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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 12:11 pm
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Originally Posted by pinniped
Because partner status is never as good as native status, this strategy is most useful to someone who flies 20k-40k/yr on Star. If you're already north of 50k/yr, you're probably better off with native status. If you fly Oneworld (as may be the case with the aforementioned Aussie in the UK), it's no good at all...because Star Gold gets lounge access only in conjunction with an actual Star Alliance flight.
Native status on UA won't get you lounge access domestically unless you also pony up for the United Club membership. *A seems to be the only alliance that does this since OW and ST require an international flight for lounge access regardless of the FFP (although in my experience, a lot of foreign contract lounges don't seem to care).
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