absoluy

I've got an itinerary booked from DUB to LHR to AUH - the DUB-LHR segment is operated by BA in Club Europe and the LHR to AUH (for same day travel) is operated by EY in F.

I have a BA Gold card so can use the shared lounge in DUB - but ideally I'd prefer to use the (much nicer) Etihad lounge instead.

Does anyone know if my onward ticket from LHR to AUH in EY F would entitle me to lounge access at DUB?

Thanks

irish mark

I imagine if it's booked as a though ticket on etihad stock the answer would be yes (mind u I didn't think you could book EY first dub to auh via lhr)

absoluy

Well, DUB-LHR is only Club Europe (/business) so I guess it's not really EY first from DUB to AUH via LHR... but it was bookable as a single ticket.

I checked in with Etihad and they said I wouldn't have access in DUB, only in LHR. Which is a shame.

tangey

Was it booked with EY ? I didn't know that EY did Long haul connections out of DUB via LHR using BA for the connection. Does the DUB-LHR flight have an EY flight number ? Trying a sample booking DUB-AUH shows that any of the non-direct flights are offered via EI connections to various destinations.

edy4eva

Most likely the OP booked this through AA.

edy4eva

How is it shameful to restrict access to passengers actually flying EY from DUB? Besides that, what times are the flight any way? Doesn't EY only operate an early morning and evening flight out of DUB? Between the two the lounge would be closed.

irish mark

I think EY only uses EI for the Dub-LHR route. The EI connecting flights have an EY codeshare flight number if I recall

tangey

They do indeed have an EY number.

OP has confirmed however that he is in club Europe (hence BA), and that it was all on one ticket (which I assume means all one PNR).

Perhaps Edy4eva is correct in suggesting it's an AA booking.

Dogmatick

Flew through Dub recently and the lady there said that essentially I could as a platinum use the lounge if it was open, which was useful one morning to have a scrumptious breakfast with champagne before moving to the dump that my priority pass card allowed me into when the EY lounge closed

absoluy

I wasn't suggesting it is "shameful" of them to restrict access to passengers on EY from DUB... just that it was disappointing (although not unexpected) that I wouldn't have access. The flight I was on to LHR left just a few minutes after the EY DUB-AUH flight so the lounge would have been open.

I did end up using the EY lounge in LHR and I actually found it to be of a much better quality than the EY lounge in AUH. Food and drinks were much better, lounge staff were far more attentive and, despite being smaller, it didn't seem as busy as the AUH lounge which was absolutely packed from about 10pm through to my flight leaving at 2am. After having visited the Qatar business lounge in Doha a few months ago (and after seeing the standard of the EY lounge in LHR) it was quite the let down!