Originally Posted by
satprof
But doesn't a OW Sapphire on this route at least get AC access? Of course, Flagship Lounge access (that the newly-acquired Emerald status would provide) would be preferable....
Yes, a non-AA Sapphire/Emerald would get the matching lounge access on JFK-UVF (THey would also on JFK-BOS...)
But, an AA Sapphire/Emerald, or even, for that matter, a full fare J ticket do not provide lounge access on a route like JFK-UVF.
You can't get there without a passport, but to AA's rules, UVF is a domestic destination. The disctinction, hwoever, only matters to those without a non-AA Emerald/Sapphire card.