Originally Posted by
cerealmarketer
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And you're dead wrong UA is going where "no international carrier has gone" before.
DL and US both had int'l business class only lounges. DL at ATL / JFK and US at PHL. They were ultimately dismantled in the name of cost cuts.
And AA has decided to let intl J passengers into its Flagship lounges starting in 2017.
No luck if you're a 75k/50k elite in coach - you're 'stuck' in an Admirals Club while the J pax are away from the 'unwashed masses.' I'm sure they'll be promptly downgrading the Admirals Clubs.
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And if you look internationally: SQ only let J into their real lounges in SIN, *G get dumped into a separate area.
LH do go the opposite direction and give *G a slightly better lounge than J - but the differences are quite small (and they also have an F lounge).