Lounge Access on Partner Airlines
Oct 18, 2014, 5:24 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: EK - Silver; Accor - Silver; O6 - Gold; BAEC - Silver; Flying Blue; SPG; Krisflyer
Posts: 506
Lounge Access on Partner Airlines
One of my biggest bug bear about the Skywards program, is that it does not allow lounge access when flying on a partner airline.
Example:
Flying from SIN to NRT on JAL (EK partner) in Y. You can't use JAL's lounge even if you are Gold or Plat skyward member.
One of the biggest advantage I had when holding a *A gold was access to lounge and J check-in.
Anyone else feel the same?
Example:
Flying from SIN to NRT on JAL (EK partner) in Y. You can't use JAL's lounge even if you are Gold or Plat skyward member.
One of the biggest advantage I had when holding a *A gold was access to lounge and J check-in.
Anyone else feel the same?
Oct 18, 2014, 6:30 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,394
Can't say I do myself, in all honesty. I take the view that there are sometimes too many categories of entitlement in airport lounges.
Personally I would tighten access even more than already happens, if I had my way. That's because I feel that eligibility (other than in the case of 'generic' lounges of course) should be restricted to those flying by the airline who has provided the facility.
And as an aside, I would also enforce much stricter control where young, poorly-behaved children are concerned.
I won't be at all surprised to get flamed by other posters. But hey, that's my opinion.
Personally I would tighten access even more than already happens, if I had my way. That's because I feel that eligibility (other than in the case of 'generic' lounges of course) should be restricted to those flying by the airline who has provided the facility.
And as an aside, I would also enforce much stricter control where young, poorly-behaved children are concerned.
I won't be at all surprised to get flamed by other posters. But hey, that's my opinion.
