I am flying to YVR in a couple of weeks on US & AC. I am a *G on US and trying to find out where, if anywhere, I will have lounge access besides YVR on the return. I have done a search on in the forums and the best I found was
here but the general consensus was unclear.
I found the
following on the * Alliance website which states
United Airlines' Premier Executive and Premier Executive 1K customers and US Airways' Chairman Preferred and Gold Preferred customers have access to U.S. domestic United Red Carpet Club and US Airways Club locations only when they present a ticket or boarding pass for a same-day international flight.
The last I checked the US
has not annexed Canada so I would think I would have access based on this information.
but on the US website I find the following information that both conflicts and confirms what is on the Star Alliance site scattered all over their site
I find that on one page
page where they describe the US Air club and the varying levels of access the following note.
Chairman and Gold Preferred members will receive access to Star Alliance Lounges and the US Airways Club when traveling internationally as part of their Star Gold benefits.
On another page in an unrelated part of the site I find the following
page:
United - Star Gold Member access to domestic Red Carpet Clubs is restricted to those traveling on a trans-oceanic flight
and on yet a third unrelated part of the site I find the
following:
Worldwide Lounge Access - Gold Preferred members receive access to over 500 Star Gold lounges when traveling on a Star Alliance flight. Members may bring one guest.
Excludes access when traveling solely within North America and to or from the Caribbean.
Which set of rules is accurate? If I go by the strictest definition, I won't have any access to YVR on the return. The best case I can engage in the fine past time of lounge hopping in PHL :-) since that is the only airport I'm transiting through that has multiple *G lounges.