Originally Posted by
SNA_Flyer
You are ok for those lounges as long as CX and QF pick up your status in their system. If it is a BA lounge you would have to have a card - no exceptions.
They never ask for my card... So maybe I am the exception. Also when I got promoted to BA Gold 'en route' I was immediately granted access to all Flounges without a shiny gold card. I have heard other stories though.
I have never been refused access to any OW Floung with the exception of the Concorde Club at T5 (where you can only get in when Flying F on BA).
I can use BA lounges all over the world even when flying non OW airlines.