Query - Lounge access using BA status
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Query - Lounge access using BA status
Hi there,
just had a quick one - I am looking for a flight from LHR to DOH - deciding between QR or BA and by chance I stumbled across this extract:
link --> https://www.qatarairways.com/en-gb/P.../oneworld.html
my question is is that statement true for all members or just QR as i cannot find anything on google about it?
sorry if in wrong thread but i wasn't sure where to put it
just had a quick one - I am looking for a flight from LHR to DOH - deciding between QR or BA and by chance I stumbled across this extract:
Note: According to oneworld policy change effective 1 June 2019, Qatar Airways Privilege Club Platinum and Gold members travelling in Economy cabin of other oneworld carriers can access lounge offered by the operating carrier only.
my question is is that statement true for all members or just QR as i cannot find anything on google about it?
sorry if in wrong thread but i wasn't sure where to put it
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Was curious as ive only mainly accessed BA lounges overseas or third party lounges with BA status (like Plaza premiums in YYZ) but never tried accessing another airlines lounge when not flying on them
Was curious as ive only mainly accessed BA lounges overseas or third party lounges with BA status (like Plaza premiums in YYZ) but never tried accessing another airlines lounge when not flying on them
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In which case if fllying LHR-DOH on Qatar you use the Skyteam lounge in T4 unless you are in Business or First, in which case you can use the Qatar lounge. If you are flying BA then the usual T5 lounge arrangements apply, depending on your card colour. By all means clarify what you are trying to find out here but if flying Qatar on a BA Silver card or higher, usually a lounge of some description will be available to you.
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Well spotted. This does seem a restriction for QR members and not for BA members so it wouldn't affect you. I have had a quick look at the QR board and it doesn't seem to have been noted so far? Certainly something they would want to discuss on there.
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In which case if fllying LHR-DOH on Qatar you use the Skyteam lounge in T4 unless you are in Business or First, in which case you can use the Qatar lounge. If you are flying BA then the usual T5 lounge arrangements apply, depending on your card colour. By all means clarify what you are trying to find out here but if flying Qatar on a BA Silver card or higher, usually a lounge of some description will be available to you.
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I'm surprised this hasn't come up on the QR board either. I'm going to tag the QR mod team to see if perhaps they can shed some light here on whether this is merely a QR restriction quoting some (apparently obscure) oneworld policy, or if it's possibly going to become more widespread.
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QR operate a differing lounge policy to that of other OneWorld members, whereby Premium Cabin (Business & First Class) are treated above status cardholders - contra to BA (for example).
This means a Platinum cardholder in Y, receives little by way of thanks - opposed to a once a year flier on a Sale Fare in J.
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I always refer to the lounge guide on the oneworld website
https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges
It notes specific exclusions for Qatar Airways Privelege Club, American Airlines AAdvantage and SriLankan Flysmiles members and lists specific exclusions at the particular airport but in general OW Sapphire status gives you access to any OW biz lounge regardless of cabin flown provided you are flying on a OW airline.
In the past I have been denied access to a BA lounge but given access to the OW operating carrier lounge but only because the BA lounge was time specific and closed before my flight departed.
Note if you are travelling on Qatar from T4 you will also have access to the Malaysia Airlines Golden lounge.
https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges
It notes specific exclusions for Qatar Airways Privelege Club, American Airlines AAdvantage and SriLankan Flysmiles members and lists specific exclusions at the particular airport but in general OW Sapphire status gives you access to any OW biz lounge regardless of cabin flown provided you are flying on a OW airline.
In the past I have been denied access to a BA lounge but given access to the OW operating carrier lounge but only because the BA lounge was time specific and closed before my flight departed.
Note if you are travelling on Qatar from T4 you will also have access to the Malaysia Airlines Golden lounge.
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I always refer to the lounge guide on the oneworld website
https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges
It notes specific exclusions for Qatar Airways Privelege Club, American Airlines AAdvantage and SriLankan Flysmiles members and lists specific exclusions at the particular airport but in general OW Sapphire status gives you access to any OW biz lounge regardless of cabin flown provided you are flying on a OW airline.
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https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges
It notes specific exclusions for Qatar Airways Privelege Club, American Airlines AAdvantage and SriLankan Flysmiles members and lists specific exclusions at the particular airport but in general OW Sapphire status gives you access to any OW biz lounge regardless of cabin flown provided you are flying on a OW airline.
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The oneworld website is usually reliable. I wonder how often it gets updated.
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Same rules at their lounge in London and Paris. There are other, not-so-good lounges in DOH for status passengers travelling oneworld.
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With so much focus on T5 and T3, its often easy to forget that for around 20 years, T4 was of course home to BA at LHR. Today it can sometimes seem an unheralded terminal, but one major benefit is that - amongst the vast array of lounges (over 40 in all, AFAIK ?) spread across the entire airport, two of the very best just happen to be in T4 : Qatar, and (the F class section of) the Malaysian lounge.