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Apologies, I thought I knew the answer to this but realised I’d only flown CW since being Silver so hasn’t been an issue. I realise Silver status means you can take a guest into a BA lounge but on BA site (and then the redirected partner lounges site) it wasn’t completely clear (to me anyway) if I can take my non-status brother into a partner lounge (here Malaga) both travelling BA Economy.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Yes, any lounge that you have access to as a Silver, you can take one guest in with you.
Excellent. Thank you.
Good luck at the Malaga lounge. It is nice when not busy but it is used by all airlines and Priority Pass holders so it is a little bit of a zoo sometimes.
AGP lounge was really quiet at the end of October, I had an entire section to myself around 11 am.
Things have got more complicated as BA kindly cancelled the flight at 2am this morning (travelling today). Having first allocated us flights to LHR (mine direct OH (on separate booking) via Madrid) a long phone call via India resulted in Vueling seats to LGW (we live 15 minutes away and email had kindly stated “…if you agree to choose a different departure point or destination to the ones on your original booking, you can’t claim expenses for travel from, to or between these locations, such as car hire, parking costs or train tickets.”
Anyway, although the flight is a BA codeshare boarding passes have only Vueling details. Does that also mean no lounge access as Vueling isn’t oneworld I believe? 7 hours at airport with no lounge is not my idea of fun (especially after no sleep). Good old BA and their “operational constraints”
Oh dear. You will be out of luck with lounge access on a BA code share ticketed Vueling flight. That is only granted to Gold members without guest.
But why are you spending 7 hours at the airport if you only live 15 minutes away from LGW? Why not enjoy the lounge in your own home and then head to the airport 2 hours before the flight?
@AJA Thanks for the clarification. Sadly meant to be coming home from Malaga, apologies of message was incoherent- due to night time flight rebooking shenanigans. Luckily kind villa owner has now let us check out v late though hire car return now overrun.
I’d suggest going to the desk and asking for lounge access based on your forced change and highlighting your status.
Gatters staff tend to be more ammeniable compared to LHR
@Sudz74 had a similar experience when my flight out of AGP was cancelled on the morning of the day of the departure. Mine was the opposite ( was meant to fly to LGW but the alternative offered was to LHR which I accepted). I have successfully claimed the cost of a taxi as a family of 3 from LHR to LGW as my car was parked there. So I would log a claim despite what the email says and see what happens.
@Sudz74 had a similar experience when my flight out of AGP was cancelled on the morning of the day of the departure. Mine was the opposite ( was meant to fly to LGW but the alternative offered was to LHR which I accepted). I have successfully claimed the cost of a taxi as a family of 3 from LHR to LGW as my car was parked there. So I would log a claim despite what the email says and see what happens.
I was thinking the “no taxis thing” was a bit pants on fire!!
Thanks @C2K77 I did try this (we’re home now) and the lady on the desk was having none of it (I asked very nicely and showed the previous BA Silver boarding past. However, remembered I had 4 DragonPass credits from Barclaycard so used 3 of these instead. Lounge was very spacious with plenty of free seats and the food was most agreeable though I am possibly easier pleased than those who have frequented loftier establishments. Certainly a step up from Seville.
Now I’ve got to work up to putting in the cancellation claim to BA (flight we took was scheduled departure 4:50 after original). I’m going to try to also claim for extra cost of choosing seats on Vueling and mention lack of lounge. @ABA Luckily no other incidentals as we ended up where we wanted to be (LGW) and only had normal £1:70 train fare. From looking at cancellation threads someone recommended putting in the “EU261” claim (or whatever it’s called) separately from any incidentals/less easily quantifiable claims so might do that.
Remember compensation is based on the difference between original and actual arrival times not what time you departed.
Remember compensation is based on the difference between original and actual arrival times not what time you departed.
In respect of cancellation compensation, it’s the scheduled time of the rerouting flight that counts, not actual. New rights attach to the rerouted flights that have new cancellation/delay compensation rights with the latter being based on actual arrival at the final destination.
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