Originally Posted by
pb9997
The 24 hour rule is stated as some international flights depart in the evening and onward domestic connections occur the day after, still granting access, thus coiuld not be access on day of departure only.
So as long as you are flying an international itinerary with connections you ought to be granted access; Anyway good sense prevails as when departing LAX/SFO to AusNZ, passenger arrives D+2 and yet has access, within the 24 hour rule.
But if you arrive D+2 in Aus/NZ and have a connecting flight, you're allowed lounge access anyway because of the connecting flight. This also can't
only be intended to cover the UA/US *Gs who would get access upon arrival in the US to a domestic connection (say LHR-IAD-LGA), since that's covered by the last bullet point, is an edge case, and doesn't make sense with the requirement to present a BP "departing from the local airport."
Maybe the answer is just that the policy is poorly written (or poorly translated from German?).