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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 10:59 pm
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tkyoshi
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Originally Posted by idlingbye
Question.

I have a gold card valid until 12/2016. The lounges I tend to use don't swipe the card -- they just look at it. Does that mean that I can still use it and associated benefits till the end of the card validity?

Even if I'm not in the *A FF Database (which I won't be?) I've had checkin people manually add the *G status of presentation of a Gold card within its validity period.
Well, If you enter the lounge based on *A Gold then the Mileage Program is supposed to be charged back for the visit. Questions will probably arise if A3 denies payment for your entry into the lounge. It's no different than say using a cancelled AMEX Platinum credit card w a still valid Expiry Date to enter a lounge.

However if they don't record and submit a payment request then sure you could probably "get away" with it but technically it would be fraud.
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