I was thinking in terms of individual airlines that offered their elite members lounge entrance based on status alone. Are there any?
We only fly business or first internationally, so the only time we would ever use our 1k/Star Alliance Gold status would be if we were connecting to another Star Alliance flight within Europe. There really is no point in flying any class other than coach within Europe, IMHO.
We did not have lounge access in AMS last week connecting on KLM to CPH, but AMS is such an amazing shopping airport that it really didn't matter.