Guava -

Just a quick correction - UA does have first class lounges at most of their international gateways in the US, and many around the world.

You're right, though, that even 1k or equivalent can't use the F lounges unless they are in F class. If I'm a revenue F passenger, though, I'm pleased by that. Most F class lounges around the world on *A airlines are quite small. If all 1K's were permitted to use UA F class lounges, many of them would be quite overwhelmed. Not that I don't wish *A were like OW in this respect, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

Other than the F class lounge rule, the SK BKK lounge and the couple of SQ lounges (won't even start the SQ topic again) what
*A lounges can't *Gold use? E.g., what lounge with ANZ? With ANA? I've generally never had a problem.

Note also, that if you had been an AA Platinum, i.e., the vastly most typical US based oneworld Sapphire passenger, you would not have received Admiral's Club privileges on US domestic flights (correct me, somebody, if I'm wrong on this one).

Greg