I am currently on a contract with a gym (EMF Harbour Town) and I have put my membership on hold for 6 weeks for other reasons so there can be some leniency for some cases in my experience
to me what the OP is asking for is more something like:
"I'm using your partner gym next door which has the really good looking people and better equipment... so can you put my membership here on pause while I go do that?"
I am currently on a contract with a gym (EMF Harbour Town) and I have put my membership on hold for 6 weeks for other reasons so there can be some leniency for some cases in my experience
Qantas club allows you to guest someone into the lounge, whereas flying business with no status/no QC means no guest.
This suggests to me that, without trying to assume or pry, that you can't use the gym during that time. And it probably isn't because you're out of town, but some other reason that would limit your ability to use the gym and they seem to be being generous about it (which is great, and yes I am making a bit of an assumption).
there's also generally a limit to how many weeks you can hold your membership a year.
They were generous enough to allow this even after I already used my holiday pause allowance of 4 weeks over Christmas.
But why?
Not that I don't see what you're suggesting but there seems no real reason to do this.
They already do in other circumstances. Why have the Qantas Club hold at all? Why have status hold at all?
The only time I've been offered it (with no questions asked) was a gym membership outside contract, because they'd rather me suspend than cancel.
Also Qantas' parental Status Hold, which although I don't plan to take advantage of anytime soon, I think is a very nice gesture.
I don't think this is correct? Lounge access rules show..
Domestic Business: One guest allowed and does not need to be travelling.
International Business: One guest allowed and must be travelling with the member on the same flight.
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Next onward flight that day must be a Qantas marketed flight. (QF flight number)
One guest allowed and must be travelling with the member on the same flight.
Emirates International Business
Next onward flight that day must be operated by Qantas or Emirates with an EK flight number.
No guest permitted.
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What "other circumstances" do you mean?
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and of course QC members don't need to be flying IIRC......
The ones I mention directly after. They might be different but they are about the same type of thing - an "on hold" extension of Qantas Club or status.
I don't think Qantas could put Qantas Club "on hold" when flying business or first (or see how they could even do it) but they sure could give a Qantas Club access credit in those situations if they wanted to.
Qantas Club members do need to be flying to access Qantas Clubs, but their guest don't need to be (domestic Qantas Clubs).
Qantas club allows you to guest someone into the lounge, whereas flying business with no status/no QC means no guest
I don't think this is correct? Lounge access rules show..
Domestic Business: One guest allowed and does not need to be travelling.
International Business: One guest allowed and must be travelling with the member on the same flight.
Sorry I misread, in the lounge rules it has emirates business directly underneath with No guest, I read it as No guest for QF J.
car insurer to put your insurance on hold because you won't be driving for 6 weeks.
No, you are correct - ISTR it is relatively recent that Business PAX had guest entitlements on QF flights.In fairness to cmon005, I believe it did use to be the the case that Dom J did not have guesting rights, but I'm not sure when it changed.
Though I stand to be corrected on that.
I think roomer has a valid idea.
The way it could be implemented is that for every eligible flight sector where Qantas Club access was possible, Qantas allocates a single entry, non-transferable Qantas Club voucher with a validity of say 5 years to paid Qantas Club members flying in Qantas business or first class.
In other words a credit system, that recognises that due to your ticket class, your Qantas Club membership was not needed this time.
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I got mine back but then it was 2.5 years membership left, as I had taken out a 4 year membership when we didn't fly after Mr FM got very sick and then we started flying much sooner than I thought and basically stayed Platinum. I am very much of the opinion that you look after the pennies so you can spend the pounds on travelhaha really? I don't care enough tbh. It might even be less than a year.. I can't remember
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I'm not sure on the idea, but yes, it's one way that it could work.