Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
as far as i am aware this has always been the case. The image is from an old archive lounge thread so its definately been the case for a long time
interesting, I definitely have memories of past trips I took as I used to be able to find CE avios flights intra-europe and then feed into WT or WT+ onward to USA and I would be able to get into the lounge.
(this is back when check-in agent would check through begs even if I was traveling on two PNRs)