AA has them in place at their PHL new Flagship lounge and Admirals Club. They generally work well, however can be a bit glitchy, even when access rules are cut-and-dry. There is a screen that allows you to select if you have guests.

BSL has an agent *and* an automatic barrier.

I believe this is because you can buy your way into the lounge, but that gets you into a separate area where you order snacks and drinks, whereas those with standard lounge access then go upstairs and barrier their way into the free-serve buffet area as usual.

I�d expect this to apply at any BA owned/operated lounge where they previously used FLY for entry.

I remember seeing the new system in use in GLA back in July before it closed and also in Edinburgh late October.
GLA sticks in my head because they had to go to another computer to check something after the original screen did a "computer says no" on me.

Yea it�s being used at ba lounges as well at outstations. Saw it at ABZ lounge today.

My German being a bit lacking, I thought a quick check with an online German/English translation would assist, alas no:

https://www.dict.cc/?s=Daseinsberechtigung

"Right to exist" (where Berechtigung means eligibility/authorisation/entitlement).

Edit: Thinking about it, dict.cc didn't want to only have "raison d'�tre" as a translation due to it sounding too French for an English expression 😁

The system also seems to struggle with linking short haul J connections to inbound F long haul legs on the same itinerary.

A recent example: I arrived at the CCR in early December having flown from BOS in First and presented my boarding pass for a domestic connection in CE (same booking reference). It was rejected by the computer, at which point I was informed that I should go to the Flounge instead.

I pointed out that it was a First Class ticket and the lounge agent tried again to no avail. He then tried to take my phone away to go and ask someone - at which point another agent intervened and suggested scanning the inbound boarding pass instead. This worked and I was granted entry with an apology.

It�s this sort of thing that they need to sort out - partly because it�s less than a First Class experience and partly because no doubt some eligible customers (e.g., status-less F inbounds with a short haul connection) will be incorrectly denied access and not know any better to be able to push back.

Which is not what raison d'�tre means, even in English. (See previous post)
Gosh, isn't existence difficult!

Compared to learning German, existence is easy.

And resistance is futile...

Anyway, back to post 8, the origin of this German lesson (thanks, CWS), the sense of it does mean raison d'�tre, as we use it in English, and not right to exist.

As they say in Aberdeenshire, it's easy, fin ye ken.

I couldn't get a German to Doric translation
Fit like

The only quirk I've noticed is that they do not work for BA-operated flights with BA BP.
As a BA Gold, flying AA - no issue, gate opens.
As a BA Gold, flying BA - I have to go to the desk to get manually checked-in.

The new lounge software is by a company called IEG. This is the same software used by all carriers across Star Alliance for lounge entry management. The UI is literally the same, a grid with logos of all alliance airlines and a green tick appears against the eligible FFP of access (or airline if accessing based on class of service) when the boarding pass is scanned along with the passenger�s name and flight number below it. In fact I�d argue it is much swifter than FLY - I�m sure a few of you have had experiences where the system used to circle for a good few seconds after scanning and between passengers. It is essentially instant in the new system. Curiously I see that that along with logos of all oneworld airlines, there�s a box that says �POS� (or at least that�s what I believe I read on my nosy eagle-eyed peek at the screen - it certainly wasn�t an airline logo). If indeed it was �POS� that I saw, I wonder if this is paving way for paid access? Just speculation on my part but surely this needs to be a new brilliant enhancement that�s been demanded and implemented based on passenger feedback?

It�s actually baffling the system isn�t used alliance-wide like it is in Star Alliance and it appears oneworld airlines have a piecemeal approach right from UL that need a separate �lounge voucher� to AA�s
that can never quite work out if one is Emerald or Sapphire to Alaska�s rather efficient iPads.

Yes I do get that it isn�t integrated into the reservation/DCS system, however most agents do have that open in another window and for example the other day I asked for the gate, the �efficient� agent simply pressed �Ctrl + Tab� and , voila, they were on the reservation system. Even a less IT efficient agent shouldn�t take more than 20 seconds to switchover.

Also I suspect this new system also enables better billing. Particularly when flying non-BA airlines, FLY wasn�t the best in reading boarding passes even though it should be. I�ve seen occasions where for example an Iberia boarding pass was scanned, it didn�t read it, then I�ve been waved though as AY Platinum but agent then input BA Gold as the qualifying status in the dropdown boxes, surely this may mean AY aren�t appropriately charged for access. Just my twopence.

Here�s a Press Release from IEG�s own website when BA initially rolled it out first at LGW - https://ieg-america.com/blog/british-airways

You'd think it would automate everything, but some more UI work is clearly needed.

The other day the computer refused me twice at FW entrance, as GGL in revenue CW. No guests or anything complicated.

The man knew this was the wrong answer and consulted his colleague. Apparently GGL had to be clicked on somewhere first before scanning.

Maybe not quite as simple a user experience as planned!