Originally Posted by
stevendorechester
One minor advantage to United showing premium travel to Canada is being able to use the first section in non-united lounges. I was able to access the Star Alliance first class section at LAX years ago with a United first boarding pass to Vancouver. I found it to be a great experience, worth clearing security twice as I had a lot of time.
Well technically they are coded as first-class fares and they're INTL so yes, that would make tickets on those fares eligible for any partner/alliance INTL F lounge that didn't specifically exclude them.
Originally Posted by
stevendorechester
It' s a shame that Delta ( at least officially) no longer offers F passengers to Canada Skyclub access
Oh, so that's why UA will remove club access with Canada fares soon.
Originally Posted by
stevendorechester
I don't know why US carriers can't do like airlines in the rest of the world and offer lounge access to all international premium passengers, instead of selling memberships or offer it through credit cards.
The UC's wouldn't be any less crowded nowadays.
Originally Posted by
stevendorechester
To me international is international and access rules should be consistent across all alliances.
In the alliance, they are the same. The *A framework and rules govern access for pax on OAL *A J/F or OAL *G pax to *G lounges, so they'd get access to the UC for a trip to Canada, as UC's are *G lounges.
However, *A rules don't govern UC access policies for UA pax or UA Premier members, even if they have UA*G status. A UA pax or UA Premier member seeking access to a UA club is a transaction that happens entirely out of the scope of the alliance.