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Old Dec 10, 2002, 7:34 am
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Snoopy
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Nr. Zurich
Programs: LH SEN, IHG Platinum, Marriott Lifetime Gold
Posts: 1,610
"As you know we eased the current Lounge Access rule for Travelclub partners in July 2002 allowing you to invite your life-partner or spouse. Our intention was to offer you something better than our main competitors. However, we did not foresee such a sharp increase in the number of lounge users as a result of this more open policy, which unfortunately has also been abused by some travellers. This in turn has stretched our lounge resources beyond a manageable point, to the disadvantage of members in general. Consequently, we have reluctantly decided to restrict lounge access once again to members only. We are, however, working on an alternative lounge access policy for partners linked to your travel activity. Details will be communicated to you at a later stage."

This was in the December Newsletter I received via e-mail. I guess that qualifies as an announcement. I would be interested to know what kind of abuse they are talking about.
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