Access to lounge
 

Hi!

I'm wondering wether or not the EB card is personal when it comes to lounge access. I'll be flying to the US in winter, and will be travelling on my fathers EBG card, will I be able to access the lounges in CPH?

Thanks

Well, the EB membership and card is VERY personal. And i doubt you will be successful checking in for a transatlantic flight using a false ID? Apart from it being illegal of course.

And if you do not hold any status with *A and travel in Economy, your father being EBG won´t help you a bit unfortunately.

It is not that your post is unclear and your father will travel together with you? In that case he can bring you in to the lounges of *A, no problem.

The only way I can see you have any use of your father's EBG is if both of you have the same name, in which case earning points on his card is probably possible, the same with lounge access.

Warning though; this is a clear violation of the T&C and I am sure that EB can terminate both memberships if they find out.

Yup, like former and current US presidents. :p (I don't think they credit any mileage though.)

I might have expressed myself a bit unclear. I'm travelling on an e-ticket (in my own name of course) on my fathers EBG card. He will not be travelling with me.

The lounge staff will compare the name on you boarding pass and that on the EBG card. If the name on both don't match, they will keep the card and cut it into two pieces. Sometimes it may have consequences, sometimes not. I would strobgly advise you against doing such a thing

Indeed that is very much against the rules (fraud?).
The EB-card is strictly personal and if your e-ticket is loaded on the EBG-card of your father, then your father must travel with you.

I would also strongly advise you not do it as you may end up with serious problems, especially if flying to the US.
As the EB-card in many cases work as a piece of identification, you actually make people believe you're someone you're not.

What if his father has a comined EB and MC/DC card? If he has chosen the paying CC as FOID (presuming it is possible to use the non-flying "debitor"'s cc for FOID), surely you must be allowed to bring it along. I am unsure, I must admit...

Still not going to get lounge access that way, though...

Are you sure? SAS doesn't mention anything of the card holders name having to match the e-ticket ID? I have travelled on e-tickets before with my parents EB cards as ID, and it wasn't a problem, that was domestic Sweden though.

And no it's not a combined EB/DC/MC card.

I think he meant that you may have a problem with US security. SAS will be happy to link your reservation to any card, even your fathers EBG. But the system will not recognise you as an EBG as names do not exactly match. So, lounge is a no go still and beware of US check in agents if you carry someone elses documents...

If you read the terms and conditions of SAS Eurobonus it says very clearly that the EB-card is personal and that only the member whose name is on the card may use it.

It also says that the EB-card is SAS property and that SAS has the right to terminate the Eurobonus account if the membership (i.e. the card) is being misused.

So you are not allowed to use your the EBG-card of your dad and if they find out they have the right to take the card and in worst case terminate the Eurobonus account of your dad.

Here is the Swedish version, it's all in the first section, especially read point 1.3.
http://www.scandinavian.net/16729/eb...v04_SE_new.pdf

Yeah, but now apart from the lounge access and EBG perks I don't really see the problem in travelling with the card? A family member travelling on an e-ticket and using the card to store the ticket on would be considered misusing the card? I'm not using the card in the function of a bonus earning card, but as a card to store my e-ticket ID, just like any other credit card or FF card. A VISA card is just as personal as an EB card (if not more) and I can use such a card to store my e-ticket on without any problems.

If this really turns out to be a problem I would certainly let SAS know, so that they can inform their customers better as of which rules apply to issuing of e-tickets.

Good luck in explaining this to a US check-in agent.

Well it's really up to you what to do, it's not my business.
But it does say that only the person whose name is on the card may use it, and your name is not on the card, your father's name is on the card.
The paragraph is very straight-forward and there can't be any doubt what it means.

Also, personally I would never ever travel to the US with a card (e-ticket) that does not have my name on it.
With the intense security that exists in the US you may get into trouble if they get suspicious and think you travel with false documents.
Check the trip reports and safety forums and read all the horror stories of people who have been selected for secondary screening or even interrogation with TSA agents. That's serious stuff...

Don't you have any other card you can use that is actually yours? They accept pretty much everything including Swedish bankcards.

Hmmm...on the confirmation e-mail from SAS for our latest e-ticket bonus flight, it says 'NOTE! You must bring the E-ticket ID and present it at the airport, as this is your ticket'.

If the OP's father made the award booking from his EB account, then -- according to this NOTE! -- the OP MUST present his father's EB card at check-in.

cheers,

Henry