IST Elite benefits (guesting)
Nov 5, 2015, 2:54 am
#1
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: HFA
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IST Elite benefits (guesting)
Hi,
I understand that Elite status allows one to invite a guest to the CIP lounge as long as the guest is taking a *A flight on the same day (please correct me if I'm wrong). What about the special VIP lines for security and immigration? Does Elite status allows one to invite a guest to these lines? Does anyone even check?
Thanks a lot,
Shuly
I understand that Elite status allows one to invite a guest to the CIP lounge as long as the guest is taking a *A flight on the same day (please correct me if I'm wrong). What about the special VIP lines for security and immigration? Does Elite status allows one to invite a guest to these lines? Does anyone even check?
Thanks a lot,
Shuly
Nov 5, 2015, 6:49 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Milano - Wuxi
Programs: TK M&S Elite+ - Marriott Rewards Gold - Hertz 5 Stars
Posts: 147
agree about the lounge. 1 guest on *A flight is allowed (for general rule yo can check *A website as contract lounges might be slightly different).
for the VIP queue, as well as priority boarding, normally nobody complains if you bring a guest. i did it several times with my wife before she got to get gold as well, at least while flying TK and being in Turkey.
in other countries VIP line is normally paid by the airline, so they ask all passengers to have the right status and eventually to fly with the right airline...
example in MXP TK Elite flying TK gets priority line, but TK elite flying on LH doesn't.
in OPO TK elite flying TP gets priority instead...
both cases with no guest
for the VIP queue, as well as priority boarding, normally nobody complains if you bring a guest. i did it several times with my wife before she got to get gold as well, at least while flying TK and being in Turkey.
in other countries VIP line is normally paid by the airline, so they ask all passengers to have the right status and eventually to fly with the right airline...
example in MXP TK Elite flying TK gets priority line, but TK elite flying on LH doesn't.
in OPO TK elite flying TP gets priority instead...
both cases with no guest
Nov 5, 2015, 10:31 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SIN
Programs: TK *G, UA, AS
Posts: 50
I also had no issues with a non-status guest a few weeks ago. Arrival and departure immigration/security priority queues both had people checking at the entrance who waved us both through.
You mentioned the lounge access rules, which allow the guest to be on another *A flight. I seem to recall the immigration/security priority queues required you to be flying TK.
You mentioned the lounge access rules, which allow the guest to be on another *A flight. I seem to recall the immigration/security priority queues required you to be flying TK.