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Oct 31, 2008 | 5:48 pm

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BonnieSEA

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Originally Posted by croberts134

As such, I'm thinking of switching to BA or QF so that when I inevitably become a oneworld elite next year, I'll have domestic lounge access since I won't be holding an AA elite card but a BA or QF one.

Would you get the domestic lounge access because:
1) to BA/QF the USA is "international" even though to you it's domestic
2) BA/QF elite status includes lounge access anywhere
3) OneWorld, like Star Alliance, gives lounge access to Golds on international tickets.
?

Thanks, FlyerTalk! I had only been in a lounge once or twice before, but on my recent trip to Ireland I hit the lounge at every airport I was in: LAX, FRA, DUB, LHR, SFO, using my Star Alliance Gold status. It was quite nice actually and I'm thinking of using miles to purchase a lounge membership for 2009.

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