Originally Posted by
Globaliser
For example, for us on LHR-JNB: SA currently offers us lounge access but no premium economy; VS offers us premium economy but no lounge access. On LHR-HKG: CX offers us lounge access but no premium economy. VS offers us premium economy but no lounge access. NZ and QF both offer both lounge access and premium economy, but schedules that don't work for us.
So sometimes it's not remarkable that someone should choose to take the gamble.
Personally I would regard the upside of lounge access or schedules that are preferable to be a very poor incentive to take the (by no means negligible) downside risk that I might not actually get to fly because of a well-publicised strike theat.