Originally Posted by
beckoa
It may make fiduciary sense, especially if the crowds are getting too crowded
As I mentioned above:
Originally Posted by
jackal
It's certainly not as though this is the difference between a crowded and open BR
I would be surprised if more than one or two PP cardholders a day come into the BR without a boarding pass*, even in SEA. Who on earth except for a couple of crazy folks on FT would bother to trek all the way out to the airport just to visit a lounge on a day they're not traveling. That's certainly not enough to cause crowding in the airport.
*The verbiage doesn't seem to specify that one needs to show an AS boarding pass, just "a Boarding Pass with confirmed same-day travel." Thus, this policy change really will only affect those who visit the BR who are not traveling, unless the verbiage as posted on the AS site is intended to mean "an Alaska Airlines boarding pass," in which case it is ambiguous and needs to be clarified.