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Oct 22, 2018, 6:01 am

GodAtum

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Pay for lounge access

Only found out today this was a thing. Has this degraded the lounge experience by letting more people in?

Oct 22, 2018, 6:35 am

DYKWIA

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Originally Posted by GodAtum

Only found out today this was a thing. Has this degraded the lounge experience by letting more people in?

No, very few people will pay $100 / $200 for lounge access.

Oct 22, 2018, 11:54 am

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Originally Posted by GodAtum

Only found out today this was a thing. Has this degraded the lounge experience by letting more people in?

I think as some other people have noted before it was to deal with the requests to get "my spouse/assistant/my colleague/my mother-in-law" in - pay up or walk away. Before this they had no recourse other than turning people away or letting people in against policy.

Oct 22, 2018, 11:55 am

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Originally Posted by DYKWIA

No, very few people will pay $100 / $200 for lounge access.

id love the stats...

Oct 23, 2018, 12:11 am

ft101

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I asked the staff in the GLA lounge a while back and they said the numbers were quite high compared to expectations. It's a big lounge though so unlikely to make much of an impact.

Oct 23, 2018, 2:55 am

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I asked the staff in the GLA lounge a while back and they said the numbers were quite high compared to expectations. It's a big lounge though so unlikely to make much of an impact.

what do they charge in GBP?

Oct 23, 2018, 2:57 am

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what do they charge in GBP?

The equivalent of $100. The way Brexit is going probably around GBP200 now

Oct 23, 2018, 5:35 am

ft101

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The equivalent of $100.D

Plus VAT?

Oct 23, 2018, 5:39 am

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Plus VAT?

in locations where there is VAT, yes, at the local rate. Assuming whoever is billing is a registered VAT vendor

Oct 23, 2018, 5:41 am

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Originally Posted by skywardhunter

in locations where there is VAT, yes, at the local rate. Assuming whoever is billing is a registered VAT vendor

Wherever they charge in GBP there will be VAT.

Oct 23, 2018, 6:04 am

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Originally Posted by ft101

Wherever they charge in GBP there will be VAT.

If the vendor is a VAT vendor (almost certainly the case here). But yeah my statement was meant to indicate that more broadly worldwide it's 100USD + VAT as applicable. In DXB it's 105USD for example.

Oct 23, 2018, 6:49 am

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Originally Posted by skywardhunter

Anyone able to confirm that VAT (other than in DXB) is added? The website states that access is USD100 but does not say anything about VAT. Only for DXB it specifies that 5% VAT will be added.

Last edited by XXTSGR; Oct 23, 2018 at 7:42 am