Just had an interesting experience at the CX lounge in SFO. Arrived into SFO from SYD with a long connection time to YVR on a QF marketed WestJet flight.
Went to the CX lounge to spend some time. No issues getting in using my WestJet boarding pass and QFWP card on a Friday at 11.00am.
Fed and showered then on returning my shower room key I must have come up against a different lady (probably the dreaded lounge dragon) who said “I’m sorry, we’re not an arrival lounge”. I said “I’m not arriving, I’m departing”. To which she said “we only take international departures”. To which I said “YVR is an international destination from SFO”.
There was further discussion, all in a nice manner. Seemed to be making up the rules as she went along. She would not budge but eventually ‘allowed’ me to stay.