I thought I'd give this thread a bump now that VS has been part of SkyTeam for 18 months, to see if people here with STE+ status flying in Economy/Premium have seen anything change/improve.

As a data point, I've gone through all VS destinations on the SkyTeam Lounge Finder. Only 10 locations explicitly show the Virgin Atlantic logo against them (5 of which are the VS Clubhouses):

LHR – Clubhouse
JFK – Clubhouse
IAD – Clubhouse
SFO – Clubhouse
JNB – Clubhouse
ATL – Delta Sky Club
BOS – Delta Sky Club
MCO – Delta Sky Club
SEA - Delta Sky Club
DXB – SkyTeam Lounge


As for all the other lounges listed on the VS website, they either don't appear on the SkyTeam Lounge Finder at all, or don't have the Virgin Atlantic logo against them, meaning there is real ambiguity as to whether SkyTeam Elite Plus members on a VS-operated flight flying in Economy/Premium would have access (along with a guest, as per SkyTeam rules). The only exception is PVG, where Virgin specifically mentions SkyTeam Elite Plus in the lounge description on their website (it's a China Eastern lounge, so a SkyTeam member).

MAN – 1903 Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
EDI – Plaza Premium Lounge
LAS – The Club at LAS (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
LAX – Star Alliance Lounge
MIA – Delta Sky Club (interestingly it's no longer LATAM. Delta would of course allow access here as a SkyTeam member lounge)
TPA – International Club Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers and Gold card holders)
ANU - Executive Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
NAS - The Lignum Club Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
BGI - Airlines Executive Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
GND - IAM Jet Centre
MBJ - Club MoBay Departure Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
UVF - Iyanola Executive Lounge
BLR - 080 International Lounge
DEL - Encalm Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
MLE – Leeli Lounge
BOM - Adani West Lounge
PVG – China Eastern No 36 (VS site says for Upper Class passengers and SkyTeam Elite Plus)
CPT – Bidvest Lounge
LOS – Oasis Lounge (VS site says for Upper Class passengers)
TLV - Dan Lounge


Unless otherwise stated above, the VS website provides no more detail about the access policy for these third-party lounges. Based on this information, VS seems to be going against the SkyTeam lounge policy at the majority of its airports, causing a particular problem in Caribbean/Asia/Africa for STE+ status holders.

I'd be very keen to hear any experiences of STE+ status-holders flying Economy/Premium with any of these lounges