Originally Posted by
crackjack
I know we debated in the earlier thread, but to rehash for other readers, this long-haul to short-haul rule starts: “Connecting between oneworld marketed and operated flights:…”, and does not define whether their use of the term ‘connecting’ includes flights across two separate tickets (or PNR), or must be a single one.
The use of the term ‘connecting’ implies to me a single ticket / PNR, e.g., from BA’s T&Cs:
Having said that, BA actually does explicitly allow such LH-->SH access across separate tickets. (As does AA, and apparently CX allows it too.)
In MH’s case, it’s not clear which way their lounge access policy takes it, given the vagueness in the OW rule (or if it even explicitly incorporates this rule at all; I don’t believe they publish the full policy externally).
The OP / others can always ask at the front desk with their arriving boarding pass, but I can’t see them having a leg to stand on if the lounge agent denies them. At least the OP and their family will have access to the J side.
You're grasping at straws about what counts as a "connection", and I'm not sure what another airline's T&Cs have to do with this. The OW policy only explicitly states the passenger must present both the long haul F and onward J/Y boarding passes. In theory the MH lounge policy should be based on the OW policy, but from personal experience nobody informed the agents about this provision, and they don't care to find out. If enough people start asking/complaining then perhaps they'd start to wise up, but that might be wishful thinking on my part.