Cairns Qantas Club closing early?

[Austman]

The last QF operated flight of the day is QF 1874 CNS-DRW departing 19:10.

But there can be later JQ operated (but also with a QF number) flights on some days eg:

JQ959/QF 5959 CNS-SYD departing 19:20
JQ951/QF 5951 CNS-MEL departing 20:15

Twice now I've seen that when QF 1874 boarding is announced (it was at 18:40 last night), they also announce that the Qantas Club is closing and that any passengers on the later JQ flights must leave. No big deal for the SYD flight I guess (if it's on time), but it was over 90 mins before the MEL flight.

Is this right? I was on JQ 951 and it is a QF flight also... I see on the Qantas website that some QPs (eg Hobart) are open until last departure. While others (eg Cairns) are open until last Qantas departure.

Hobart only has 1 QF operated flight/day? Does the QP there stay open for JQ flights? If so, is Carins QP closing early?

 

[markis10]

Cairns often are setting up for the morning service at 5PM, in fact the food selection is terrible from this time.

You kind of answered your question, HBA stays open for all QF group flights while Cairns closes when the mainline closes for the night, Adelaide and Townsville also do the same thing, both with a heavy JQ schedule.

 

[Austman]

Well, perhaps more simply, the questions:

If some QPs stay open for JQ operated flights, why don't others?
Is there a published rule or guide on this?
Is it just another Qantas inconsistancy?

 

[markis10]

Well, perhaps more simply, the questions:

If some QPs stay open for JQ operated flights, why don't others?
Is there a published rule or guide on this?
Is it just another Qantas inconsistancy?

I think some places like HBA stay open in order to keep the QP members happy despite the withdrawal of mainline services, others like DRW are not open. At the end of the day the QPs are Qantas Pubs, not JQ, Qantas has the right to do what it likes, JQ pax did not even have access when JQ started.

 

[medhead]

I think some places like HBA stay open in order to keep the QP members happy despite the withdrawal of mainline services, others like DRW are not open. At the end of the day the QPs are Qantas Pubs, not JQ, Qantas has the right to do what it likes, JQ pax did not even have access when JQ started.

This is the whole problem with the QF/JQ relationship. The flight is sold by qantas with a qantas flight number. It is inconsistent to act as if that isn't a qantas flight while pretending it is a qantas flight, by keeping the QP open, at another port.

I'm not arguing the relative merits either way just saying that qantas are doing themselves and their customers a disservice by creating this inconsistent situation.

 

[proskyneo]

Hobart only has 1 QF operated flight/day?

Hobart definitely has more than 1 QF operated flight/day. At least 2 to Melbourne and 1 Sydney on most days if not all. But the flight info seems to remove flights as the day goes along so maybe that's why there's only one left today

Can't say for sure if the QP closes after the last QF operated flight sorry, but will be able to find out on Election day when I grab JQ at 1710 while the last QF operated flight is 1650!

 

[Austman]

This is the whole problem with the QF/JQ relationship. The flight is sold by qantas with a qantas flight number. It is inconsistent to act as if that isn't a qantas flight while pretending it is a qantas flight, by keeping the QP open, at another port.

I'm not arguing the relative merits either way just saying that qantas are doing themselves and their customers a disservice by creating this inconsistent situation.

Agree.

And how is the JQ passenger, who wants to do a QP check-in (or just visit the QP) supposed to know if the QP will even be open? Why can't Qantas publish closing times on the web? (opening times seem possible!) We'd at least know that way...

 

[Harpoon]

I'm going on JQ951 on the 20th Aug back home to MEL after my holiday so will let you know what time I get booted out of the QP

 

[ksthommo]

Been in the Brisbane QP and they clear you out after the 1955 Qantas flight to
Cairns departs. From memory it was around 2030 when they mentioned the pub was closing. There's still a deathstar flight at 2150 also to Cairns.

 

[Austman]

I'm going on JQ951 on the 20th Aug back home to MEL after my holiday so will let you know what time I get booted out of the QP

Was on that one this week. And the answer is you get the boot at about 18:45. Too bad if you went to the QP at 19:00 to check-in for the 20:15 flight. You'd get a closed door and have to go back out of air-side, check-in land-side, and back go though security for the second time.

 

[Flashback]

Interesting! The last time I flew MEL-PER on JQ, my flight + the next flight leaving were JQ, there was no QF flights and no mention of it closing when I left.

This was a few years ago though, so maybe things have changed?

 

[straitman]

I guess the answer is to take JohnK's lead and never fly JQ :!:

 

[dk4]

The offending sign itself...

 

[Austman]

The Qantas Club Lounge locations in Australian Domestic ports.

Maybe it's the words "to last Qantas departure" that is to clue to whether you'll be booted out even if there are later JQ operated flights?

That would make Adelaide, Cairns and Townsville the only lounges that apply this policy?

Darwin actually has the closing hours stated while all the rest are "to last departure".