Originally Posted by GoBears

Blimey, Blumie, you miss the point. You would not be going to the AC, but to the Qantas club which just happens to be in the same space.

There are 2 Qantas clubs at LAX; one in Term 4 (with the AC) and another at TBIT. If you show up at the TBIT Qantas club with a PLT card, do you think they would let you it? How about a BA Emerald card or a CP Sapphire card? Yes? OK. Then why not an AA Emerald card? And it you can get in the TBIT club, why not the Term 4 Club?

Once again, you would be going to the Qantas club, not the AC.

As JGR01 pointed out, I have life access to AC, so I cannot try this. But I hope another FTer does, so we can find out if this works or if it is, as Blumie says, merely "misinformation."

Originally Posted by nomore1k

Nice try, but I think they've got themselves covered. See the bit below, from the One-World page devoted specifically to lounge access, I added the bolding. Would anybody suggest that, while flying SFO-LAX on AA I would be given access to the BA operated Terraces lounge at SFO as a Plat? I didn't think so. But that's equivalent to what the OP suggests with the 'Qantas' lounge at LAX.

AAdvantage PlatinumŽ

Equivalent to oneworld Sapphire

Lounge access benefits: When travelling internationally* on any of the oneworld member airlines, regardless of the class of service, a Sapphire equivalent member and one guest will be welcome in any of the exclusive airline pre-flight Business Class and Frequent Flyer lounges.

* Solely North American itineraries within or between the U.S., Canada, Mexico (except Mexico City), the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean are not considered international destinations. This exception applies to AAdvantage members only and not to any other oneworld Frequent Flyer programme members.