Terminal 5 Galleries lounge access if arrival Business but departing Economy

[dot.cloud]

If we fly in to LHR business on BA but transfer to an economy flight for onward travel, is access to the lounges available? Assuming no status (will have expired).

Planning BLL->LHR->NCL.

Tried searching forum and online but only brings up results for the arrivals lounge but in this case we are transiting. If it makes any difference all flights on single BA booking.

Thanks in advance.

[e14]

Yes you will have access in LHR to Galleries Lounge (and in Billund )

[davefl]

Yes but dnn’t lose your inbound boarding pass as you’ll need to show both to the lounge dragon.

[e14]

davefl wrote:

Yes but dnn’t lose your inbound boarding pass as you’ll need to show both to the lounge dragon.

Well in theory they are now linked … but that is standard advice

[SamG]

I say no actually, it needs to have been a oneworld carrier business flight that was 5+hrs long to get lounge access before an onward economy short haul. So CE from BLL wouldn’t work

[Iainm]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I have a similar question but on Iberia flights.

I’m using an AMEX 2-4-1 in a few weeks and will be flying back into Madrid from South America on a business ticket. I’m then on an economy back to Heathrow (I’m checking every day to see if business seats open up).
Would I be able to use the lounge in Madrid whilst I wait to fly back to London?

Apologies if this should really be in the “Other frequent flyer schemes” section

[Scott]

Iainm wrote:

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I have a similar question but on Iberia flights.

I’m using an AMEX 2-4-1 in a few weeks and will be flying back into Madrid from South America on a business ticket. I’m then on an economy back to Heathrow (I’m checking every day to see if business seats open up).
Would I be able to use the lounge in Madrid whilst I wait to fly back to London?

Apologies if this should really be in the “Other frequent flyer schemes” section

Yes you can. The lounge access rules are Oneworld-wide, rather than particular to individual carriers, and the class of your long-haul flight is what determines whther or not you qualify for lounge entry on the short-haul leg.

[Iainm]

Scott wrote:

Iainm wrote:

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I have a similar question but on Iberia flights.

I’m using an AMEX 2-4-1 in a few weeks and will be flying back into Madrid from South America on a business ticket. I’m then on an economy back to Heathrow (I’m checking every day to see if business seats open up).
Would I be able to use the lounge in Madrid whilst I wait to fly back to London?

Apologies if this should really be in the “Other frequent flyer schemes” section

Yes you can. The lounge access rules are Oneworld-wide, rather than particular to individual carriers, and the class of your long-haul flight is what determines whther or not you qualify for lounge entry on the short-haul leg.

Many thanks for that. Good to know

[BillB]

Last year my wife and I flew overnight JFK-LHR in business with an onbound BA economy flight to Belfast a few hours later. Despite showing our long-haul boarding passes at the lounge in T5, a young guy on the desk told us we weren’t entitled to use it, as our next flight was economy.
There was no way we were going to sit at the gate for three hours waiting for our flight, especially after just arriving on the overnight and clearing immigration, so I insisted he was wrong, and after a short argument he grudgingly allowed us into the lounge.

[NorthernLass]

They don’t always know the rules so it’s worth having a screenshot on your phone if you think there might be an issue. One of the benefits of Silver/Gold status is that it doesn’t matter what cabin you’re in, the colour of your BP gets you and a guest in every time with no quibble!

[AJA]

SamG wrote:

I say no actually, it needs to have been a oneworld carrier business flight that was 5+hrs long to get lounge access before an onward economy short haul. So CE from BLL wouldn’t work

I think BA ha an exception to the rule and allows lounge access at LHR as long as the inbound flight was a BA flight in CE and onward flight is on a BA flight in EuroTraveller which was the scenario described. But I don’t think arriv8ng on IB in Business connecting to BA economy would work and nor would arriving on BA in CE but connecting to IB in economy. Whether the person in the door will agree is an issue

[SamG]

You learn something new every day !

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28247209-post4.html

does seem like a BA to BA CE to ET is an exception to the oneworld policy . As you say IB or other OW to/from BA wouldn’t work unless you’re coming off a longhaul in J

[AJA]

@SamG Yes i always like it when i learn something new 😀 It is an unusual scenario and the trouble is trying to persuade the person on the door that the exception exists. Not sure showing a FlyerTalk post will convince but I certainly would encourage the OP to argue the point.

[Stephie]

Just following this thread as a newbie and a little unsure.I am flying CE MAN – LHR and then Premium Economy on a long haul flight out of LHR the following day. All on one booking with BA. Could you clarify if I would be able to gain lounge access in T5 before my long haul flight?

[Stephie]

Just following this thread as a newbie and a little unsure.I am flying CE MAN – LHR and then Premium Economy on a long haul flight out of LHR the following day. All on one booking with BA. Could you clarify if I would be able to gain lounge access in T5 before my long haul flight?

Thanks for any advice.

[AJA]

@Stephie unfortunately that combination won’t give you lounge access at LHR. You will get access to the lounge in MAN.

[e14]

SamG wrote:

I say no actually, it needs to have been a oneworld carrier business flight that was 5+hrs long to get lounge access before an onward economy short haul. So CE from BLL wouldn’t work

Already answered – phone disconnected in Costa Rica when posting

[e14]

AJA wrote:

SamG wrote:

I say no actually, it needs to have been a oneworld carrier business flight that was 5+hrs long to get lounge access before an onward economy short haul. So CE from BLL wouldn’t work

I think BA ha an exception to the rule and allows lounge access at LHR as long as the inbound flight was a BA flight in CE and onward flight is on a BA flight in EuroTraveller which was the scenario described. But I don’t think arriv8ng on IB in Business connecting to BA economy would work and nor would arriving on BA in CE but connecting to IB in economy. Whether the person in the door will agree is an issue

If the IB flights were on BA codeshare numbers it would allow access

[Venturelog]

Apart from the Flyertalk link is there anything within BA’s T&Cs which show this. Logically your onward flight shouldn’t matter should it? For the arrivals lounge? If you came off an IB flight and didn’t have an economy ticket would you get access?

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

For the arrivals lounge you need to be arriving off a long haul flight.

IB has no long haul flights at LHR.