There has to be a better model for lounge guesting [with family]
Mar 31, 2019, 4:28 pm
#61
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Thinking about this more I wonder how a change whereby there was no "+1" guesting rule but in each qualifying year BAEC members were given a number of "guesting vouchers".
This way everyone [guesting] would seem to benefit equally from it. Travellers +2 guests wouldn't overfill the lounge because it would be offset to some extent by travellers who usually guest +1 who would not being able to use the lounges so much.
Some of the earlier posts seemed to suggest people visiting lounges to avoid children. It sounds more like wanting to visit lounges to avoid loud or badly behaved children. I'd rather they were kept out too!
This way everyone [guesting] would seem to benefit equally from it. Travellers +2 guests wouldn't overfill the lounge because it would be offset to some extent by travellers who usually guest +1 who would not being able to use the lounges so much.
Some of the earlier posts seemed to suggest people visiting lounges to avoid children. It sounds more like wanting to visit lounges to avoid loud or badly behaved children. I'd rather they were kept out too!
Mar 31, 2019, 4:37 pm
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Or (and I know its a novel thought for some) those desperate to feed and water their little darlings could just spend Ł20 at Giraffe instead of asking for exceptions preferential to themselves?
I'm constantly amazed at the amount of supposedly successful people swanning around the world in business and first all the time who apparently lack the wherewithal to rub two 10p pieces together.
"Please Sir, can I have some more??"
"Can I have a bowl of gruel to feed my little Tarquin dressed in rags?"
The amount of times I end up in a lounge and just have a bottle of water, because I've eaten a meal I actually want to eat in the terminal is considerable, I guess some people genuinely love lounge food, but I'd rather pay for a meal I'd enjoy then just nosh down some free grub.
I'm constantly amazed at the amount of supposedly successful people swanning around the world in business and first all the time who apparently lack the wherewithal to rub two 10p pieces together.
"Please Sir, can I have some more??"
"Can I have a bowl of gruel to feed my little Tarquin dressed in rags?"
The amount of times I end up in a lounge and just have a bottle of water, because I've eaten a meal I actually want to eat in the terminal is considerable, I guess some people genuinely love lounge food, but I'd rather pay for a meal I'd enjoy then just nosh down some free grub.
Apr 1, 2019, 1:30 am
#63
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You don't tend to get roaming mobile phone shouters, bag-on-seat hoggers, feet on table, or DYKWIA loudmouths at Plane Food.
I have to say a lot of lounge users set a terrible example for children to see.
Apr 1, 2019, 2:40 am
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The kids playroom in the T5 Flounge is pretty horrid: no windows, the Air Con never works so it's permanently hot and stuffy.
The T3 flounge kids' room is much nicer.
And to the OP: this is one of the reasons I maintain GGL status and book more flights to oneworld than I otherwise would.
The T3 flounge kids' room is much nicer.
And to the OP: this is one of the reasons I maintain GGL status and book more flights to oneworld than I otherwise would.