Originally Posted by
Captain Schmidt
The *A Lounge Access Policy states that Star Alliance flights are "Flights operated under the two letter code of a Star Alliance member carrier" which I read to mean if the Jet flight is ticketed with a UA flight number then access would be allowed, no?
http://www.staralliance.com/en/benef...access-policy/
Nope. See above - as with just about anything in Star Alliance, it's all about who's metal you're butt is sitting in.
Ticketing, baggage rules, marketing agreements, codeshares, etc are all irrelevant.