Originally Posted by
andersonCooper
That's a fair point, but things are fundamentally different with CX MPC.
1) It's way easier to attain AA EXP than it does to CX DM (~50% spending difference), so it makes sense to eliminate general access to AA lounges;
Just to nit-pick, this is not the reason why AA status members don't get domestic lounge access. It's because AA has a profitable (?) club membership scheme.