Originally Posted by Confus

The fees are astronomical, far higher than nearly everyone would expect. And it’s per-PNR-per-lounge-per-pax-per-day, as the airline systems don’t sync up. But the other thing people miss is that BA makes as much as they lose in T3. It’s easy to forget but the vast majority of FFP cardholders in the real world don’t follow FT or HfP and don’t know the intricacies. If they fly AA or AY but have a BA silver card, they just go straight to the same BA lounge that they know already.