Originally Posted by AlicorporateUK

They won't. Imagine the conversation with my manager – "Sadly my SAS Gold card no longer grants me access to the lounge in Gdańsk, would you by any chance be able to authorise XX GBP for me to get to the lounge?".

And it isn't about the money (as you would most certainly spend more in one of the restaurants/bars), just that businesses get 'funny' about things like that (our new managing director once made a sarcastic comment about all the Gold cards attached to employee's laptop bags and those who travel purely to get their shiny card renewed for another year...).

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