Thank you, Anglicum, for understanding my motive.

I had no idea reason to believe that being treated as a second-class first-class passenger on the ground did not presage the same treatment in the air. If the airline treats code-share partners' passengers shabbily on the ground, who's to say how they'll be treated further en route?

Indeed, SWISS service is for SWISS passengers, as one of ground-maidens said.

OK, i'm playing innocent: I was essentially extending SWISS policy ad absurdam. I wanted to make cabin crew, among others, aware of how the absurd lounge policy undermines their exemplary onboard service.

As a reaction to being thrown out of a lounge, my on-board picnic seems tame and teddy-bearish in comparison to the high-octane, desk-thumping rants the lounge guardians are subject to.


Revenge (the motive invoked by our friend) is a puzzling notion. Certainly something best left to others, not my thing at all.