Originally Posted by
Mark_T
That is a disparity that I would hope will be rapidly corrected as it is indeed an injustice of some magnitude.
The reason for this is that BAEC Silver and Gold flying on BA are entitled to lounge access on arrival. The implication of the tatl JV is that BAEC members may take AA flights and therefore BA wants to ensure that they still have access to an arrivals lounge and will therefore pay AA for that access.
If AA wants to pay for elite AAdvantage members to have access to BA arrivals lounge at T5, I do not doubt that BA would be happy to negotiate that.
However, my understanding is that it is not AA policy to provide arrivals lounge access for elite members flying in non-premium classes. Therefore, it would be surprising if AA were to pay BA to provide a service that AA does not provide itself to its own members in its own arrival lounge at LHR.