Chicago flights [and Chicago lounges]
Aug 31, 2018, 9:56 am
#46
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
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The plane has to arrive at T5. To depart from T3 (like IB), it would have to be towed, which takes time. Does the plane stays long enough, and then some, to even perform that procedure? If not, then moving to T3 is simply not impossible.
Aug 31, 2018, 11:51 am
#47
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Asia
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Aug 31, 2018, 12:05 pm
#48
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Asia
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Posts: 377
If AY cannot handle ORD, it could welcome AA back and codeshare with it the ORD-HEL leg.
Last edited by Justinus; Aug 31, 2018 at 12:12 pm
Aug 31, 2018, 12:19 pm
#49
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 517
2) CX flight leaves before BA flights so the lounges do not get that congested
3) Even if 1) and 2) would not apply and BA would be willing to offer their lounge for AY, AF/KL or whatever might be cheaper.
Last edited by esledo; Sep 2, 2018 at 12:46 pm
Sep 1, 2018, 11:18 am
#50
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: HEL
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Sep 1, 2018, 12:37 pm
#51
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Here and there
Programs: AY Platinum (Lifetime Gold), HH Diamond, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 152
Just be careful if you leave T3 lounge late as the airside bus from gate K20 can be very full and you need to wait quite some time... Learned this hard way and I literally had to run to other end of T3 (gate L2x has also airside bus to T5) to catch AY to HEL...
Sep 5, 2018, 2:53 pm
#52
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: HEL
Programs: AY GOLD, HH GOLD
Posts: 411
Make sure to emphasize that you are indeed Oneworld Sapphires/Emeralds and don't just show them AY J boarding pass. Also refer to Oneworld.com which clearly states that the lounge should be accessible:
Access for eligible customers traveling on any oneworld member airline.
Access to First Lounge is restricted to Emerald members or those travelling in First Class
Access: Business Class / First Class / Sapphire Tier / Emerald Tier
Location: Terminal 5 / Near Gates M11 & M12 / After Security
Opening Hours: Daily: 24 Hours
Note: Open Daily: 14:00 - Last Depature
British Airways Club / First Lounge
Emerald and Sapphire Access for eligible customers traveling on any oneworld member airline.
Access to First Lounge is restricted to Emerald members or those travelling in First Class
Access: Business Class / First Class / Sapphire Tier / Emerald Tier
Location: Terminal 5 / Near Gates M11 & M12 / After Security
Opening Hours: Daily: 24 Hours
Note: Open Daily: 14:00 - Last Depature
Sep 6, 2018, 4:04 am
#53
Ambassador: Finnair Plus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: HEL
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In my case none of this impressed the lounge dragon. In the end I decided the lounge was not worth the trouble.
Oct 19, 2018, 8:57 am
#54
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Asia
Programs: AY Gold (OWS), SK Gold (*A Gold), airBaltic VIP, Hilton Gold, PP
Posts: 377
Same here. I wonder why AY seems to appreciate its top customers so little that it doesn't negociate with BA about this problem. It must be well known for the local station manager.
Oct 20, 2018, 11:48 pm
#55
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,685
Someone should complain to one world about BA lounges in the US, all of which are permanently "full" when non-BA passengers try to enter
Oct 23, 2018, 1:24 pm
#56
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: United 1K, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 590
Honestly T5 at ORD is extremely real estate constrained. BA probably won't negotiate because they don't have the capacity, especially given the Summer A380.
Aug 31, 2019, 11:23 am
#57
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NSW
Programs: QF P1 + LTG VA Plat, AA nothing, HH Diamond, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 769
I was refused entry to the BA lounge ORD T5 yesterday. OWE flying AY J to HEL. Aware it’s not the published AY lounge at ORD but under OW rules I should have been given access. Capacity was not the issue (BA was boarding), the lounge manager was summoned and said I should talk to AY as it was their decision that their passengers didn’t get access. I don’t think that’s true somehow.....
Aug 31, 2019, 12:21 pm
#58
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: AY+, SK EB
Posts: 2,962
I was refused entry to the BA lounge ORD T5 yesterday. OWE flying AY J to HEL. Aware it’s not the published AY lounge at ORD but under OW rules I should have been given access. Capacity was not the issue (BA was boarding), the lounge manager was summoned and said I should talk to AY as it was their decision that their passengers didn’t get access. I don’t think that’s true somehow.....
A quick search gave me the following thread: BA do not honor AY status
EDIT: And there is also from the ORD flights thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26693255-post10.html
Last edited by Jainzar; Aug 31, 2019 at 12:27 pm
Aug 31, 2019, 12:32 pm
#59
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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I was refused entry to the BA lounge ORD T5 yesterday. OWE flying AY J to HEL. Aware it’s not the published AY lounge at ORD but under OW rules I should have been given access. Capacity was not the issue (BA was boarding), the lounge manager was summoned and said I should talk to AY as it was their decision that their passengers didn’t get access. I don’t think that’s true somehow.....
Aug 31, 2019, 1:12 pm
#60
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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I was refused entry to the BA lounge ORD T5 yesterday. OWE flying AY J to HEL. Aware it’s not the published AY lounge at ORD but under OW rules I should have been given access. Capacity was not the issue (BA was boarding), the lounge manager was summoned and said I should talk to AY as it was their decision that their passengers didn’t get access. I don’t think that’s true somehow.....