Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
AS isn't interested in letting people have their cake (lounge access using OWS/OWE credentials) and eating it too (very generous AS mileage earning on cheap Y fares). If you want free lounges as a OWS/OWE, please earn in some other program than AS. That's it.
But then (assuming an AS flight), instead of giving out their own AS miles, they have to buy miles from BA or some other partner for $$ (or at least $).