Originally Posted by
FlyingHoustonian
I am flying PHL-MIA-PTY in paid first/biz class, does that grant lounge access at either PHL or MIA? Website seems to mention int'l over 5 hours is ok but excludes Caribbean (which PTY would not be I presume).
Originally Posted by
flyingeph12
Yes, you should get AC access in both PHL and MIA. PTY is Central America, not Caribbean.
PTY is Central America, but in order to access the AC based solely on First or Business class (no status) the flight needs to be over 5 hrs. MIA-PTY isn't that long, so no access in this case.
This is a confusing area of the lounge access rules, since a PLT or EXP does get lounge access flying a shorter Central America route like MIA-PTY.