Originally Posted by
ernestnywang
My understanding is that this is how *A works. For OW, the operating airline always pays the lounge fee. When I was a CX SPH member flying AA Y going to the BA lounge at BWI, I remember the lounge complained about not having the payment scheme set up with AA, the only other OW carrier at BWI. If BA were supposed to get money from the airline I have status with, I'd assume the BWI lounge need to have the scheme in place with every single OW carrier.
I entered the DFW D AA lounge on Monday flying QR J. The AA agent scanned the QR pass, then swiped my QF Plat card, then gave me the invite into the Flagship Dining area (an F level benefit). There would have been no reason for the lounge agent to swipe the QF card, which was already in the booking, if the QR pass was good enough for access.