Originally Posted by
patrickk
I think you will find that EK started this round of lockouts. I was denied EK lounge access in Melbourne last week because I had a QF tircket and it would not scan, while in the QF lounge they were still announcing EK flights suggesting EK passengers were still welcome.
To elaborate on my post above it seems that EK has done this without telling anybody.On the same day in the QF lounge they were calling the EK flight, so they must have been allowed in. It does make sense to stop people like me lounge shopping. EK want EK passengers or codeshares on EK metal in their lounges. I noted the EK Dusseldorf lounge was fanastic with first class lounge food with only five people in it. I was in there by virtue of my QF codeshare ticket, but noted they were struggling for business at the pointy end of the plane where is was not. The politics of lounge access indeed