Originally Posted by
Santander
Hm interesting, must be another one of those things CX conveniently leaves out on their website and membership material. I've only been downgraded to SL for a year and I mainly fly CX to TPE, SIN and YVR so I don't usually have to worry about not getting lounge access.
I think you got yourself confused. SLs flying in Y can only access lounges when departing on a CX / KA FLT, but since not every airport has a CX / KA lounge, the member can use whichever lounge CX provides for the J PAX, be it operated by a third-party or not.