Thanks for your advice. Just back from SP and Stockholm/London.
Originally Posted by
fifty_two
If you are not a ST elite of another airline than DL you wont have access to DL lounges except if you are on international trip
If you fly DL as an ST elite of another airline than DL you probably have more chances to date beyonce than being upgraded
I'm hoping that there is an airline in the SkyTeam alliance that makes it easier to reach sufficiently elite status as to get US lounge access (similar to the benefit I get from the relatively easy route to Star Gold that is available by crediting miles to Turkish). I do have Plat Amex and Priority Plus..
Go to know on the upgrades. Sometimes as a StarGold through Turkish, I get upgraded on AC. I don't think I get any upgrades these days on OneWorld.