People coming past the curtain to use the dunny, especially row-4 platinums.

[simongr]

My point was not that it must be written into the CofC to be a benefit but I took objection to someone saying that "It's not a written benefit of WP so stay behind the curtain" - by that reasoning "it is not a written benefit of J travel so the curtain is fair game".

 

[connieguy]

You told me 60

I'll be 65 in October.

 

[Lawlass]

I'll be 65 in October.

I'm 42 today

 

[Simo]

Happy Bday Lawlass....

 

[Fantic125]

I'm 42 today

Finally, after 7 1/2 million years she has arrived! :shock:

I knew Deep Thought wouldn't have got it wrong...!

 

[Flying mermaid]

BTW anyone who accumulates platinum by flying economy really deserves to use those toilets as they patronize Qantas way more than you do.

Going a bit OT here, but I wonder has anyone done the stats on economy vs premium fares? I mean Qantas doesn't really give a stuff about how often you fly, but more about how much profit you bring. So premium is possibly a lot more lucrative than economy - e.g. 3 economy fares would use 3 sets of baggage handling etc etc. Was trying to work it out but there are so many variables it blew my mind (e.g length of flights, depth of discount, someone might fly lots of economy, but with no luggage, so that gains more revenue). Possibly some insiders might know how Qantas calculates average revenue from Y vs J. I would have thought the number of Status credits might equate to what Qantas felt the value of one vs the other was?

 

[Fantic125]

BTW anyone who accumulates platinum by flying economy really deserves to use those toilets as they patronize Qantas way more than you do. QUOTE]Going a bit OT here, but I wonder has anyone done the stats on economy vs premium fares? I mean Qantas doesn't really give a stuff about how often you fly, but more about how much profit you bring. So premium is possibly a lot more lucrative than economy - e.g. 3 economy fares would use 3 sets of baggage handling etc etc. Was trying to work it out but there are so many variables it blew my mind (e.g length of flights, depth of discount, someone might fly lots of economy, but with no luggage, so that gains more revenue). Possibly some insiders might know how Qantas calculates average revenue from Y vs J. I would have thought the number of Status credits might equate to what Qantas felt the value of one vs the other was?

What? :shock:

 

[straitman]

Actually I have to agree with the OP on this issue. I'm a lowly silver and always fly Y on domestic and it is always interesting to watch the parade of peeps who head straight for the loos in J. Usually during their inflight blurb they do make it clear that the front loo is for J and if you are in Y head down the back.

I think it is about time that the FAs police this and keep the J loo for the peeps who have paid for it. I have always put it down to the crew just being too lazy to confront those intruders.

Whether you have Platinum because you always fly is irrelevant. I haven't seen it as a FF benefit that if you are Platinum you can pee in which loo you like.

If you read back earlier in the thread you will see that some have mentioned that the CSM has told them that using the front toilets is OK :?: This whole 'holy loo' thing is at the discretion of the CSM and I have certainly been told to go forward if I felt the need.

 

[Lawlass]

Finally, after 7 1/2 million years she has arrived! :shock:

I knew Deep Thought wouldn't have got it wrong...!

I almost posted "I'm the answer to life, the universe and everything today"

 

[straitman]

I almost posted "I'm the answer to life, the universe and everything today"

Well are you :?:

 

[Flying mermaid]

What? :shock:

Ok so maybe that didn't make sense - the bit I was quoting said that people who flew a lot in economy mattered more to Qantas than people who flew in business, so that got me thinking. Obviously Qantas doesn't care how often you fly - they might be called frequent flyer programs but that is just a fancy way to entice people to make money for the airlines. It is all about profit. So presumably a J passenger brings in more profit than a Y passenger - (I think - is that correct?). So if a J passenger flies 20 times a year and the Y passenger flies 20 times a year then obviously the J passenger is more valuable than the Y passenger. However there must be some sort of cross over. e.g. Say a Y passenger flies 120 legs at really discount rates. That would bring in 1200 SC and enough to retain platinum. The cost to the passenger could be as low as $9,480 - say $79 a leg. A J passenger could fly the same legs and would only need 30 legs to get to 1200 SC and the cost would be maybe $11,000. So in terms of revenue it is the same, but surely it must be more profitable to Qantas to get $11,000 over 30 flights, rather than over 120 - must be lower overheads. So a J passenger travelling less would be more valuable. However these are very simplistic examples and I became very bogged down in all the possible permutations of cost, distance etc. A more realistic economy fare which gets you 10 status credits could be $200 to $400 - in which case the economy traveller is more valuable. Presumably Qantas does actually have metrics that it uses to value these things and I wondered if anyone knew them!

 

[drron]

You told me 60

64 year olds like us are well known to go to jelly in the presence of beautiful younger women.

Anyway I am younger than gowatson-I will only turn 65 in December!

And happy birthday for yesterday Lawlass.

 

[Reggie]

Then QF can pay to have my trousers cleaned and have a wet seat, if I'm sitting in row 4, the isle to the rear toilet is blocked my their food / drinks trolleys and the call of nature is too strong. I mean I'm 64 (yea I know, old fart) so my bladder control is less effective than at 30. Suck it up, you will also get old.

This explains your handle (for old blokes like you, handle refers to your user name)

 

[Pushka]

I have never flown first class, and even if I had the money I just can't stomach the cost of flying first class, but the thought of being able to have a shower while flying is simply amazing.

Hubby was seat 1A to Europe though; he was part of the Olympic Team to Barcelona but no showers back in those days. And we didn't pay for it!

And they let all the economy class people use any toilet because there were some pretty well known people in that lot!

 

[connieguy]

This explains your handle (for old blokes like you, handle refers to your user name)

I have been in IT since it was invented. I was designing and developing 8 bit systems in my garage (not that far away from Jobs except he was into Motorola CPUs) when my day job was designing mainframes for Burroughs that took up a whole floor.

BTW I may be almost 65 but I look 50ish and feel 40ish and all the hardware works very well. Guess my 48 year old wife helps to keep me young.



Climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge for her birthday

 

[nlagalle]

BTW I may be almost 65 but I look 50ish and feel 40ish and all the hardware works very well. Guess my 48 year old wife helps to keep me young.

You are only as old as the woman you feel....

 

[drron]

Well I have 24C on the 767 to MEL today so a toilet right behind me.woe betide any J pax who comes through the curtain thinking my loo is fair game.

 

[JohnK]

I cannot believe this thread is still going!

Whether you have Platinum because you always fly is irrelevant. I haven't seen it as a FF benefit that if you are Platinum you can pee in which loo you like.

I know it has already been mentioned but I have not seen it written as a benefit of a business class ticket where you get exclusive use to a toilet on board the aircraft.

And I have been on 737 flights where the front toilet was not in use. What happens in these situations? Allow business class customers to use the toilets at the rear of the cabin? Well that would be common sense just like allowing forward economy class passengers to use toilets at the front of the aircraft.

It is just a toilet for crying out loud....

 

[james4321]

It is just a toilet for crying out loud....

Finally - a sensible comment !!!

 

[under the radar]

I cannot believe this thread is still going!


I know it has already been mentioned but I have not seen it written as a benefit of a business class ticket where you get exclusive use to a toilet on board the aircraft.

And I have been on 737 flights where the front toilet was not in use. What happens in these situations? Allow business class customers to use the toilets at the rear of the cabin? Well that would be common sense just like allowing forward economy class passengers to use toilets at the front of the aircraft.

It is just a toilet for crying out loud....

here here!! i agree ..finally after 10 pages of comments on this 'subject'... someone posts a sensible reply..