Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
Star Alliance and Star Alliance lounges, the one that grants you access to the lounge pays. So if you use status (eg. Senator lounges or business lounges on Y) the FFP pays. If your tickets grants you access, J tix for J lounge, the carrier pays. Contract lounges, the carrier always pays.
To me, this does not make sense at all. Several airlines have different lounges for C-class and *G, such as SK, LX and SQ. According to this theory, when a C-class passenger with *G is flying SK, LX or SQ, it's the choice of the lounge made by the passenger which determines who will pay the bill. SQ actually has better lounges for C-class than *G. So, if a SK*G flying SQ C-class decides to use the C lounge in SIN, then SQ pays, but if he decides to use the *G lounge, then SK has to pay SQ?