Originally Posted by
seawolf
I don't think any of the above will happen.
As for MasterCard World Elite lounge, think crowded AMEX Centurion lounge crowded by a factor of 10 due to low annual fee on such a card.
For a while at JFK T8 (AA) [maybe other terminals], there was a MCWEL--they roped off an area of seats near one of the gates = a lounge.
In NYC at Columbus Circle, The Times Warner Center does a similar thing (as in T8).
IMHO, neither of these are lounges.