Originally Posted by Clipper801
For most of the *A flights that I have taken, the boarding pass will have a notation that you are a *A Gold level member. May be that should be sufficient id to let you into the lounge. I don't know and don't what to get into an arguement on whether the rule should be waived. If you are flying F or J, you'll have access "automatically" by the class your travel.
Because David was not Elite at the time of his booking, his file will not show his Elite status, hence it will not show on his BP. If it was a
pure AC reservation, he could call AC and ask them to refresh/update his file to show his newly earned status, I am unsure if this will work with a * booking, well worth a try though.
As others have mentioned, just log onto AP.com and print your balance page showing your status. I did this in 2003 when I first earned E, it worked fine.