Originally Posted by
Kacee
UA has a specific published exception from *A rules that allows it to exclude its own *G flying domestic from the UCs. There is no such exception that would allow AC to reject domestic UA *G. The situation would be similar to LAX (also a UA hub, in an adjacent terminal with airside connection), where the MLL has always allowed access by UA *G.
Guess we'll see what happens but unless AC has obtained an exemption from *A, I'd expect UA *G to have access.
I'll add that a 130 pax lounge is not very large. About the same size of the E Concourse UC, which is perenially overcrowded.
I just don't see how AC builds this lounge unless they've already got that exemption in hand. Opening a 130-seat lounge at a UA hub, and giving access to thousands of UA Golds (per day) who don't have access to UA's own lounges, would essentially guarantee the lounge was so constantly full that qualifying AC passengers would frequently be unable to use it.