Originally Posted by xyzzy
This is something I don't understand. SkyTeam ElitePlus status is supposed to get us lounge access at airports with a SkyTeam lounge. Why does it matter which airline we fly if there is a SkyTeam lounge at the airport? All of the cases like this I've seen have excluded CO ElitePlus members. It seems that all ElitePlus passengers are not created equal
AF and KL provide lounge access to this ElitePlus when flying coach out of CPH, where there is no SkyTeam-operated lounge, whenever I've used my top-tier NW, DL or AZ status to fly AF or KL out of there. CO does not.
The same dynamics are present with lounges at OSL and ARN where there is no SkyTeam-operated lounge either but where KL/AF provide access to ElitePlus members too while CO refuses to for any but BF customers.