Originally Posted by
rehoult
There are alternatives offered in LAX too, namely the *A J and F lounges in TBIT that anyone could walk to if they wanted, and which are run on behalf of the entire alliance.
If you want to argue that *A policies say *G get into all J lounges operated by a *A airline, go for it. You're on decent ground, and there would be a lot of people that agree with you. But when you accept that UA can exclude *G from the Polaris lounge, which is a J lounge, then it's tough to swallow you also arguing that other *A carriers shouldn't be allowed to customize their access policies too.
UA can exclude *G from Polaris because they have a *G lounge next to it.
Originally Posted by
canadiancow
Polaris is a J lounge, not a *G lounge.
SQ J lounges are J lounges, not *G lounges.
That's fine.
The issue is if AC advertises the MLL as a *G lounge but then doesn't allow *G in.
But this is a common problem in US airports.
AC*G on UA domestic flights - good luck getting into the SFO SQ or BR lounges.
Heck, last week, I was asked for my *G card to get into the BR lounge, with an AC*G and J on my BP.
1. What are the rules?
2. What should the rules be?
3. What is enforced?
1 is very straightforward.
2 is highly debatable.
3 is inconsistent, even for a given lounge.
The SQ lounge at SFO is SQ breaking the rules because they are SQ. AC very clearly posts that their lounges are regular business lounges and thus *G lounges.