Originally Posted by
metallo
This is a good point. I managed to talk my way into the LAX FL recently while flying an AA J codeshare operated by Air Tahiti Nui LAX-PPT. QF F lounge as EP/OWE was clearly out of the question after that lol.
Perhaps even more shocking was that on the return PPT-LAX, also an AA codeshare, I was denied access to the PPT Air Tahiti Nui business class lounge despite being in J. They said the AA codeshare was the problem and that “AA is too cheap to pay for club access.”
I ultimately used priority pass to get in, but yes, all of this illustrates that AA benefits mean very little once you start talking about non-OW airlines.
You we’re lucky accessing the FL, as you say.
TN really sucks at how they handle codeshares. No upgrades, often denial of decent seats and no lounge access even if flying Poerava Business — and TN staff will lie to you, telling you you’ll not be allowed into the PPT lounge even if you have Priority Pass. That’s rubbish, of course, as that lounge is fully a PP accessible lounge. Flying AA codeshares on TN, there’s an absence of the spirit of
maeva.