I've used the Air France Business Lounge in Paris as recently as last December. No issues at all. The captain I was flying with went up the the ticket counter in Paris and he had a reservation but Global Travel never ticketed it so he had to purchase the ticket on the spot from an Air France agent. If I recall his ticket was about $500 more than my ticket from Global Travel for that leg. I haven't had any problems using Cathay and their lounges either.