Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
Lolz, what praytell would those be?
I'm guessing he's talking about the methods of unscrupulously purchasing premium tickets solely for the purpose of getting into the clubs.
Anyway. If you look at the lounge phenomenon from a curious scientific point of view -- there is no successful evolutionary niche that has been occupied by an affordable, non-subsidized, yet high quality premium lounge in the US. That bird is not able to survive in this passenger environment... (just as the odd evolutionary beak shape experiments of 3 class passenger transcon US service, all-premium US-Europe service, or long-haul low cost service are dying or have died shortly after launch).