Originally Posted by
tedhl
there's also one instance when I asked for it at the Wing F lounge for my KA flight (I checked in at ITCI so no gate at that time yet and hence could only ask at the lounge when I knew the gate), and one male agent claimed that it's for CX flights only - I said I have been getting it for months for my KA flights. I argued with him for like 1-2 minutes before he then reluctantly called someone else and confirmed that I was correct, but then he murmured that it's a new change in rule etc (although it's been "new" for maybe a year already at that time)...
Yes, these rules started when MPC also became the loyalty programme for KA, as far as I remember. It is just your luck, or lack of. I never had any problem with lounges or buggy passes.
I already have enough miles to renew for the next membership year. I am uncertain if I shall fly enough to renew for the year after. Whatever is happening to OP may happen to me.