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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 7:37 am
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Originally Posted by andreyhaas
Today I got another feel of the SAA experience; I was booked in Y on the flight SA1735 to WDN from JNB. When I got to the ticketing desk, I was told that this is a South African Express flight code-shared with SAA and since South African Express isn’t a member of *A, there will be no miles accrual for this flight. However, the ticketing agent said that I can still use the lounge as a gold *A member. When I got to the lounge, I was told, in a quite a rude way, that I can’t use the lounge either. Just want to let everyone know about one more way how SAA can screw you.
Like when flying MI as *alliance gold you have no lounge access in SIN, except when flying C. At least they are clear as it is a MI and not an SQ flight.

Lounge access with SA looks like a hot topic . For rudeness our South African friends at the JNB SA lounges can not be beaten.
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