Originally Posted by
ung1
I recall what Emirates did (maybe still does) was to give their Silver members access only to lounges in DXB, so you would have lounge access during a layover but not at departure. There is also better control over lounge capacity at hubs, so that could perhaps be one way to do it for FTL..
LH Group (+ Miles&More airlines) essentially do the same. FTL only get access to airline operated lounges, which are in hubs, with some few exceptions (like MXP... which
used to be a Lufthansa group hub, to be fair). The only difference is, EK has one hub, LHG has many.