Originally Posted by
xliioper
They do if you are STE+ in a program other than DL's (as long as you are flying Skyteam international excluding the Caribbean). DL tried to enforce that rule on all STE+ members, but later backtracked.
Very quietly, they removed the BE exclusion from the verbiage for non-DL STE+ but kept a general exclusion (I don't specifically recall whether life membership's exemption from BE prohibition is explicitly called out). So I've been curious since then (not that this FB Platinum buys BE to test) which rule holds. It would be good to know if this was a kiosk giving access or if a BP was shown (I'd be more confident in the kiosk being coded with the exception than I'd be in a dragon not just immediately denying based on BE).