Originally Posted by lrluis

I achieved * Gold status on my way down to Australia on 10/11. I thought that all of United's systems would already have been updated before my departure on 10/21. When I checked in at the United counter, I was given my boarding pass and it clearly had the correct status on it and they even told me that I had access to the lounge. Unfortunately, when I got to the lounge, the boarding pass wouldn't let me in, and when they checked the computers, it still showed that I was * Silver. The lounge attendants wouldn't let me in and explained that they weren't actually United employees so there wasn't anything they could do. No biggie, but is there a reason for why this might have happened?

Could it be that I have Gold status on Continental and only Premier (2P) status on United? I used my CO OP number and confirmed that it was on my boarding pass.

I'm glad I was able to gain access to the Air NZ lounge in Sydney (stopover). It's funny how a partner treated me better than the airline I actually hold status on.^