It is definitly the closest I will ever get to being treated like royalty. It was our once in a lifetime, spoil ourselves, mature age gap year. The hardest part will be going back to work.
We did this trip in Feb 15, though we had a 2 day stop off in Singapore on the way so I can't really comment on the boarding pass. I think from reading other trip reports if you are given the 'wrong' boarding pass stock, the lounge people will reprint it for you on the gold.
We did find that...