Originally Posted by
cyborg
Even after AS bought VX we have been using the VS IAD Lounge with a reasonable $45 charge for F and MC. Now that AS has consumed VX (IT related) this is no longer available. So, what does AS intend to do for IAD?
Loungebuddy app on your phone, buy TK lounge access for $45 (it's also a PP lounge). Not too far from the AS gates. So you seem to be no worse off given that SRB is probably going to be buddies with AS (and allow AS pax into VS lounges) slightly after hell freezes over, and the cost for TK lounge access is exactly the same as what you paid for VS access.
PS: AA doesn't have a lounge at IAD, guess they must not "care", either... and they are a considerably larger airline than AS.