Originally Posted by
SkyTeam777
Ugh, this is what I am afraid of, and it is the whole point of having a through-type of ticket so you avoid these types of issues. I know people mention using the QR app, but in my experience, I don't think the website or the app will allow you to get a boarding pass until the first AS segment is flown, and may still require you to see a live person. I dont mind waiting around an airport airside if there is a lounge, but SFO does not have any lounges available to AS pax in the same terming without needing an onward boarding pass.
Here's another thought. The TSA definitely accepts AS boarding passes to access the Cathay Pacific Lounge, and although it's closed, I would use the same argument (if needed) that you're accessing the Air France Lounge (which is what QR uses at SFO) under the Oneworld access rules.
This, of course, is assuming that you're in J and actually have access and/or you're a OWE elite. As an AA CK, I'm assuming you are...
ps: keep in mind, AF lounge closes at 430p and then reopens at 630p
pss: personally, I'd store my luggage in the Intl terminal, take Bart to the City and have a nice dinner if I had 7 hours here.