Originally Posted by
midlevels
Yeah, I was SQ Gold for a couple of years when I put my miles towards *A, and I always resented SQ for dumping the *A Golds in a separate glorified holding pen. I think the word "lounge" is probably a bit too generous.
Same here, just for one year. And the feeling of being a "poor cousin" elite frequent flyer starts with check-in, as only a few of the Business Class check-in counters at Changi also take *A Gold. And BTW it's a *A thing, not just SQ as LH also practises similar lounge discrimination in FRA.