Originally Posted by
safari ari
This is primarily because before the merger AS was <8% of SFO traffic (I have to double check the stats) (it is now ~11%) and they were also not flying out of T2. Now after the merger, VX having a landside for pay lounge, and no space in T2 to build a lounge with T1 construction also ongoing, there isn't much they can do and we are also talking about <1 year since the acquisition. Before buying VX AS was mainly focused on LAX, PDX, SEA and ANC as you can see by their lounge situations in these airport. Not to mention AS is always behind on their lounge updates, just look how long it took them to build a second lounge in their hub of SEA and now they are slowly updating the other ones.
Before the merger Alaska operated a lounge in the old gate area; Alaska chose both to close this lounge and acquire VX. There is nothing keeping Alaska from making a Priority Pass-style deal with a vendor at T2 to give Alaska Lounge members an offering at SFO.