Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Whether or not it’s fraud depends on what the meaning of the word “is fraud” is. Regardless, it’s certainly no more sleazy or fraudulent than getting multiple sock-drawered credit only cards for the SUBs, it’s not at the same level of sleaze as covering the words “gift card” with your thumb when showing a card to a money order producing customer service representative, it’s highly unlikely to be noticed or penalized, it’s certainly not illegal. BUT, most importantly, why go through all that effort to get into a mediocre lounge which is likely to be overcrowded and noisy.

Better options: fly on UA and get a (sock drawered) UA Club card and sit in one the mediocre UA clubs, join the Navy (or if you insist the Army or Air Force ) and go to a USO lounge, get Priority Pass access via a different credit card which includes restaurant credits and enjoy one of those restaurants, find a quiet place to sit and read or nap in the concourse, walk the length of the concourse window shopping for exercise, video the next meltdown and/or fight at the Spirit or Frontier gates .