Parents in Business, kids in EP - lounge access?
Mar 18, 2023, 3:17 pm
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Mar 18, 2023, 4:31 pm
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Good point!
Enroll them in BAEC and create a household account. Those five tickets should earn you approx. 65,000 Avios in total - I`d not let that go to waste!
Enroll them in BAEC and create a household account. Those five tickets should earn you approx. 65,000 Avios in total - I`d not let that go to waste!
Mar 18, 2023, 8:35 pm
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We’re traveling next week like this:
DEN -> LHR -> FAO
5 passengers
- 2 adults Club World
- 3 children (13, 9, 9) World Traveller Plus
When we arrive at LHR (Terminal 5), we have a 4 hour layover before the next flight, out of Terminal 3. I was hoping all 5 of us could grab a shower and freshen up in a lounge.
I have no status on BA, but have Amex Business Platinum and Priority Pass. Would any of the business lounges allow our 3 kids to accompany us in the lounge? Would you stay in terminal 5 or go straight to T3 for the lounges there?
Thanks!
DEN -> LHR -> FAO
5 passengers
- 2 adults Club World
- 3 children (13, 9, 9) World Traveller Plus
When we arrive at LHR (Terminal 5), we have a 4 hour layover before the next flight, out of Terminal 3. I was hoping all 5 of us could grab a shower and freshen up in a lounge.
I have no status on BA, but have Amex Business Platinum and Priority Pass. Would any of the business lounges allow our 3 kids to accompany us in the lounge? Would you stay in terminal 5 or go straight to T3 for the lounges there?
Thanks!
On a completely different point, you might want to check information about the terminals. Heathrow-Faro flights were planned to move to T3 when they resume next weekend, but they are now going to operate from T5. I have several flights switched terminal over the next few months and did not get notified of the terminal changes. None of that will get lounge access of course for your children.
Mar 18, 2023, 10:22 pm
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Mar 18, 2023, 11:38 pm
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Definitely worth, imo, comparing earnings to redemption costs and seeing what would be better before committing on one scheme
Mar 19, 2023, 9:00 am
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Two pages worth of comments and nobody has suggested they pick their least favorite child, give them 20 quid, and tell them to go entertain their self while the others go off and enjoy the lounge? The snark in this thread is at the amateur level. You all are giving the OP relevant, helpful, truthful information. Is this what has become of FT? I'm disappointed in the people in this thread. 
Mar 19, 2023, 9:21 am
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Two pages worth of comments and nobody has suggested they pick their least favorite child, give them 20 quid, and tell them to go entertain their self while the others go off and enjoy the lounge? The snark in this thread is at the amateur level. You all are giving the OP relevant, helpful, truthful information. Is this what has become of FT? I'm disappointed in the people in this thread.
frankly i dont know why they dont just leave one of the kids at home.
would resolve a lot of issues.
Mar 19, 2023, 9:24 am
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Mar 19, 2023, 9:25 am
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On a completely different point, you might want to check information about the terminals. Heathrow-Faro flights were planned to move to T3 when they resume next weekend, but they are now going to operate from T5. I have several flights switched terminal over the next few months and did not get notified of the terminal changes. None of that will get lounge access of course for your children.
Mar 19, 2023, 9:51 am
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