Originally Posted by
bryanwallace
Eg have flight from Budapest with air china..
Does this mean I can use contract lounge which air china has access to or does it not count as I am star gold with united?
Same thing with a diff flight with air china out of lon Gatwick.
For the most part, use of contract lounges is carrier specific. The carrier will determine if they want to grant *G (and their elites) access to contract lounges. So in the case of BUD/LGW, it is up to CA to see what arrangement they have for their passengers.
Star Alliance lounge finder site shows that CA passengers have access to the SkyCourt lounge in BUD.
Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Contract lounges are generally a no unless you are booked in business. No *G benefits
*G access is for *A lounges
That's largely correct if flying on UA since they're cheap, but not for other *A carriers. There's a thread in the LH forum about how a LH*G was denied lounge access at BCN on a UA flight but they allow *G to enter for other *A carriers.