I am a 1P as I have been for several years, and once again this year I never received my 1P card. I laughed at the 2008 roll call because I am still waiting for my 2005, 2006 and 2007 cards. Anyway, I am flying Bishkek to Istanbul, Istanbul to Frankfurt and then Frankfurt to IAD next week. The FRA to IAD portion is business, however, the rest are economy. I know that as a *A Gold I should have access to the Turkish Airlines Club in Istanbul. However, I do not stand a chance of getting in without my gold card, again.

I have spoken to MP so many times they just laugh when they put in an order for a new card. I had 8 cards ordered for me in 2007. Anyway, I started working on getting this years sent to me again about 8 weeks ago and I have called back twice since and still no dice and more importantly no card.

So I will most likely be defaulting to my personally paid for PriorityPass membership. There are two Lounges in Instabul International terminal. ADVANTAGE CLUB LOUNGE and the PRIMECLASS CIP LOUNGE. Does anybody have any idea how they compare to the Turkish Air lounge?

Once I get to Frankfurt, with my UA BP I should have no problem getting into the FRA RCC, at least I have not in the past. It is the *A portion of the trip that I am sure will cause problems.

Any ideas on how to get this fixed before the 2009 roll call starts?