Lounge access on freebie tickets?
Apr 17, 2005 | 10:53 pm
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Lounge access on freebie tickets?
My wife and I are travelling to Fiji and onwards to Sydney Australia next month on Air Pacific. The tickets are freebies (either N or O booking class). As far as I know, we can't earn miles on those flights but I wonder if we can still get lounge access as I have Executive Platinum with AAdvantage (top level on OneWorld afaik).
So - can people with status flying on free economy class tickets still gain access to the business class lounge where available?
So - can people with status flying on free economy class tickets still gain access to the business class lounge where available?
Apr 17, 2005 | 11:13 pm
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If you were travelling on a OneWorld airline you would have access to any OneWorld lounge available (including First Class) on the day of departure. But Air Pacific isn't a Oneworld airline, so the answer is no (unless you are travelling on a QF codeshare, in which case the answer is yes - QF First Class lounge). I'm not sure what you mean by a "freebie" (award ticket?) but regardless, how you get the ticket is irrelevant - if you are on a OW marketed flight then you have lounge access.
Apr 18, 2005 | 12:56 am
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Originally Posted by christep
But Air Pacific isn't a Oneworld airline, so the answer is no (unless you are travelling on a QF codeshare, in which case the answer is yes - QF First Class lounge).
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Apr 18, 2005 | 3:04 pm
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Originally Posted by christep
If you were travelling on a OneWorld airline you would have access to any OneWorld lounge available (including First Class) on the day of departure. But Air Pacific isn't a Oneworld airline, so the answer is no (unless you are travelling on a QF codeshare, in which case the answer is yes - QF First Class lounge). I'm not sure what you mean by a "freebie" (award ticket?) but regardless, how you get the ticket is irrelevant - if you are on a OW marketed flight then you have lounge access.
I knew there was some relationship between Air Pacific and OneWorld but I guess it's just some sort of partnership and hence we won't be getting into any lounges... we have quite a layover in Nadi in one direction so that would have really helped...
Apr 18, 2005 | 9:19 pm
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Originally Posted by ukmatt
My wife and I are travelling to Fiji and onwards to Sydney Australia next month on Air Pacific. The tickets are freebies (either N or O booking class). As far as I know, we can't earn miles on those flights....