*A Lounge access in practice for CP
Jul 17, 2000, 3:15 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Ottawa, Canada.
Programs: AC*SE 2MM, Marriott*Plutonium Lifetime, other stuff
Posts: 484
*A Lounge access in practice for CP
Just off on another trip around Europe and since it is my first since CP left oneworld I was wondering what experiences people have had so far with accessing *A lounges? I'm CP Gold, and I know what the rules are - I am looking for actual experiences and problems, and how far the news that CP-members should be granted access has propagated around the alliance.
I don't want to fight to get in at every airport I visit.
I don't want to fight to get in at every airport I visit.
Jul 17, 2000, 3:34 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Oakville, Ont, Canada
Posts: 407
As I have had no status on CP, I can not answer that part of your question. My Aeroplan Elite card is all I need. However, on my last trip there in late June, I visited a BD lounge in LHR and LH lounges in HAJ and MUC. All had signs saying words to the effect of "We are pleased to welcome Canadian Plus as a new parter of BD/LH".
The LH lounge in BRU did not have such a sign, and I did not enquire.
Good Luck, and Bon Voyage.
The LH lounge in BRU did not have such a sign, and I did not enquire.
Good Luck, and Bon Voyage.
Jul 17, 2000, 4:32 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Programs: AC SE, SPG P
Posts: 759
You should carry your Gold card. At YYC, there is a CP desk within the MLL lounge - no card needed here. In YVR and YYZ, I had to present my card, even though the Gold Status was imprinted as a watermark on my ticket and also on the passenger receipt.
Jul 18, 2000, 7:13 am
#4
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Programs: BA GGL, FPC Plat, HH Diamond, IHG Amb
Posts: 3,372
AC always insists on the card.
The reason (as I just found out this weekend) is that some travel agents have hit upon a scheme where they can make a PNR look like the passenger is an Élite. (It involves using a genuine Élite number and then overwriting fields before closing the PNR).
This would serve to print an AC*E on the boarding pass, without the passenger being entitled.
The reason (as I just found out this weekend) is that some travel agents have hit upon a scheme where they can make a PNR look like the passenger is an Élite. (It involves using a genuine Élite number and then overwriting fields before closing the PNR).
This would serve to print an AC*E on the boarding pass, without the passenger being entitled.
Jul 19, 2000, 11:14 am
#5
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX DM, JGC Sapphire, FWC Gold
Posts: 329
When accessing * lounges outside Canada, be prepared that it may take a while for them to check through their manuals. When I tried to get access to the UA lounge in HK last month with a TG boarding pass, though I was travelling in business and holding a CP Gold card, they still needed to take 5 mins to verify it.