Originally Posted by percysmith

I think you can forget about the cases where class of travel already covers your lounge access - that is clearly operating airline. It only is when access is by status.

To your question (why can't CX charge IB for lounge access but let FQTV be CX) I speculated it was a system limitation - an inability to split the FQTS for lounge from FQTV. And it was a CX-specific system limitation as it seems in that point in time, no other OW partner seems to suffer from it (with the exception of Alaska, but, they're a recent oneworld admission so maybe their systems are not set up that way).

But we just had a report that QF in SYD is also enforcing similar rules Changing FFP# [2025] - seems like CX is not an isolated, IT-challenged case. This is an updated data point from a couple of conflicting data points earlier https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/37563210-post308.html and https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NP...ibextid=wwXIfr .

So is this a oneworld-wide system limitation that is not being followed up? I still find it difficult to believe other Oneworld members can’t charge each other for lounge visits by “flash card” alone, given how long this practice has been going for (ie, can’t have been a courtesy for that long)