Originally Posted by ckccan

I've found more than once in Asia especially that the airlines are very strict about which lounge you use. If you're ticketed on an airline that has their own lounge locally, I've been told on more than one ocassion that I MUST use that lounge as opposed to another *A lounge.

I would usually choose the SQ or TG lounge depending on where I am, but I've been refused and redirected to ANA etc., depending on where I am ticketed.

For SYD, I was told that if I was flying AC (or any number of other *A partners), I would be entitled to lounge access in the ANZ lounge, but since I was flying UA and UA has their own lounge, I was expected/required to use that lounge.