Harro from Seoul, Korea

Just got off from a 15.5 hour nostop flight from ATL on Korean Air,
waiting for the connecting flight to Auckland, NZ. (Strange; the
KAL hub thing, I presume). Just testing the internet support at
the KAL Lounge.

The Lounge has much better free food and beverage than
Continental's (KAL pardner) President's Club. It was strange the
clerk wouldn't admit me on my President's Club card (which costs
hundreds of bucks a year), but let me in on CO's Platinum card
(which costs nothing). I think she made a mistake.

Greg Mossman...

No mistake. KAL clubs don't reciprocate with President's Clubs. Only
Northwest and (recently) Delta do that.

You got admitted because you're flying KAL and your Platinum card makes you
a Skyteam Elite Plus member, entitling you to enter the club of any Skyteam
airline you're flying on (international flights only), even if you're flying
coach. The "benefit" for regular Skyteam Elite (which includes CO Silver
and Gold elites) only allows for club admittance with a business- or
first-class ticket which isn't much of a benefit at all since the airlines
already do this for business or first-class flyers. Enjoy your remaining
Platinum benefits while they last.

"International First and Business Class passengers as well as SkyTeam Elite
Plus members traveling in Economy Class enjoy complimentary access to most
SkyTeam partner lounges worldwide. Simply present your same-day ticket for
an international SkyTeam airline flight. As a SkyTeam Elite Plus passenger,
you can even invite a guest to join you in the lounge."

At any rate, it's 7 pm here in Seoul, and 5 am Eastern US time.