Aegean Airlines Miles&Bonus - Using *A Lounge with different *A carrier frequent flyer

Hi guys,

I am just wondering, I am currently United Premier Gold member, = *G member so means I would be able to get lounge access when flying on star alliance members. I want to credit my flight miles into A3 programs, but I want to use the lounge with my United Gold Card. Is that possible? Currently I dont have any status with A3, but I want to try and hit the elite status by crediting the miles into A3, but using the lounge with my United *G gold. Just wondering if this is possible or has anyone tried this in a similar situation.
Thanks

Hi guys,

I am just wondering, I am currently United Premier Gold member, = *G member so means I would be able to get lounge access when flying on star alliance members. I want to credit my flight miles into A3 programs, but I want to use the lounge with my United Gold Card. Is that possible? Currently I dont have any status with A3, but I want to try and hit the elite status by crediting the miles into A3, but using the lounge with my United *G gold. Just wondering if this is possible or has anyone tried this in a similar situation.
Thanks

This is entirely ok so long as you are boarding a flight with the airline participating in *A program.

Alright, thanks a lot :)

Yep it works. Last week flew long-haul TPAC + 2 USA domestic segments on UA metal (paid ticket), credited miles to A3, used my TG *G card for lounge access all airports. No issues anywhere.

Did it yesterday in GVA, flying LX in Y; absolutely no problem. The lounge agent didn't even bother to scan my A3 card!

Hi guys,

I am just wondering, I am currently United Premier Gold member, = *G member so means I would be able to get lounge access when flying on star alliance members. I want to credit my flight miles into A3 programs, but I want to use the lounge with my United Gold Card. Is that possible? Currently I dont have any status with A3, but I want to try and hit the elite status by crediting the miles into A3, but using the lounge with my United *G gold. Just wondering if this is possible or has anyone tried this in a similar situation.
Thanks
Just a reminder: if you are using a *Gold card from UA to access lounges, you will not be able to get into USA lounges (whether they are UA, US, etc.) when you have a domestic ticket. With *Gold from UA, you are entitled to lounge access only when there is an international flight.

Just a reminder: if you are using a *Gold card from UA to access lounges, you will not be able to get into USA lounges (whether they are UA, US, etc.) when you have a domestic ticket. With *Gold from UA, you are entitled to lounge access only when there is an international flight.

Not that anyone asked for a reminder... ;) But let me correct you're misunderstanding. UA *G does give lounge access on domestic flights, just not domestic flights in the US.

So, DUS-FRA, LIS-OPO, GVA-ZRH, BKK-HKT would all give lounge access to a UA*G. 'Domestic flights' are flights wholly within one country, but any country, not just the US.

Not that anyone asked for a reminder... ;) But let me correct you're misunderstanding. UA *G does give lounge access on domestic flights, just not domestic flights in the US.

So, DUS-FRA, LIS-OPO, GVA-ZRH, BKK-HKT would all give lounge access to a UA*G. 'Domestic flights' are flights wholly within one country, but any country, not just the US.
The previous sentence that you quoted but did not put into bold made clear that I was talking about lounges within the USA. Maybe it's not politically correct here, but to many Americans, international tends to mean outside of the USA (almost a synonym for foreign), not necessarily crossing borders, so for example international food could be French or German, not necessarily mixed, etc. Since the OP talks of *Gold through UA as his/her current program, I guess I tended to assume that he/she is USA based. Sorry.

ADDED: As I think further about this, I suspect that equivalent lounge access on SkyTeam really does require an international flight, so that NCE-CDG would be excluded, but I think SkyTeam is less fussy about class of service on the departing flight versus the arriving flight, although outside of the USA, only certain lounges are designated as arrivals lounges available to arriving passengers without further SkyTeam connections.

The previous sentence that you quoted but did not put into bold made clear that I was talking about lounges within the USA. Maybe it's not politically correct here, but to many Americans, international tends to mean outside of the USA (almost a synonym for foreign), not necessarily crossing borders,

Same for many non-Americans : international tends to mean outside their home country. So it's expected from non-USA members to get lounge access on LAX-ATL since it's an international flight ;)

The previous sentence that you quoted but did not put into bold made clear that I was talking about lounges within the USA. Maybe it's not politically correct here, but to many Americans, international tends to mean outside of the USA (almost a synonym for foreign), not necessarily crossing borders, so for example international food could be French or German, not necessarily mixed, etc. Since the OP talks of *Gold through UA as his/her current program, I guess I tended to assume that he/she is USA based. Sorry.

ADDED: As I think further about this, I suspect that equivalent lounge access on SkyTeam really does require an international flight, so that NCE-CDG would be excluded, but I think SkyTeam is less fussy about class of service on the departing flight versus the arriving flight, although outside of the USA, only certain lounges are designated as arrivals lounges available to arriving passengers without further SkyTeam connections.

It's not that it's politically incorrect (although you do observe a very US centric view of the world) its just incorrect to describe domestic flights in countries other than the US as international.