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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by acf2310
I'm BA bronze, so OW ruby. Was recently travelling through JFK T8 with my parents, who don't have status; all heading back to MAN in AA J. At check-in I noticed that my BP was showing OW emerald, and when we arrived at the lounge the agent invited us to the Flagship Lounge "because of [my] BA gold status."
You lucky sod!

This never happens to me. I can only imagine a back-end IT screwup assuming oneworld status levels from the airline's text description and AA translating you to "AA gold" then later reading "gold" on a BAEC member and assuming OWE. Enjoy it when it happens.
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