m3red, I would be pretty surprised by lounge removal for Y ; but IF it did come to pass, I would be equally surprised if the second part of your sentence automatically followed.

People fly Y for a variety of reasons - not least when travelling on business, and for an employer who will only stump up for non-premium tickets, often as a matter of strict company policy (I believe there are several such members on the forum). They can't suddenly say ..."I'm not going because I don't get to use the lounge any more ...."


My own view is that if such a devaluation happened (unlikely ....but anything's possible) then we would soon be hearing a catalogue of indignant gripes - albeit with some justification - along the lines of remember the good old days when you could use the lounge even with a Y ticket.... We have, after all, seen similar scenarios in the past, eg mileage earn/burn rates and ease of award availability.

There would be threats to move to other carriers. But if course it's not unknown to make a switch, only to subsequently find your new 'favourite' later deciding to do the very same thing that made you switch loyalty......