Koru Club Access with United Club Membership
 

In my experience Air NZ make it up as they go along. If I ever think there's going to be an issue I print a copy of the relevant rule and take it along with me. It has never failed

What NZ lounge was it that rejected you? NZ has in recent weeks been rejecting people in AKL (even there own passengers) and re-directing them to another lounge due to overcrowding.

Where are you flying from/to and where does it say you specifically have access?

The only reference I see on the *A site referring to United Club membership being entitled to access is to a "business lounge" of which Air NZ do not have any.

Having *G would give entitlement to them all, but United Club membership is not *G.

I'm just keen to know where it says you're entitled to access. Regardless of other things posted on here previously I can't see a single reference on the *A or United websites saying that you're entitled to Koru access so I'm curious where you're seeing this.

Doesn't NZ treat the regional lounges differently to *A Gold Lounges?

Every Koru lounge is a *G lounge.

United Club membership is however not *G membership.

Doesn't matter. StarAlliance says United Club and Maple Leaf Club membership give you access to NZ *G lounges.

Where specifically does it say that? I can't see any reference anywhere that says that and spent a long time today (ironically in a UA lounge!) looking for something that says this.

Here. This policy has been in place since as long as I can remember and the list used to include CO and US lounge membership.

https://www.staralliance.com/en/lounge-access-policy

Paid Lounge Membership Customers

As holder of an eligible Paid Lounge Membership, you have access to any Star Alliance member airline’s Business Class Lounge at the airport where your flight departs. Eligible paid memberships are United Club and Air Canada Maple Leaf Club – Worldwide.

You will need to show your boarding pass for a Star Alliance member airline operated flight together with your valid paid lounge membership card, displaying the Star Alliance Lounge Logo.

You are entitled to bring one guest travelling on any Star Alliance flight departing from the same airport on the same day.

This is funny. Business lounge is just a generic name. Most airlines brand their lounge in some way but it doesn't make it not a business lounge. I don't think the whole Star network has a lounge that's named "Business Lounge".

And I think all lounges other than First are Business Lounges. And all Star business lounges carry the Star Gold signage with a few exceptions.

I don't interpret "business lounge" as meaning all *G lounges.

Certainly using the *A lounge finder and selecting United Club as the eligibility doesn't bring up Koru lounges (nor most *G lounges) in some random searches I tried. Looking at the United Club site makes no mention of accessing *G lounges either.

What does "business lounge" mean? That's a very good question. It's very clear it does not mean all *G lounges.
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So I guess I'm asking the same question again... Where does it say anywhere United Club membership gives access to *G lounges?

When a member airline has a lounge for their Business Class pax, they must also extend that lounge access to *G pax as well, unless there is an alternative such as the Kris Gold lounges at SIN and the Polaris alternative being United Club.

So yes all member owned Business Class lounges must be *G designated. You are being pedantic. There is no such thing as Economy Class lounge.