Supplementary card lounge access at Heathrow

[sonicoid]

Hi
We are travelling in first (first time very excited) to US for family wedding in July. Our adult kids are coming but in economy. Two kids have a supplementary gold from my platinum and the other two have nothing. Does any of this give them lounge access or am I paying cash to treat them? Also, if its cash, which lounge is best deal please?

[Tarmohamed]

If it’s T3, and if I’m not mistaken, you can get 6 in to the centurion lounge as it’s platinum card holder and 2 guests. Assuming your platinum supplementary is also traveling

[sonicoid]

T5 and we both (plat and sup.) wanted to experience the concorde lounge. Thanks

[ChrisC]

Your credit cards won’t help with access to any of the BA lounges.

You’d need to check if they get you into the commercial lounges and if so which one(s).

As a BA F ticket holder you can use the CCR and take one guest in in total.

[TGLoyalty]

If you’re both flying first you can take 1 guest each into the Concorde lounge. Credit cards don’t matter (nor grant you access to the BA lounges at Heathrow)

They may allow you to guest more into the first or club lounge? Otherwise they’d need BA Silver(Club)/Gold(First) or their oneworld equivalent status.

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[Rob]

Are there long hauls in T3?

I am assuming you are T5, in which case Concorde Room is your best bet. You can get two guests in if the other two have F tickets.

For the benefit of anyone reading this thread in the future though, supplementary Amex Platinum cards (if in Platinum, not Gold) have exactly the same lounge access benefits as the main card. All members of the HfP team get a supplementary Business Platinum card (£285 per year) as what passes for staff perks so they get lounge access, hotel status cards etc.

[BuildBackBetter]

Rob Burgess wrote:

All members of the HfP team get a supplementary Business Platinum card (£285 per year) as what passes for staff perks so they get lounge access, hotel status cards etc.

Just thinking out loud, it looks like a very good perk for employees – rather than force employees to spend an amount on a handful of ‘health & wellbeing’ merchants.
I guess it comes with car hire insurance and travel insurance too. That’s a perk many employees will be happy to have.

[Youllnever]

Rob Burgess wrote:

For the benefit of anyone reading this thread in the future though, supplementary Amex Platinum cards (if in Platinum, not Gold) have exactly the same lounge access benefits as the main card. All members of the HfP team get a supplementary Business Platinum card (£285 per year) as what passes for staff perks so they get lounge access, hotel status cards etc.

I’m guessing they don’t ever use the card for any spending then?

[sloth]

BuildBackBetter wrote:

Rob Burgess wrote:

All members of the HfP team get a supplementary Business Platinum card (£285 per year) as what passes for staff perks so they get lounge access, hotel status cards etc.

Just thinking out loud, it looks like a very good perk for employees – rather than force employees to spend an amount on a handful of ‘health & wellbeing’ merchants.
I guess it comes with car hire insurance and travel insurance too. That’s a perk many employees will be happy to have.

Does the travel and car insurance on Amex Business cards cover personal travel?

[sonicoid]

Thanks all. I wasn’t aware that we can invite guests with first tickets. Which T5 lounge would you recommend for the other two adult kids and are there any deals etc?

[TGLoyalty]

You could both guest 2 into the Plaza Premium with your Platinum cards then leave them there while you + 2 enjoy CCR. The Club Aspire is a priority pass lounge again you could both guest in +1 each for free but pretty dire.

There is no other option.

[sonicoid]

Thanks. Yes that’s the solution to lounge access for them all. You guys rock. Thanks so much.