Originally Posted by
salteen
This is a reasonable argument to make. But is there a chance that AC restricting access to its own passengers could result in retaliation from other *A partners? Maybe UA then decides "fine, on second thought, we don't want any pesky AC passengers at our UA clubs in ORD."
It seems like *A Gold lounge privileges are fairly universal. Or maybe some other *A lounges already have exceptions that I don't know about?
ironically you can buy an AS lounge membership for cheap and still fly UA. Or AC. In fact when I have to fly AC, I use my AS lounge elite lounge passes….better food and more relaxed.