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mx2 Jan 5, 2013 9:47 am
Lounge access
 
I am UA Gold. On United's website I read the following:

United and US Airways Star Alliance Gold members may access any United Club or US Airways Club only when holding a boarding pass for a same-day international Star Alliance member flight. United Star Alliance Gold members may access other Star Alliance member lounges before any departure on a Star Alliance member airline flight.

Does this mean that if I have a domestic ticket on UA say SFO-LAX, I will NOT be allowed to use the UA Club in SFO, but I WILL be allowed to use any other *A lounge such as the SilverKris lounge?

That sounds counterintuitive.

drumtech Jan 5, 2013 10:08 am
Lounge access
 
I called UA MP asking the same question. My Presidential Plus Card was charged $395 for this access but I was thinking Golds got in to domestic access. Apparently not...only when traveling internationally do Gold's get access to the Lounge.

inkaytown Jan 5, 2013 10:10 am
Lounge access
 
Complimentary access only with international itenary as *G

You can try accessing their lounge but I doubt if they would allow you on a domestic trip

I personally like kris flyer lounge in Singapore and I never heard that they have one here...good to know!

mx2 Jan 5, 2013 10:36 am
Even Star Alliance own website says the same thing, as per below. Note how the international flight is only mentioned together with United/US clubs. We now have two sources which to me both quite clearly state that non-UA/US clubs can be accessed with domestic tickets.

http://www.staralliance.com/en/benef...access-policy/

Star Alliance Gold Customers Travelling in Any Class: Customers have access to any Star Alliance member carriers' owned lounges with the Star Alliance Gold logo at the entrance.
  • Customer must present proof of Star Alliance Gold level status via a valid frequent flyer program Star Alliance Gold level card or other valid indication of Star Alliance Gold level status
  • Customer must also present a boarding pass for travel on a Star Alliance flight departing from the local airport
  • Customer is entitled to one guest
  • United and US Airways Star Alliance Gold customers may only access the United Clubs and US Airways Clubs within the U.S. when travelling in conjunction with a Star Alliance international flight.

coplatflyer Jan 5, 2013 1:05 pm
Lounge access
 
Only with international ticket for other star alliance lounges. I have tried with domestic ticket but did not work.

daumueller Jan 5, 2013 3:55 pm
Originally Posted by coplatflyer (Post 19982184)
Only with international ticket for other star alliance lounges. I have tried with domestic ticket but did not work.
Works in every lounge outside the US - problem in US is that all UA elites that get no Access to their own club would flood partner lounges (although, per the rules, you'd have access).

For example in BKK, at the old airport, they had TG and LH Lounges - i used the LH Lounge frequently, even on Domestic TG flights

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ORDnHKG Jan 5, 2013 6:28 pm
Originally Posted by mx2 (Post 19981075)

Does this mean that if I have a domestic ticket on UA say SFO-LAX, I will NOT be allowed to use the UA Club in SFO, but I WILL be allowed to use any other *A lounge such as the SilverKris lounge?

That sounds counterintuitive.
That's correct, but for sure SQ had set up a rule not to allow anyone flying UA domestically to use its lounge, as in the past tons of UA flyers flood SQ lounge in SFO with a domestic boarding pass.

You can however use LH lounge in DTW and IAD with a domestic UA boarding pass though.

mx2 Jan 5, 2013 6:49 pm
To make matters even less intuitive, if I was Gold on some other airline than UA/US, such as Aegean, all of sudden I would have access to UA/US Clubs when flying domestically in the US (as per the rules above). So members of their own mileage programs are at a disadvantage!? :confused:

Originally Posted by ORDnHKG (Post 19983852)
That's correct, but for sure SQ had set up a rule not to allow anyone flying UA domestically to use its lounge, as in the past tons of UA flyers flood SQ lounge in SFO with a domestic boarding pass.

You can however use LH lounge in DTW and IAD with a domestic UA boarding pass though.
So you're saying it's a rule implemented on a lounge specific basis? Would that be available online somewhere, or you have to call them/show up and see what they say?

zrs70 Jan 5, 2013 10:25 pm
Originally Posted by mx2 (Post 19983935)
To make matters even less intuitive, if I was Gold on some other airline than UA/US, such as Aegean, all of sudden I would have access to UA/US Clubs when flying domestically in the US (as per the rules above). So members of their own mileage programs are at a disadvantage!? :confused:



So you're saying it's a rule implemented on a lounge specific basis? Would that be available online somewhere, or you have to call them/show up and see what they say?
You realize how crowded the lounges would be if all domestic golds were admitted?

NewbieRunner Jan 6, 2013 1:27 am
Originally Posted by ORDnHKG (Post 19983852)
That's correct, but for sure SQ had set up a rule not to allow anyone flying UA domestically to use its lounge, as in the past tons of UA flyers flood SQ lounge in SFO with a domestic boarding pass.

You can however use LH lounge DTW and IAD with a domestic UA boarding pass though.
There are threads in the UA forum about access to the LH lounges in IAD and DTW.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ad-merged.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...s-detroit.html


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