I would be happy with the suggestion made earlier this year where lifetime status means you start the year with the requisite SC's from your lifetime tier.A realistic LTP at 45 or 50K SC would be a winner for me
I don't think this is ever going to happen. As I understand it, Chairman's Lounge is not there to reward travel per se. It's there to recognise and peddle influence. Which is why it's confined to politicians, prominent members of the media, celebrities and executives who control multi-million dollar corporate accounts with Qantas.
It's the same reason why Points Club exists. There are tons of frequent flyers who earn tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of points flying QF and its partners. Yet the Points Club only lets you claim 20,000 points per year from flying. They want to incentivize the right people to do things that make them money (presumably). I've said it before and I'll say it again, Qantas is a travel and lifestyle company that just so happens to have a couple of airplanes.
I was thinking this today with the points club, it should be an incentive with flying as well as that is what an airline should be for.....20 000 is no incentive, however I realise it is for people who do not earn points by flying however it should be a higher points amount for those people who do fly.
I would argue Qantas does a good job in that regard. Decent amount of classic flight awards available both domestically and internationally. Contrast that with the likes of Delta where you are spending 100,000+ to fly international economy with them.
That's a key one. And I would argue something that requires having people who travel answering the phone. Like when I speak to Deborah from Houston when calling MileagePlus I get the impression that they get what it's like to be stranded at an airport like O'Hare with no backup flight protecting you. I get no such feeling of confidence calling the overseas call centres of Qantas.
Absolutely. Literally every airline has this now. This is inexcusable at this point.
Anyone who take a flight with any airline for the fine dining is deluding themselves.
That one's an obvious one. This also requires government intervention. I think paying affected passengers ten times their fare would make these airlines learn not to mess around with contracts. Hopefully those affected by last year's rort will seek punitive damages against QF for this atrocious behaviour.
Correct. And I hope OneWorld makes a lesson out of Qantas violating the terms of the alliance. Maybe impose a one month ban on partner lounge access for their members will send a message to them.
This requires some government action but yes agree here.
Also requires government action. I think the precedent was set over a decade ago when Qantas shut down the network to effectively force pilots back to work with the Commonwealth doing squat on this malfeasance.
That's a function of Australia media. This is why I don't have a TV or watch the news here in Australia. Every time I see the news playing at the QF Club, I want to stick my head in an oven and set the temperature to 250 degrees. Half of the pieces are glorified advertisements and the other half is third rate journalism. And I can say that as my sister is a journalist so I think I know quality journalism when I see it. Certainly no Walter Cronkite's here.
People don't fly airlines for amenity kits. Make the seats comfortable and the service reasonable and I'll fly any airline I as a Canadian citizen am allowed to fly.
Fixed it for you.
Itās worth noting that the pilots did not need to be forced back to work. They were not on strike. Nor were than any work bans or anything else that would affect the day to day operation. They were wearing red ties, and some (but not all) were making a short PA. There would never have been support for any sort of action that affected the passengers. Joyce took a nuclear option to show how tough he was, and in so doing permanently destroyed any chance of normal relations.
Ditch EK as a partner first
Seems to be that way.
