Lounge chancers
Jan 20, 2019, 12:35 pm
#76
Fontaine d'honneur du Flyertalk
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Morbihan, France
Programs: Reine des Muccis de Pucci; Foreign Elitist (according to others)
Posts: 19,179
Zero Chance. There is an rule that says “No Riff-Raff”. If I was in a Lounge that let the likes of you had been let in, I’d demand compensation.
Jan 20, 2019, 12:38 pm
#77
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: half way between AMS and BRU
Programs: BA gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 265
Just one point of defence to some chances. The BA manage my booking page is so often wrong about which lounge groups have access to that trying to guest more people in than allowed can be an easy mistake. I have a CW booking for five people to JNB in April. I am gold but other than that there is one silver and the rest are blue or bronze. BA, however displays to everyone that we can use Galaries First for the flight. I know that I can only guest in one person but if it was anyone else on that booking (we may well arrive separately) they would see that they have access as per MMB even though they don't. Maybe fixing these longstanding issues in MMB would at least reduce the number of people that genuinely think they have access because of the information BA provide.
Jan 20, 2019, 1:39 pm
#78
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,399
I can’t help wonder whether these types have actually used the GF before.
It’s certainly a pleasant enough waiting room .... but seven attempts to get in ..... ?!? Perhaps the guy was confusing it with one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Jan 20, 2019, 7:15 pm
#80
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: US Air, UA BA LH AI DELTA MARRIOTT CHOICE SGP
Posts: 9,883
I just don’t get it. Yes, it’s a nice perk when travelling in J or F however no lounge is such an amazing experience that I’d want to cause uproar at the entrance trying to blag or demand my way in. In every airport I’ve been in it’s always easy enough to find a nice bar in a quite corner. Order a couple of drinks and some snacks and for £20 you’ve got the same experience.
Jan 20, 2019, 9:27 pm
#81
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Jan 20, 2019, 9:30 pm
#82
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
I don’t think that is totally fair.
Yes, the food available makes me wonder why they even bother, but the two (very)
redeeming factors are the unparalleled vista of the airfield and a plentiful supply of (working) power points.
Yes, the food available makes me wonder why they even bother, but the two (very)
redeeming factors are the unparalleled vista of the airfield and a plentiful supply of (working) power points.
Jan 20, 2019, 9:39 pm
#83
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1
Is Lying Worth to get into Lounges a Regular Thing?
I fly Las Vegas to Southern India twice a year which is a Grueling 3 Flight Trip!. Most of the time I fly Business being the trip is 27 hours total travel time so I have access to these lounges. Sometimes 1 leg of the trip I do not fly Business but I will go to the Lounge of the Airline I am flying and show my Boarding Pass with a $20.00 USD Bill! This usually gets me in NO PROBLEM! I have a few drinks and I will TIP the Bartender $20.00 USD from first Drink cause NOBODY TIPS THE BARTENDER! IT IS EXPECTED SERVICE! THIS SOLUTION HAS NEVER CAUSED ME ANY PROBLEM from hanging out in the Lounges for HOURS!!! Learn How the World Works People! Take Care of the People Taking Care of You and The World Will Turn!!! Life Lesson Number 1!!!!
Last edited by jcgrief; Jan 20, 2019 at 9:53 pm Reason: Edit
Jan 20, 2019, 10:12 pm
#84
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 540
I fly Las Vegas to Southern India twice a year which is a Grueling 3 Flight Trip!. Most of the time I fly Business being the trip is 27 hours total travel time so I have access to these lounges. Sometimes 1 leg of the trip I do not fly Business but I will go to the Lounge of the Airline I am flying and show my Boarding Pass with a $20.00 USD Bill! This usually gets me in NO PROBLEM! I have a few drinks and I will TIP the Bartender $20.00 USD from first Drink cause NOBODY TIPS THE BARTENDER! IT IS EXPECTED SERVICE! THIS SOLUTION HAS NEVER CAUSED ME ANY PROBLEM from hanging out in the Lounges for HOURS!!! Learn How the World Works People! Take Care of the People Taking Care of You and The World Will Turn!!! Life Lesson Number 1!!!!
Well this should liven up Monday morning, like a red rag to a bull....
Jan 20, 2019, 11:12 pm
#85
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: BAEC silver
Posts: 464
Jan 20, 2019, 11:59 pm
#86
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,927
Jan 21, 2019, 12:03 am
#87
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 629
Jan 21, 2019, 12:12 am
#88
Join Date: May 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 5,380
I fly Las Vegas to Southern India twice a year which is a Grueling 3 Flight Trip!. Most of the time I fly Business being the trip is 27 hours total travel time so I have access to these lounges. Sometimes 1 leg of the trip I do not fly Business but I will go to the Lounge of the Airline I am flying and show my Boarding Pass with a $20.00 USD Bill! This usually gets me in NO PROBLEM! I have a few drinks and I will TIP the Bartender $20.00 USD from first Drink cause NOBODY TIPS THE BARTENDER! IT IS EXPECTED SERVICE! THIS SOLUTION HAS NEVER CAUSED ME ANY PROBLEM from hanging out in the Lounges for HOURS!!! Learn How the World Works People! Take Care of the People Taking Care of You and The World Will Turn!!! Life Lesson Number 1!!!!
Jan 21, 2019, 2:21 am
#89
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Munich, Algarve, Sussex or S.F Bay Area
Programs: Mucci, BA Gold, A3*Gold, AA Plat, HH Gold, IHG Plat Amb, Marriott Plat
Posts: 4,163
Not sure I agree with this comment. One could get 250TP for about £1,100 and the fare was very good for the product but at over £4 per TP hardly TP-run territory. The current HNL or MIA fares which are not errors would be much better suited to TP runners.
Last edited by Tafflyer; Jan 21, 2019 at 3:02 am
