Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
While the other benefits are pretty clear cut, lounge benefits for other *A *G is going to be interesting --since the *A rules are a bit ambiguous (but leaning to admission) in this case. I doubt this situation was ever really considered when the rules were written.
For the most part, lounge access is something that might be described as "pan-alliance" for *A at least. That makes it a different case than crediting miles, seat selection, etc. which are very carrier specific.