Originally Posted by
megaloman
I'd say it's safe to assume person who compiled eligibility list was an intern and did it with no knowledge / clue how alliances, frequent flyer statuses work. Main misconception can come from the fact that as Star Alliance elite you need to have at least *Gold to enter "Gold Track", lounges etc (with an exception to M&M Silver - or Frequent Traveller status). You apply same rule to non-Star Alliance airline and you end up with only BA Golds allowed to enter the fast track or lounge. One of those silly mistakes which usually takes a bit of effort to sort out.
That's almost certainly the case. WAW is very much *A dominated and whoever knocked up that description of access rules likely confused *A principles with OW ones.
Even when it comes to *A rules they often get it wrong, such as insisting that you need *G written on the BP in order to access Gold Track or the lounge (if you're on a *A flight then having the physical Gold card will do, even if you're crediting to a carrier you don't have status on). That's just not WAW though, this can happen in a lot of places (MAD had a dragon by the entrance to fast track who insisted I didn't have access rights... until I coopted someone from LH to put her straight).