Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
From my recollection, when BA makes significant changes - such as the ending of "open doors" or the ending of Concorde Cards - BA has sent out clear comms about the subject. Hiding big changes via an asterisk on a general emai isn't how BA does things. After all if they are trying to cut back on some aspect of this there is no benefit to them or us in trying to hide it. Either they want it to happen or not.
Yes, it doesn't look good for an airline to surprise masses of its customers at the lounge entrances with a sudden devaluation in lounge access benefits.
If there would be an implemented plan to prohibit economy class-flying Sapphire/Emeralds from accessing Oneworld lounges when flying out on OW airlines, then this would be something that would be much more obvious and widely so. We are fortunately not at that point.
