*G Lounge Access: CO miles, Virgin flights, LHR-NYC
Feb 23, 2012, 4:22 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: London
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*G Lounge Access: CO miles, Virgin flights, LHR-NYC
Hello,
I'm United PremEx (*Gold), using CO miles to fly LHR->NYC in economy on Virgin metal. The CO mileage booking process and their confirmation e-mail has me on CO code-share flight numbers, although the Virgin system has me being on "native" Virgin flight numbers, and I suspect this is how the boarding passes will look.
Question: will my *Gold card get me into the LHR Star Alliance lounge? Virgin Atlantic isn't a star alliance member, but I am (or at least was initially) booked on CO flight numbers.
Thanks!
Starjunkie.
I'm United PremEx (*Gold), using CO miles to fly LHR->NYC in economy on Virgin metal. The CO mileage booking process and their confirmation e-mail has me on CO code-share flight numbers, although the Virgin system has me being on "native" Virgin flight numbers, and I suspect this is how the boarding passes will look.
Question: will my *Gold card get me into the LHR Star Alliance lounge? Virgin Atlantic isn't a star alliance member, but I am (or at least was initially) booked on CO flight numbers.
Thanks!
Starjunkie.
Feb 23, 2012, 9:29 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Houston, TX USA
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Posts: 129
The LHR Star Alliance lounge is in Terminal 1, however the Virgin flight will depart from Terminal 3. Therefore they probably won't even let you through security in T1 - or even if they do, you face a trek back to T3.
Feb 23, 2012, 9:43 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 571
To use a *A lounge as a *G you have to be departing on a *A flight—metal, not code. Even if he could physically get to the *A LHR lounge, I don't think they'd let him in.
Feb 24, 2012, 12:58 am
#4
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: ORD / DUB / LHR
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Correct - no access to T1 without a boarding pass for T1, and no access to the *A lounge without a departing flight on *A that day. Incidentally there are several *A member lounges in T3 as well, but you won't be able to access those either.