![]() ![]() ![]() * In Hong Kong, London, Melbourne and Sydney, otherwise SKL Business Class (no First Class section at other SKLs) a First Class traveller who is also a Solitaire PPS Club member is not entitled to have two guests). Guest privileges are not cumulative, and class of travel trumps status in all cases (e.g. In all cases, as a result of the latest policy, your guest must be departing on the same day and same flight as you. This will be disappointing news to those who used this benefit to meet up with friends or colleagues without lounge status at the airport, even when departing on different Singapore Airlines flights. No SilverKris First Class lounge access for your guest when flying F, unless they are departing on the same flight as you. However, Jon can join Sean in the KrisFlyer Gold lounge, since Sean is a KFEG member and therefore has access, while Jon can also use any SIA lounge below his entitled lounge, if he wishes. Following this change, Jon cannot guest Sean into the SKL First lounge, because Sean is not travelling on SQ968 to Jakarta.Prior to this change, Jon could invite Sean to join him as his guest in the SilverKris First Class lounge before departure.now (example)įor example, if Jon is travelling to Jakarta in SIA First Class on SQ968 departing Changi T3 at 21:55, and his friend Sean, a KrisFlyer Elite Gold member, is heading to Brisbane in Economy Class on SQ235 departing Changi T3 at 21:30: Singapore Airlines also confirmed to us that this latest summary of lounge access requirements on its website outlines the correct policy now in force. Mainly Miles confirmed the new policy with a Singapore Airlines spokesperson yesterday, who confirmed that “guests have to depart on the same flight, same day”. Subtle but important change KrisFlyer Elite Gold benefits – before the change KrisFlyer Elite Gold benefits – after the change Under the new policy, any guest must be travelling on the exact same flight as the First Class passenger or PPS Club / KrisFlyer Elite Gold status holder, in order to join them in the lounge. Since the policy was regardless of which same-day Singapore Airlines flight the guest was departing on, this allowed those with a friend or family member making a trip at a similar time, but not necessarily on the same flight or even to the same destination, to join them in the lounge. Space for two? SIA’s lounge guesting policy was relatively generous, for example allowing a PPS Club member to bring a fellow SIA traveller into the SKL Business Class lounge, regardless of the guest’s specific departure flight. Previously, First Class passengers, Solitaire PPS Club, PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite Gold members flying on SIA were able to bring one guest into their eligible departure lounge, provided their guest was also departing on any same-day Singapore Airlines flight. That means no more guesting of lounge-ineligible friends, family or colleagues departing with SIA merely on the same day as you, since the airline now insists that guests must be travelling on the exact same flight. ![]() 2021 Guide: Earn miles paying income tax with your credit card. ![]()
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