Originally Posted by Fabo.sk

SEN lounges are technically *A First lounges so...

but yes, BA Silver absolutely is not equivalent to *S which is what FTL is. It is a relatively good *Silver, but *Silver nonetheless. BA Silver, being OW Sapphire, is equivalent to *Gold and has benefits analogous, like lounge access (which BA Bronze/owr does not have, neither does *S, though FTL does in limited form) or priority boarding (which BA Bronze/owr does not have, neither does *S including FTL).

LH managed to create an illusion, via particularly difficult qualification criteria, that SEN status is a cut above other *G and by extension STE+/OWS statuses, but at the end of the day, it is a *G status.