Originally Posted by
Shareholder
It's a contract lounge not a STAR/AC MLL. Blame yourself not CO or AC. That's why the original Amex Plat is still a very useful card to have when traveling through many airports. For example, no STAR/MLL in the YYC transborder area so would you complain that AC has no contract with the lounge or yourself for not having the proper credentials to get in with?
I have never yet paid for a lounge membership, and I won't start now. There are cases like this where there is no lounge access, or there simply isn't a lounge: it's not the end of the world for me.
I'm much more annoyed at the UA RCC at EWR A1 that closes at 8 PM already.