Just cadged a look at a colleague's GE card to compare what it says on the back to my PE.

They have restricted lounge access irrespective of airline flown, and guest access, to PE only. And of course all the old RW lounges are now PE-only lounges.

No great surprise, but annoying for those who managed to get RW fairly easily but will struggle to maintain PE - I suspect this will include me.

I'm going to find it a lot easier to maintain *G status via BMI and LH - this is likely to affect where I steer my business!