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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 6:44 am
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BAA Lounge in CDG

I am a AA Platinum member and will be flying BAA from CDG->LHR. I was wondering, will this give me access to their lounge?
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 6:47 am
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BAA? I don't think they have any planes, or any lounges in Paris.

BA? Yes, you should get access to the lounge under OneWorld rules.

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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 6:59 am
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no, you won't have access to lounge. BA lounge in CDG is third-party and status won't get you in. if you are flying J, then yes.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 6:59 am
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Sorry, I'm a flying newbie and haven't gotten all the acronyms down yet. When I say BAA, I mean British Airways. Thanks for the info. When I flew out of LHR, the rep told me we could goto the lounge and that was great news to me Made up for the $50 taxi ride we had to take because the tube wasn't open yet.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 7:01 am
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no, you won't have access to lounge. BA lounge in CDG is third-party and status won't get you in. if you are flying J, then yes.
Sorry for being a newbie, but what is "J" Is that the fare status level, like full fare?
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 7:16 am
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The lounge used by BA in CDG 2B is currently an AF lounge.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 7:55 am
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BAA is the British Airports Authority. British Airways is BA (what did you think the second A stood for?)

"J" means "business class"
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by kewltea
Sorry, I'm a flying newbie
And an AA Platinum? How does that happen then?
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by christep
And an AA Platinum? How does that happen then?
Platinum challenge.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 8:28 am
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Platinum challenge.
I'm not a flying newbie as I make cross country trips at least once a month, so I got Platinum without the challenge. I'm just not a world traveler like some.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 3:53 pm
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OK, to summarise, even though you are oneworld Sapphire (as an AAdvantage Platinum), unless you are flying in J class (Business - AKA "Club Europe") on BA (British Airways) you are unlikely to have access to the lounge that BA uses at CDG.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by kewltea
When I say BAA, I mean British Airways.
FYI,
British Airways' 3 letter code is BAW, however, it is seldom used in this forum.
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 5:51 am
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first...

Originally Posted by kewltea
Sorry, I'm a flying newbie and haven't gotten all the acronyms down yet....
then...

Originally Posted by kewltea
I'm not a flying newbie as I make cross country trips at least once a month...
Pardon us if we were confused...
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