Air NZ Lounge access in Brisbane?

[greenfish]

Flew out in J in New Years Eve. The SQ lounge in BNE was unpleasantly full.

I wandered down to the Air NZ lounge and was denied access - as I'm usually a OW flyer, I wasn't sure on the rules so accepted this without argument.

However I'm now wondering if NZ should have permitted access? The Star Alliance lounge rules seem to suggest I should have had access?

 

[clifford]

Flew out in J in New Years Eve. The SQ lounge in BNE was unpleasantly full.

I wandered down to the Air NZ lounge and was denied access - as I'm usually a OW flyer, I wasn't sure on the rules so accepted this without argument.

However I'm now wondering if NZ should have permitted access? The Star Alliance lounge rules seem to suggest I should have had access?

I believe you should have been granted access (perhaps subject to the lounge not being over-full).

I had a similar situation at HKG recently, travelling SQ HKG-SIN on a J class ticket and wanted to sample the various *Alliance lounges. There was no problem at all, and in fact UA specifically said I didn't need to show my *Gold card or my lifetime UA club card, as I had a business class ticket - that's all that mattered.

 

[greenfish]

I believe you should have been granted access (perhaps subject to the lounge not being over-full).

I had a similar situation at HKG recently, travelling SQ HKG-SIN on a J class ticket and wanted to sample the various *Alliance lounges. There was no problem at all, and in fact UA specifically said I didn't need to show my *Gold card or my lifetime UA club card, as I had a business class ticket - that's all that mattered.

Good to know - the NZ lounge was empty - and it is a big lounge too. Not even sure why SQ run their own BNE lounge - food was nice, but it was a bit of a broom closet.