To all: Sorry if what I said was poorly worded. I understand nothing will change for actual Star Alliance lounges, I'm talkjing about the partner non Star branded lounges. Like the GVK lounge in Mumbai. What I was saying was that for airports that use a contract lounge but also have a *A lounge: ZRH uses Aspire lounge but no worries as there are Senator lounges, this is fine. But airports like Mumbai where there is only a contract lounge, this is where the problem lies for me.

Addon: Previously, I've always been sent to th4e GVK lounge in mumbai when flying out on any star carrier in economy, and I've also used the Casa Alitalia in Rome, though under these "new" rules I wouldn't be able to do this anymore unless I was flying Polaris. Someone pls do correct me if I'm wrong