AAdmiral's Club access with CPlus gold card
Mar 29, 2000, 12:45 pm
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AAdmiral's Club access with CPlus gold card
Not as simple a question as it seems. I will be travelling in the U.S. on US. I'm curious as to whether I can get into the AAdmirals' Club with a CPlus gold card when flying neither CP, AA nor any oneworld airlines.
Main incentive for the great southern route (SEA-BOS-LGW) is 33,000 miles, of which 28k+ are for US status.
Main incentive for the great southern route (SEA-BOS-LGW) is 33,000 miles, of which 28k+ are for US status.
Mar 29, 2000, 6:25 pm
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I would say that luck will decide if you can enter or not in the lounge. I remember entering several times at the ORD AA lounge just showing my Gold card and not showing my ticket.
Sometimes an agent want to have a look at your boarding pass and there you would be in trouble...
It's probably worth trying it but the rules are clear you should fly AA or a One World partner to enter the lounge. Good luck...
Sometimes an agent want to have a look at your boarding pass and there you would be in trouble...
It's probably worth trying it but the rules are clear you should fly AA or a One World partner to enter the lounge. Good luck...
Mar 29, 2000, 9:26 pm
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I fly through BOS quite a bit and, more times than not, they ask to see your boarding card.
Mar 31, 2000, 2:15 pm
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I thought the rules were quite clear: you had lounge access on the day of flight when flying a oneworld partner airline that day. When CP leaves oneworld, this will end, except for their special reciprocal agreement which will still permit access to Admirals Clubs when flying CP or AA (and AC?). It is true that some US clubs don't require you to be flying that carrier to use the lounge, but since you are not an Admiral Club member, I doubt they would have to honour their agreement with CP if you were not on either carrier.