Just got a chance to try this out. I'm really glad they did this! Not only can I shop like a maniac, I can access the international RCC (yeah, OK, not much different from the domestic RCC) and the Silver Kris lounge, apparently.

They let me in at the latter, but only after I produced my (sadly about to expire) *G card; my RCC membership didn't sway them. From what I understand based on FT and the RCC TOS, the RCC membership card should be sufficient to get me into any *A partner lounge in the U.S. (save for the first-class lounges) regardless of whether I'm flying on that particular airline on that day. Is that the case or am I imagining things? It's really hard to figure this out, because there seems to be a lot of contradictory information...

Regardless, good for UA for getting this done! It's great that SFO passengers now have another option. There were no personnel checking BPs at either end of the walkway when I used it.

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