Gold Card, lounge access, no food allowed b/c econ ticket
I have a gold card on Air Astana's Nomad Club. On Saturday, I was flying from Almaty and was given access to the lounge on my economy ticket. When I got to the lounge, I was told that because I was flying economy, I was not entitled to any food or drink in the lounge(!), despite the gold card. I have never seen this before? Does it happen? I think the Nomad Club lounge is a shared lounge with other airlines.