Originally Posted by
DesertCanuck
If her connection in San Francisco is onto United, she should get access to either of the United Clubs by showing her inbound boarding card. Many times the smaller west coast flights from SFO have no first class, so any connecting premium cabin passenger could very well be in economy.
Originally Posted by
LukeRB
She may try going to the United Global First Lounge and asking politely if she can be allowed in; There's a chance they'll allow her in because she's on a paid *A F ticket. If that doesn't work, she can try the 2 United Clubs (International Terminal and T3).
No she doesn't, and whether she is connecting on a plane with F or connecting to a UA flight or not is irrelevant, as lounges are used as departure lounge, not arrival lounge (there is an arrival lounge in SFO, but that's for UA metal pax only). Not to mention *A rules state very clear that one can only use the F lounge when they are departing at the local airport in int'l F. United Club access only if the person is *G or UA*G arriving from a UA in'tl flight.
Now if she is arriving int'l F on UA, then she may have a chance to use the IFL in SFO, but any other partners, definately not.
http://www.staralliance.com/en/benef...access-policy/
International First Class Customers
Customers have access to International First Class1 and/or any Star Alliance member carriers' own lounges.
Customer must present a boarding pass for travel in International First Class on a Star Alliance flight
Customer must be departing from the local airport in International First Class
Customer must be a revenue customer
Customer is entitled to one guest
Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
UA rules are irrelevant because she is not incoming from UA, and she is not *G.
"Customers ticketed with other Star Alliance® carriers should consult the policy from each member airline or the Star Alliance lounge policy regarding lounge access"