Originally Posted by
Arnur
Right, you mean as in morally correct? Well, see it that way: Continental's own elites don't get access to lounges when flying in economy class either. So why should other Skyteam elites enjoy this benefit. Do you know whether you will get Flying Blue miles for the flight? I would doubt it as Virgin is no Skyteam partner..
First of all let us correct some points you brought up:
-CO elites do get access to lounges. However this is restricted to Platinums (The only Elite Plus level on their program) flying on international same-day itineraries (standard SkyTeam rules).
-He will get miles, however these will be award miles and not status miles.
Next time, instead of flying the VS codeshare, go down the road and fly Continental on their own metal from Gatwick.