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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by WearyBizTrvlr
.... Isn't the rule that emeralds get the same access as the native top-tier members?
Absolutely not. The Oneworld rules (and contractual agreement by airlines when joining Oneworld) is not ambiguous. Non-native Emeralds get access to the F lounge, Sapphires to the J lounge. Any other lounges that an airline might operate are not part of the agreement. So JL can create an F lounge for OW Emeralds and rename its real F lounges so that they are not covered by the agreement (the BA solution). BTW BA does allow status-based access to the Concorde Room: BA Premier flying any class on any airline, and QF Platinum flying F on QF ex-LHR. I think an F ticket on QF without WP gets F lounge access and not Concorde Room at LHR (doesn't apply to JFK).
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