Originally Posted by
cxfan1960
Airlines do not often use other lounges within their own alliances.
How odd.

Why is that? It seems such an obvious source of cooperation. The various *Gold lounges already accommodate their alliance partners' FF elites, why not extend that to their J and F pax? Why put money into the pocket of an airline in a competing allliance.
Oh dear, this is going totally OT, but I am very curious to know more...