Originally Posted by
ung1
You get lounge access at all outstations which I think is significant. EK doesn't give lounge access to anyone below Gold, and even then no guest unless in J/F.
Etihad could easily offer priority check in and boarding at no extra cost to them, so I wonder why they don't. No airline offers much for flying 20k per year. And Etihad gives full mileage and tier credit on all fares!
We used the say the same thing about Skywards. But look at it now. I think we talking about it has something to do with jinxing it