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Apr 15, 2011 | 5:05 am

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Originally Posted by Colin

Oneworld policy to allow top elites traveling in economy to access first class lounges is nuts. LAX Bradley first and T4 flagship are packed to the rafters, with most of the boarding passes showing economy.

Stupid policy. Elite status should get you some lounge, but the best lounge. Star is far more sane. If oneworld insists on being more generous, surely one level of lounge above what your travel class entitles is sufficient for top elites.

That is the best feature of the oneworld. The solution to a crowded lounge is a bigger lounge, not a change in lounge access policy. I never found the F lounges at ORD/JFK/LHR/SYD/MEL/HKG/NRT to be too crowded, the problem is LAX specific as the lounges are too small. The TBIT lounge is almost always too full for Australia departures, T4 gets full but usually not too crowded.

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