"Printed" QF Gold/Sapphire card - ok for oneworld lounge access?
Jan 11, 2014, 5:29 am
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 165
"Printed" QF Gold/Sapphire card - ok for oneworld lounge access?
Hi there
I have just received an email that I am now Qatar gold, but knowing how long it takes QR to send out cards (2 months for silver from Doha to London), I will be without an actual card when I fly Iberia, Malaysian and BA later this month and throughout Feb and March. My question, is a printed gold card which shows Sapphire oneworld OK for lounge entry? Will they accept it, or will it be a problem? Just need to know as I'm taking about 10 flights so can adjust my wifi needs if it's a no-go.
I ask because years ago when I flew for work, I was star alliance gold and the card went through the wash (cheap plastic overlaid printing from Air New Zealand) and for weeks every time I entered a lounge they challenged me as they couldn't read the name, despite boarding passes saying "*G" and it just became really annoying, especially when we needed to call my AirNZ program late at night from Dublin to "verify" I was star gold before my friend and I could get entry to BMI's Dublin lounge, for the sole purpose of wifi!!
Thanks in advance wise ones.
I have just received an email that I am now Qatar gold, but knowing how long it takes QR to send out cards (2 months for silver from Doha to London), I will be without an actual card when I fly Iberia, Malaysian and BA later this month and throughout Feb and March. My question, is a printed gold card which shows Sapphire oneworld OK for lounge entry? Will they accept it, or will it be a problem? Just need to know as I'm taking about 10 flights so can adjust my wifi needs if it's a no-go.
I ask because years ago when I flew for work, I was star alliance gold and the card went through the wash (cheap plastic overlaid printing from Air New Zealand) and for weeks every time I entered a lounge they challenged me as they couldn't read the name, despite boarding passes saying "*G" and it just became really annoying, especially when we needed to call my AirNZ program late at night from Dublin to "verify" I was star gold before my friend and I could get entry to BMI's Dublin lounge, for the sole purpose of wifi!!
Thanks in advance wise ones.
Jan 11, 2014, 6:47 am
#2
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: OOL/DOH
Programs: QF LTS WP, Avis Pres Club, HH Diam.
Posts: 3,192
I can't say specifically for QR, but I have not shown a FF card for lounge entry in years, relying solely on BP.
I don't even carry them.
This is with OW, *A and ST airlines.
I don't even carry them.
This is with OW, *A and ST airlines.
Jan 11, 2014, 8:57 am
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 165
thanks
I had a heck of a time without a legible star alliance gold card in London (T1), Frankfurt (LH), Dublin (BMI), London (BMI) and Amsterdam (BMI shared) so if you say this it makes me feel fine about it.
at the moment, on my boarding pass it just says "/GOLD" after my priv club number...nothing about oneworld sapphire, but your confidence gives me confidence...thanks!
at the moment, on my boarding pass it just says "/GOLD" after my priv club number...nothing about oneworld sapphire, but your confidence gives me confidence...thanks!
Jan 12, 2014, 12:16 am
#4
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,727
That's good enough. I achieve my gold 3 days before my OW flight. Printed the copy of my qmiles page and promptly used the CX lounge in Singapore and HK.
For return trip, my boarding pass reflected gold and promptly issued lounge passes at check in
For return trip, my boarding pass reflected gold and promptly issued lounge passes at check in
Jan 14, 2014, 3:51 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: cbr
Programs: QF WP (OWE) / LTG (LT OWS) | Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,972
Most OneWorld lounges, in my experience, even when you show the card scan your BP (and want the accompanying "invite" if you have it handy). As long as the status is reflected on your BP, you should be fine.