Gold Card First Wing Check In - Family of 4
Feb 8, 2019, 6:18 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 67
Gold Card First Wing Check In - Family of 4
I have just moved up from BA Silver to BA Gold. Having recently flown BA F to Asia i was impressed with the BA First check in area / fast track, dedicated security and direct lounge entry..
It however got me thinking.. if i was travelling with my family - Wife and 2 children - I assume i'd only be eligible to check in at the First class area (for all 4 of us) - and then have to come out and go via standard security? Obviously the entrance after the First security is straight into the lounge and i would only be eligible for 1 guest?
Who polices this policy as there is no real lounge staff in the "back" entrance to the first lounge?? I guess it's just the security person as they would be required to manually put 3 people in via fast track security - which then goes directly into the lounge?!?
Thanks
It however got me thinking.. if i was travelling with my family - Wife and 2 children - I assume i'd only be eligible to check in at the First class area (for all 4 of us) - and then have to come out and go via standard security? Obviously the entrance after the First security is straight into the lounge and i would only be eligible for 1 guest?
Who polices this policy as there is no real lounge staff in the "back" entrance to the first lounge?? I guess it's just the security person as they would be required to manually put 3 people in via fast track security - which then goes directly into the lounge?!?
Thanks
Feb 8, 2019, 6:23 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: AMS/LON
Programs: BAEC Silver, TK Gold, Eurostar CB, FB Explorer
Posts: 242
There are BA staff and then HAL staff at the entrance to the first wing.
Thus 2 boarding pass checks. One to look at lounge eligibility, one to approve onward entrance to the HAL security scanning process.
Thus 2 boarding pass checks. One to look at lounge eligibility, one to approve onward entrance to the HAL security scanning process.
Feb 8, 2019, 6:34 am
#5
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
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In the last few years BA have allowed some flexibility re extra guesting into LHR lounges at Easter, Summer and School holidays and I think I am right in saying that GGL's got up to 5 people into GF and plain Golds got the same into Galleries Club.
There's a thread somewhere which I'll try and dig out so if your travelling at these times keep an eye out for such 'offers' which may be beneficial to yourselves
There's a thread somewhere which I'll try and dig out so if your travelling at these times keep an eye out for such 'offers' which may be beneficial to yourselves
Feb 8, 2019, 6:35 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: BA, Hilton
Posts: 2,091
happyintheair has explained it correctly, there are 2 stages. First set of podiums manned by BA staff who check lounge eligibility for you and any guest(s), then the automated gates to enter the security channel, with a HAL employee manning the manual gate.