Thank you for the information. Wow, it is a little offensive that AA will charge me a fee to enter when my mother is traveling on a paid C class fair, that in this case, I paid for.

Anyway, the lounge access policy is a secondary issue and not a concern. My real question is about the relative locations of these gates at the aiport, and whether or not I will have the ability to see my mother off on her AA flight, while traveling myself on AF or JAL.

I will hope for luck or lenient agents, if not I will just pay to get into the lounge...