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Unfortunately the requirement for four squiggles seems to be one that Qantas strictly adheres to.
QF needs to urgently relax this rule especially given the constant shrinkage of its international flight network.
Unfortunately the requirement for four squiggles seems to be one that Qantas strictly adheres to.
QF needs to urgently relax this rule especially given the constant shrinkage of its international flight network.
QF needs to urgently relax this rule especially given the constant shrinkage of its international flight network.
.... and normally it is not that hard, is it :?:The only started enforcing it a few years ago. The cheapness of achieving it in the US with no QF flights has long been suspected as one of the reasons....
please, go and check the VA requirements and tell me QF's policy is not generousQF needs to urgently relax this rule especially given the constant shrinkage of its international flight network.
It's actually called 'Fraud'. You would be obtaining an 'advantage' whether it be financial or otherwise. By law, the act of deception can be carried out in many ways. There is even a specific section under the Crimes Act to deceive a machine (ATM), and this might even be covered under Sect 178BA of the Crimes Act..Obtain a financial benefit ... not worth it.
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Whilst I know it is wrong and this is me playing devil's advocate here (for the purposes of discussion), if QFF points and SCs have no value, and if said person got caught doing the above, would that only constitute fraud if a proven benefit was gained? (ie that flight was the 4th of 4 required to get SG, or in an example of someone with 690 SCs, was the one that ticked over from PS to SG)
Whilst I know it is wrong and this is me playing devil's advocate here (for the purposes of discussion), if QFF points and SCs have no value, and if said person got caught doing the above, would that only constitute fraud if a proven benefit was gained? (ie that flight was the 4th of 4 required to get SG, or in an example of someone with 690 SCs, was the one that ticked over from PS to SG)
QF needs to urgently relax this rule especially given the constant shrinkage of its international flight network.
But it begs the question, does this really happen? If one more trip makes the difference between gold or platinum, I can imagine people going for this. Anyone heard of people asking others to take flights under their name to get more points/status?
Wow, thanks for all the advice folks. I'll give Qantas a call, but failing that it looks like I'll be investing more in my SQ membership in the future. Gold isn't worth an $800+ trip to SIN (E.g., QP membership is $380 for non-residents).
As far as getting a mate to fly for me, it's an intriguing idea, the chances of getting caught are minimal, but I agree with the majority that it constitutes fraud. I've seen enough people escorted off planes by the police to not wish that on a friend.
But it begs the question, does this really happen? If one more trip makes the difference between gold or platinum, I can imagine people going for this. Anyone heard of people asking others to take flights under their name to get more points/status?
Please ignore Kawhore - it is the acknowledged laughing stock of the QF board on FlyerTalk, after he tried to get to Platinum by taking umpteen bus trips in Western Australia - and then tried to claim that it actually TOOK THE TRIPS when caught out (when we all know it didn't).
Dave
I guess QF will look in how to close this down. I see it could potentially be used by terrorists or drug mules to avoid detection.
That is why, as discussed in another thread, some sort of police/government reviewed recommended mandatory checking of ID for everyone before domestic flights. QF were not interested at the time and I guess neither were any other airlines. I fail to see why QF should concern itself with domestic law enforcement on behalf of state police.
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It was the Wheeler report in 2005, and as it stands today, its not against the law to be travelling on an invalid identity nor is there a requirement under law for IDs to be checked.
http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/SecurityPolicingReview.pdf
It must have been mentioned since then as it was discussed on AFF since I've been a member and maybe in the last 12 to 18 months.
It must have been mentioned since then as it was discussed on AFF since I've been a member and maybe in the last 12 to 18 months.