Originally Posted by
flyerCO
You only get access based on Skyteam Elite Plus status when you have a flight DEPARTING the airport. Notice the key word "that departs XX on the same day to another country." They recently tightened up on this because way too many were using it for an arrival lounge in their destination, even though that was never the benefit.
That's not what it says on the post I copied from airfrance.us and that you quoted. I quoted myself below and bolded the applicable parts.
Originally Posted by
mattp1987
Flying Blue Gold and Platinum or SkyTeam Elite Plus
You and a guest of your choice can take advantage of free entry to the 530 Air France and SkyTeam lounges.
You have access to the lounges when you travel:
on an AIR FRANCE, KLM, or SkyTeam international flight,
on an Air France flight within Paris that departs from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly West and airports in certain select cities,
on a KLM flight within the Netherlands that departs from Amsterdam-Schiphol,
on a SkyTeam flight within one country that connects to a SkyTeam international flight on the same day,
upon arrival on a long-haul SkyTeam flight to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2C,
upon arrival on a SkyTeam international flight to Amsterdam-Schiphol (KLM Crown Lounges), Dubai, Glasgow, Houston, Johannesburg, and Toronto.
http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/common..._airfrance.htm
Additionally, for the question about the lounge at IAH, I have used it when flying United by showing my PP card. I'm not a SC member, so I don't know if a SC card would work there.