Citi Prestige : Admirals Club access benefit
Apr 27, 2015, 11:21 am
#137
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 8,498
I've been to two different clubs at the same airport on the same day without issue, but only brought a guest into one of them (his flight was before mine so after his flight took off I went to the club closer to my gate).
Apr 27, 2015, 2:24 pm
#138
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 2,781
Thanks for the data point. I was wondering if I'd be dinged for a lounge entry fee for bringing in "too many guests" if we went lounge hopping, but re-reading the T&Cs, there is no mention of a fee for additional guests into the AC, just for PP.
Apr 27, 2015, 9:50 pm
#139
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: SAN
Programs: Stanby life since 2007
Posts: 81
Airspace Lounge
The AA Admirals club in San Diego was remolded,rebuilt and now re-branded as an Airspace Lounge. Since its no longer an Admirals branded club we don't get access with the Citi Prestige? Checked Priority Pass and the only other lounge in SAN is the United Club (which we don't get access). So no lounge access in SAN at all??? 
Thanks for any insight ^
Thanks for any insight ^
Apr 28, 2015, 5:46 am
#140
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Location: Miami, Mpls & London
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I have not been there, but my understanding is that the SAN lounge is jointly operated by both AA and Airspace. It is still listed as an Admirals Club an aa.com:
http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...s/san-club.jsp
You may find this thread helpful, even if you do not have an American Express Platinum card, because the Airspace representative explains a bit about the shared lounge concept:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ay-2014-a.html
http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...s/san-club.jsp
You may find this thread helpful, even if you do not have an American Express Platinum card, because the Airspace representative explains a bit about the shared lounge concept:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ay-2014-a.html
Last edited by mia; Apr 28, 2015 at 6:22 am
Apr 28, 2015, 10:02 am
#141
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 2,781
I have a trip to SAN planned for this fall, so I'm interested in the answer to that as well.
Edge case 2: do guests need to be flying AA to be guested in? T&Cs only mention that the primary cardholder needs to be, but don't define requirements for "traveling guests":
Edge case 2: do guests need to be flying AA to be guested in? T&Cs only mention that the primary cardholder needs to be, but don't define requirements for "traveling guests":
To access the Admirals Club lounge, the primary cardmember must present (i) his or her open and valid Citi Prestige World Elite MasterCard, (ii) his or her current government-issued I.D., (iii) a boarding pass or stand-by ticket, showing an American, American Eagle Airlines, Inc., or an American Connection carrier flight number, valid for travel on such flight and departing within 12 hours of the Admirals Club visit (or, in the case of a visit at an arrival airport, with respect to such a flight that arrived no more than 12 hours prior to the visit) and (iv) any additional required documentation. The primary cardmember may bring as guest(s) either immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18 years of age) or up to two traveling guests.
May 13, 2015, 4:52 pm
#143
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Last week at one of the MIA Admirals Clubs an agent was training another. The trainee accepted my Prestige Card and requested the boarding pass. The trainer "corrected" her explaining that no boarding pass is required because I had an "Executive" card, which includes a membership. This confirms what I have seen on some previous visits, the staff does not yet know the difference between Prestige and Executive, and they are applying the Executive rules which allow entrance even if not flying AA.
May 13, 2015, 7:44 pm
#144
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 429
Last week at one of the MIA Admirals Clubs an agent was training another. The trainee accepted my Prestige Card and requested the boarding pass. The trainer "corrected" her explaining that no boarding pass is required because I had an "Executive" card, which includes a membership. This confirms what I have seen on some previous visits, the staff does not yet know the difference between Prestige and Executive, and they are applying the Executive rules which allow entrance even if not flying AA.
May 15, 2015, 9:28 am
#147
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, Admirals Club, Global Entry
Posts: 1,141
You might want to do a slight bit of research into ordinary, garden-variety state-law fraud before pulling the trigger on that little trick. Just because you read about it on the internet somewhere -- even here -- doesn't mean that it's somehow automatically ok.
On the other hand, proving fraud in a one-off instance of this sort I imagine would be difficult. A pattern might be a different story.
And then there's always simply knowing right from wrong.
All this to save, what, $50?
On the other hand, proving fraud in a one-off instance of this sort I imagine would be difficult. A pattern might be a different story.
And then there's always simply knowing right from wrong.
All this to save, what, $50?
May 16, 2015, 8:03 pm
#148
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
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May 26, 2015, 2:48 pm
#149
Join Date: Nov 2013
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