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Originally Posted by
behuman
While extra luggage is a *G benefit the staralliance.com website indicates the following exception:
So it doesn't go against anything.
Implementing the restriction on lounge access would go against the rules until that is amended alliance wide too.
Correct and there will be one more exception (to the basic rules) at the convenience of the LH group which will suit them, like the LH group F lounge story.
This is just the start. Elite benefits are just not bearable at a certain level of very low fares and rightly so, especially with the inflation of "cheap" *G from certain airlines.