I am boarding on an Emirates flight in a hour. When I checked in on my Alaska award business flight to Beijing through Dubai. I was told I would not have access to the lounge in Dubai and was given a meal voucher. Have this happened to anyone else, I mean get a meal voucher and get told no lounge? Is there anything I can an do?

Other information, it's from SFO to Dubai to Beijing. I got in to the SFO lounge just fine.