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After a recent experience where I was told that to gain access to the BA lounge with my BA silver status that I must have that BA club number on my boarding pass (I had my Finnair Plus number on there for a BA flight) to enter, it occurred to me that this situation is similar to accessing the American Airlines Flagship lounge on Miami which presents no problems. I fly AA to Miami a couple of times a year and show them my BA silver status card to access the lounges. Usually the FF flyer number on my boarding pass is the AA one which I have no status with and they give me access with a smile. Can someone tell me why this is different with BA at Gatwick? Maybe I should have just shown my BA silver card at LGW to gain access and not showed them my boarding pass?
After a recent experience where I was told that to gain access to the BA lounge with my BA silver status that I must have that BA club number on my boarding pass (I had my Finnair Plus number on there for a BA flight) to enter, it occurred to me that this situation is similar to accessing the American Airlines Flagship lounge on Miami which presents no problems. I fly AA to Miami a couple of times a year and show them my BA silver status card to access the lounges. Usually the FF flyer number on my boarding pass is the AA one which I have no status with and they give me access with a smile. Can someone tell me why this is different with BA at Gatwick? Maybe I should have just shown my BA silver card at LGW to gain access and not showed them my boarding pass?
You were entitled to enter the Gatwick lounge as you were a Silver (OW Sapphire) member traveling on a OW airline (BA) and as per the OW lounge access policy for Gatwick (https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounge-results?location=LGW#access-policy) “Emerald and Sapphire members may invite one guest to join them in the lounge. The guest must also be travelling on a flight operated and marketed by a oneworld carrier. You must be prepared to show your boarding pass and frequent flyer membership card, with oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status, to access a lounge. Access is available on the day of travel (or before 06:00am the following day), at the airport from which the oneworld flight on which the eligible customer is travelling departs“.
Your boarding card (regardless of the FF number shown) along with your FF Silver card from the BA app entitles your entry.
I used the first wing at Heathrow this week for the first time entering using my Gold card and boarding pass with a non-BA FF number and didn’t encounter an issue. The staff member did ask if I wanted her to change the FF number to my BA one but I just thanked her and declined.
I used the first wing at Heathrow this week for the first time entering using my Gold card and boarding pass with a non-BA FF number and didn’t encounter an issue. The staff member did ask if I wanted her to change the FF number to my BA one but I just thanked her and declined.
That sounds like some sneaky market research right there…. Of course they can track behaviour online, but having a Gold member chasing other status would be interesting to them (esp so early in the year).
as a data point, i used Gatwick’s Gold lounge, despite using my Finnair Plus number on my boarding pass
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