Originally Posted by
capedreamer
Of the remainder, I seriously doubt you'll have more than a rounding error of people buying a fully refundable ticket for an earlier flight just to access the lounge.
Well, we know that AC actively tracks that exact form of misbehaviour, so even if they're more than rounding error, they will end up getting banned permanently anyways and will further reduce the crowding. :-)
To refresh people's memories:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26733198-post38.html