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Jul 17, 2016 | 12:32 am

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Originally Posted by ESpen36

Unlikely. Most overseas airlines offer lounges strictly as a perk for their elites and premium cabin customers. Only USA-based airlines (and QF in Aussie) offer pay-for-access and consider their lounge programs to be a revenue stream. The overseas airlines do not expect to gain additional direct revenue from their lounges. So, it would not be in those overseas carriers' interests to have a "reciprocal" policy of the type you describe.

Air Canada does a dual tiered thing. They sell access, but they also let their *Gs (E 50, E 75 and SE 100) in gratis.

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