MEL Lounge question for Platinum + 3 Bronze family members

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kamb1ng

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Hi all, just want to double check these following plans:
  • Flying from MEL to CHC
  • I am Platinum
  • Wife, adult daughter (19), and teenage son (14) all Bronze
  • Qantas international lounge rule for Platinum: one accompanying adult and up to two children (4-17 years)
Plan A: Go to First Lounge and ask nicely if all four of us can go in. Has this ever been allowed?

Plan B (if Plan A fails): Tell kids to wait outside, enter First Lounge with wife, order food. Go out and take kids to International Business Lounge, drop them, and go back to First Lounge. Is that allowed? I also won't need any lounge vouchers, right?

Thank you.
 
kamb1ng said:
Hi all, just want to double check these following plans:
  • Flying from MEL to CHC
  • I am Platinum
  • Wife, adult daughter (19), and teenage son (14) all Bronze
  • Qantas international lounge rule for Platinum: one accompanying adult and up to two children (4-17 years)
Plan A: Go to First Lounge and ask nicely if all four of us can go in. Has this ever been allowed?

Plan B (if Plan A fails): Tell kids to wait outside, enter First Lounge with wife, order food. Go out and take kids to International Business Lounge, drop them, and go back to First Lounge. Is that allowed? I also won't need any lounge vouchers, right?

Thank you.
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Plan B should work (or you could deposit the kids first). Your 19 yo would be your guest and the 14yo as accompying children.

Plan A would depend on how the lounge dragon is feeling I guess. If it's not too busy they may allow it at their discretion.
 
elanshin said:
Plan B should work (or you could deposit the kids first). Your 19 yo would be your guest and the 14yo as accompying children.

Plan A would depend on how the lounge dragon is feeling I guess. If it's not too busy they may allow it at their discretion.
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I've also had luck linking a business lounge pass to my fiances sister then pleading our case at F lounge. The agent was fabulous and 'checked her in' downstairs but obviously allowed her to join us in F. Again YMMV...
 
kamb1ng said:
Hi all, just want to double check these following plans:
  • Flying from MEL to CHC
  • I am Platinum
  • Wife, adult daughter (19), and teenage son (14) all Bronze
  • Qantas international lounge rule for Platinum: one accompanying adult and up to two children (4-17 years)
Plan A: Go to First Lounge and ask nicely if all four of us can go in. Has this ever been allowed?

Plan B (if Plan A fails): Tell kids to wait outside, enter First Lounge with wife, order food. Go out and take kids to International Business Lounge, drop them, and go back to First Lounge. Is that allowed? I also won't need any lounge vouchers, right?

Thank you.
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Plan C: you check her in in your carry on luggage.🧳🧳
Plan D: Ground one of them so you don't feel guilty about leaving both at the J lounge and can guest 3 guests instead of 2. Everybody wins🤣🤣
 
I'd just go up to the First Lounge counter, introduce yourself as husband, wife and two CHILDREN - don't bother mentioning ages - flying is not flat out at the moment, as long as you're friendly and smiling, the lounge dragon should reciprocate.

I don't believe that the boarding passes flash up DOB on the screen when scanned - the verification of age would be similar to a bottle shop, discretion from the attendant re verification.
 
Not sure how it works for Qantas, but i tried something similar to plan B at DXB flying Emirates. I had my wife with me in the first lounge. They scanned her BP. Then I tried to take my brother into business lounge which was on the lower level. As soon as I scanned my BP, it said my eligible guest was linked to my wife's BP and that I cant take him even if she leaves the first lounge.

Of course, your situation is a bit different as you are taking children.
 
aaa99 said:
Not sure how it works for Qantas, but i tried something similar to plan B at DXB flying Emirates. I had my wife with me in the first lounge. They scanned her BP. Then I tried to take my brother into business lounge which was on the lower level. As soon as I scanned my BP, it said my eligible guest was linked to my wife's BP and that I cant take him even if she leaves the first lounge.

Of course, your situation is a bit different as you are taking children.
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Thanks for this heads up.

Maybe I should link a lounge voucher for my adult daughter for Plan B?
 
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kamb1ng said:
Thanks for this heads up.

Maybe I should link a lounge voucher for my adult daughter for Plan B?
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This is what I suggested above and had luck with for Fiances sister. As mentioned she was checked in by the F receptionist to the J lounge but accompanied us into the F lounge 'discreetly'.
 
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