Originally Posted by
xliioper
There were two major changes this year. The one mentioned above and the elimination of access to partner lounges by SC members on purely domestic itin's. For example, the KL and AF lounges at IAH and the AF lounge at IAD. An SC member used to have access to those even on domestic itins.
It's not just domestic itineraries. If you're a skyclub member and not STE+ you still can't access the AF lounge at AMS (you also can't use your executive membership for guesting purposes, you're stuck with the STE+ 1 guest policy).