Qantas Club Price Increase from August 2014

[mannej]

When was the last price rise? It must have been a couple of years ago?

 

[AdMEL]

I tend to call my break even costs to be 10 visits per membership year with at least 2 of those visits been a good couple of hours. At 10 visits (and they need to be proper visits, not just 5 minutes to go to the loo between connecting flights) it brings the cost down to around $50 per visit.

Whilst that does make it an expensive beer / G&T it's the non food and drink things which make all the difference (eg been able to take a shower before an o'night flight, or having a quiet place to work).

Of course a visit where I'd have lounge access anyway (eg when I'm flying J) doesn't actually count towards my 10.

Beyond 10 visits every visit is a bonus.

I guess a big problem is lounge access is like a drug... In theory you can quit it anytime you like and spend a couple of hours down in the terminal, however when you actually do all you can think about is what you need to do to get back into a lounge / how great your next flight which allows lounge access will be. QF knows it and they know that if they do a price rise, the vast majority (myself included) will cough and moan to the cows come home, vow how bad QF is, but then pull out the trusty CC come lounge renewal time.

I looked at it similarly when before I bought Virgin lounge membership. I was silver and able to salary sacrifice the $300 fee, reducing it to less than $200. I figured if it was used 8 times by me solely or 4 times with a second person, it was good value ($25 a visit). So far, I have used it for 10 visits in 7 months, with likely 4-8 more visits. All visits have been two people. Excellent value! Not sure I'll pay $420 to renew though.

 

[cambriamarsh]

I looked at it similarly when before I bought Virgin lounge membership. I was silver and able to salary sacrifice the $300 fee, reducing it to less than $200. I figured if it was used 8 times by me solely or 4 times with a second person, it was good value ($25 a visit). So far, I have used it for 10 visits in 7 months, with likely 4-8 more visits. All visits have been two people. Excellent value! Not sure I'll pay $420 to renew though.

That was my approach as well, especially for private trips where it makes the start of a trip with the real MD that much nicer, even tho AKL Int terminal us not too bad.

Add the benefit of being able to print off reams of docs to review on a flight before a meeting and it makes it worthwhile, for me at least. Of course YMMV!
Cheers

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

For me, I would continue to pay annually, and enter the (to me-hallowed/hollow escalators), up to the QP, with the other mugs who either pay themselves/or their clients/employers pay for them to go up as well...
Its being able to go past the glass opening doors, and having less other pax making it a noisier affair.
Yes, kids now get access to the QP as well, via parents, but its less than the number of the masses outside.
So will AFF still be giving the $200 discount, of course, have to pay $50 a year for AFF Gold.

 

[animusmh12]

I've found it worth paying in the past when travelling long haul for work and having to carry 10+kgs of Catalogues. Worth it instead of the excess baggage fees, I was looking at it again for this reason but not now.

 

[casanovawa]

Do you get the extra luggage just by reaching Silver??

 

[animusmh12]

Yeah Sadly not a Silver anymore either after a few bad years for the industry I work in.

 

[TomVexille]

Do you get the extra luggage just by reaching Silver??

Sure do:

Checked Baggage Allowance | Qantas

 

[QF WP]

It's times like these that buying Lifetime QC looks better - but I haven't needed to use it as I've always attained/retained Plat or Gold (so the card languishes in my spare card wallet)...

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I've found it worth paying in the past when travelling long haul for work and having to carry 10+kgs of Catalogues. Worth it instead of the excess baggage fees, I was looking at it again for this reason but not now.

Just keep in mind that domestically silver only allows you one piece up to 32 kgs not multiple pieces up to 32 kgs so the brochures would have to be in the same checked bag as your other stuff.

Do you get the extra luggage just by reaching Silver??

Yes. As above within Australia one piece up to 32 kgs, internationally where the weight system is applicable you get an extra 12 kgs on top of the 30 kgs allowance so 42 kgs in total which can be multiple items.

Where the piece systdm applies to/from North & South America you get one extra piece ie 3 pieces.

 

[animusmh12]

Just keep in mind that domestically silver only allows you one piece up to 32 kgs not multiple pieces up to 32 kgs so the brochures would have to be in the same checked bag as your other stuff.



Yes. As above within Australia one piece up to 32 kgs, internationally where the weight system is applicable you get an extra 12 kgs on top of the 30 kgs allowance so 42 kgs in total which can be multiple items.

Where the piece systdm applies to/from North & South America you get one extra piece ie 3 pieces.

Yeah the big trips I have done for work carrying that sort of load has always been Amsterdam return.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

VA has life VA the lounge entry.
But I believe NOW the max no of years we can buy QF QP for us 4 years.

 

[drron]

It's times like these that buying Lifetime QC looks better - but I haven't needed to use it as I've always attained/retained Plat or Gold (so the card languishes in my spare card wallet)...

Especially as I got my life membership for less than the annual fee now.

 

[timster]

When was the last price rise? It must have been a couple of years ago?

About the time they started reducing its worth.

 

[mannej]

About the time they started reducing its worth.

Aren't most things like that currently - pay more receive less...

 

[courttalts]

Please excuse my ignorance and if this is a stupid question, but I have been looking into the Corporate Scheme with the Qantas Club and from what I can see on the application for its a $230 joining fee and then $585 membership (1 year).

For an individual membership its $585 to join and then a $385 joining fee - I am struggling to find where the $200 saving is?

Just checking if this is correct or I'm going loco!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Pay AFF and join us as a Gold Member, there is your savings of $200!
Or $150 anyway, as Gold AFF member fee is $50 a year.

 

[straitman]

Please excuse my ignorance and if this is a stupid question, but I have been looking into the Corporate Scheme with the Qantas Club and from what I can see on the application for its a $230 joining fee and then $585 membership (1 year).

For an individual membership its $585 to join and then a $385 joining fee - I am struggling to find where the $200 saving is?

Just checking if this is correct or I'm going loco!

Via AFF Gold membership Qantas Club membership is $230 joining fee and $400 for one year and $709.99 for two years.

I have not been notified of any new rates as yet.

 

[TomVexille]

Via AFF Gold membership Qantas Club membership is $230 joining fee and $400 for one year and $709.99 for two years.

I have not been notified of any new rates as yet.

Corporate prices go up next year?

 

[bdl]

Is it possible to renew for 4 years under the AFF corporate scheme?

bdl