Originally Posted by
Mark_T
These changes are rather forcibly ramming home the point that AAdvantage members are 2nd class citizens in this new realigned world even when it comes to using facilities run for our own airline.
But they are already in the sense that BA Elites can use BA lounges no matter the class of travel, whereas AA Elites have to pay for Admirals Club access on domestic services.
Until AA sees lounges as an integral part of a product instead of a source of direct, visible revenue then AA elites will be, as you put it, "2nd class citizens".