Star Alliance - Buying your way into all Star Alliance-operated business class lounges

Paid Lounge Membership Customers: Eligible Paid Lounge Membership Customers have access to any Star Alliance member carriers' owned Business Class lounges.

* Eligible Paid Lounge Membership Customers include United Airlines Red Carpet Club, US Airways Club - Star Alliance Upgrade and Air Canada Maple Leaf Club – Worldwide
* Customer must present a valid eligible paid lounge membership card
* Customer must also present a boarding card for a same day Star Alliance flight departing from the local airport.
* Customer is entitled to one guest


http://www.staralliance.com/en/benefits/lounges/lounge-access-policy/

Paid membership prices to get access to any Star Alliance-operated business class lounge:

http://www.airclublounge.com/aimsclubwwssl/webacclub/webtransaction/eng/RegisterCustomerNWW.aspx
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/lounge/rates.aspx
http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,52712,00.html?navSource=rccNav&linkTitle=rccMembDetails
http://www.usairways.com/en-US/traveltools/club/memberships.html

It's interesting to see that paid lounge members get access to Singapore Airlines' business class lounge even when flying in coach on a Star Alliance carrier while Star Alliance Golds flying in coach on a Star Alliance carrier have a history of being denied access there.

Unless it has changed very recently SQ SKL in SIN is excepted. So no inconsistency with *G access.

Unless it has changed very recently SQ SKL in SIN is excepted. So no inconsistency with *G access.

Interestingly enough, UA's RCC membership explicitly notes the following: "In Singapore, use the SIA Premier Lounge."

However, CO.com lists the "Singapore SilverKris and KrisFlyer Lounges" as accessible to CO PC (lounge) members.

http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/lounge/locations/affiliate.aspx

That CO listing may be a mistake given how it also lists those lounges as being available to Star Golds + 1, but that's what it shows there.

But then there is AC's Maple Leaf Club Worldwide listing: "Singapore (SIN) - Krisflyer Gold Lounge - Terminal 3" and "Singapore (SIN) - Premier Lounge - Terminal 2" . http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/airport/maplelounges/pop_mlclounges.html

Also, there are Star Gold lounges -- like what SK and LH have -- that may be off limits to Star Alliance business class customers unless they also happen to have Star Gold status. And so AC, CO, UA and US paid lounge members without Star Gold status won't be entitled under policy to get into such Star Gold lounges with SK at ARN, CPH, OSL or LH at MUC even while able to use the SK and LH "Business Lounges" at such airports.