Can I have access to hotel lounge without a stay?
Oct 27, 2018, 6:34 pm
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Oct 27, 2018, 6:40 pm
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And what makes you think your Gold status even allows you lounge access benefits even if you are staying at the hotel?
Oct 27, 2018, 6:48 pm
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No lounge access for Gold members, even if staying. You could potentially be granted access as a guest of someone with legitimate access, I suppose, but otherwise you'd be a stowaway. Imagine if as a guest every night you had to contend with all of the locals holding status for seating, food, and beverage?
Oct 27, 2018, 6:49 pm
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Short answer: no, not even if you were Plat. Exec lounge access is for guests. Prior to 8/18/18 Golds (if they were staying at the hotel) had access to the exec lounge. Post 8/18/18 Golds only have access if they book a club level room or get upgraded to one.
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Oct 27, 2018, 7:03 pm
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Oct 27, 2018, 8:36 pm
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If someone pays a day rate for a room with lounge access, or pays a day rate and is entitled to lounge access due to elite status, wouldn't this be an example of lounge access without a stay? [However, I don't believe that this is the scenario envisioned by the OP, who seems to want to be able to drop by and use a hotel lounge without being a hotel guest.]
Oct 27, 2018, 8:53 pm
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Oct 27, 2018, 9:14 pm
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Nope - not allowed from what i know.
I think you are splitting hairs here and that wasn't the OPs question. I agree with what you say though.
If someone pays a day rate for a room with lounge access, or pays a day rate and is entitled to lounge access due to elite status, wouldn't this be an example of lounge access without a stay? [However, I don't believe that this is the scenario envisioned by the OP, who seems to want to be able to drop by and use a hotel lounge without being a hotel guest.]
Oct 27, 2018, 9:18 pm
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Why would someone want to access a lounge if they weren't staying at the hotel ... free coffee and a diet pepsi?
I live in an urban area and there are a couple of Marriotts within a 5 minute walk of my office. Maybe I stop by for breakfast when I'm not traveling so I can feel at home
I live in an urban area and there are a couple of Marriotts within a 5 minute walk of my office. Maybe I stop by for breakfast when I'm not traveling so I can feel at home
Oct 27, 2018, 10:36 pm
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Not a crazy question. The Sheraton Frankfurt Airport in the past few years did have a policy of allowing Plats to use the lounge, without a room, during layovers. That is no longer the case.