Some lounge access questions (BA and QF)

[Cynicor]

Two different scenarios where I'm not sure lounge access was meant to be given but was gratefully received anyway.

Firstly is PER-SIN and SIN-PER on QF metal but on the JAL codeshare. Y class but QP member, my reading of the T+Cs some time ago was that I was not meant to have access. Is this true, as they let me in without batting an eyelid?

Next, on an (AA) AONE4 travelling on BA metal LHR-DME but in J class as no F on the flight. Allowed in to the BA Concorde room by the manager, who stepped in after the door dragon would not allow access. The only logical reason for this, as far as I can see, is that if there was F they would have been on it, and so were entitled to access.

Any thoughts?

 

[simongr]

1 - Yep no access should have been granted as it is only on BA/QF/JQ flight number. I expect that they let you in either knowing it was QF metal or they just didnt care.

2 - Really surprised you got access - it is meant only for people flying in F - the fact that the rest of your itinerary was in should be irrelevant - UNLESS connecting from an inbound F flight or to an onward F flight perhaps?

 

[Cynicor]

2 weeks between flights, no connections. Was the parents, with only status gained from flying that trip (QF SG at that point). They told me incidentally when I called for mothers day, and they thought nothing of it. They just assumed they were entitled to access it as they were on an F itinerary, and the manager either agreed, or didn't want a fuss to be made.

I do remember asking about the JAL flight in PER actually, do he explicitly knew which codeshare I was on. Good luck on both accounts I guess.

 

[amaroo]

Some good fortune with the CCR

How did you fine it? We had a bad experience not that long ago with cabana booking stuff up's, terrible/rude staff & a totally missed meal........however, the actual space was nice:!:

 

[nonscenic]

Yes the intricacies of lounge access are so complex I think it gives the Lounge dragons an authority to deny access along the lines of "Come Fly With Me" (TV program)' s Immigration Officer's motto "If in doubt, keep em out!"

Two examples from personal experience. In these cases I think the Lounge Dragons were correct but there seems little logical consistency. I am QP, having been previously SG prior to these flights but a victim of corporate videoconferencing and now just comfortably keeping silver.

1) Flying Alaskan Airlines YVR- SEA - ANC - FAI. Alaskan are a Qantas International Partner rather than a OW member
No problems with access at YVR to the Alaskan Captains Club , but not allowed in lounges at SEA or ANC. Reason , QF has an international gateway arrangement with AS for YVR but not at AS domestic lounges

2) Flying on a QF ticket MEL - LAX- BOI (Boise). Yes, in 2010 QF had a codeshare with AS who flew on Horizon Air metal, and a QF flight number.
As the Horizon air flight left from T2 at LAX I had access to the Alaskan Captains Club . No ability to check on my return as BOI is too small for lounges.

Had I still been SG at the time of my trip to FAI I would have had access. It shows that paying for QP membership if you lose your Gold status is not quite the same.