the tank engine books and get on a flight to Honolulu.
Kids today. Really.
Kids today. Really.
Oct 27, 2017, 12:58 pm
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