Qantas / Emirates tie up (Partnership inc. Codeshare, Status)

[markis10]

Interesting!

 

[Danger]

Qantas and IAG terminate joint business
http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20120906/pdf/428jyt6x6bwc21.pdf

Edit: 31 March 2013 mentioned there as the end date.

What exactly changes with the abolition of the JSA?

 

[markj23]

Could AJ look any more excited??

 

[markis10]

What exactly changes with the abolition of the JSA?

FF earn on BA for a start.

 

[lovestotravel]

Bye BA
Hello EK

 

[Danger]

Wow. From April next year, the daily QF A380s to London via Singapore will route via DXB.

 

[nlagalle]

FF earn on BA for a start.

really only on a codeshare flight.. you'd still earn SC's and some FF points on BA flights?

 

[kamchatsky]

The new tie up makes sense. But I had to say they have to thank JB for coming out with that idea!

 

[eosphoros]

Points Earn and Burn! Lounge access, etc. Great!

 

[Danger]

Joyce:

Baggage policies will be the same.

QF and EK will provide reciprocal benefits to FF members, including lounges, priority check-in and more.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Ok it is not the disaster I envisaged. Very pleased both SYD and MEL to LHR stay, it is of little consequence that they now transit DXB instead of SIN. I will simply fly PER-xSYD/MEL-DXB-LHR if I so desire.

There are so many EK Gold skywards, you have no idea! Poor F lounge is going to be busy! (although you'd hope QF guard this strictly for OWE, WP and EK i/o)

 

[nlagalle]

I wonder which terminal in LHR they will use? Is Emirates T3?

 

[markis10]

I wonder which terminal in LHR they will use? Is Emirates T3?

Yes, AJ has announced that they will share facilities in LHR.

 

[Danger]

About Qantas - Media Room - Media Releases - Qantas, Emirates announce global aviation partnership

 

[nlagalle]

Ok it is not the disaster I envisaged. Very pleased both SYD and MEL to LHR stay, it is of little consequence that they now transit DXB instead of SIN. I will simply fly PER-xSYD/MEL-DXB-LHR if I so desire.

There are so many EK Gold skywards, you have no idea! Poor F lounge is going to be busy! (although you'd hope QF guard this strictly for OWE, WP and EK i/o)

As QF and EK have F lounges on the same floor in MEL, perhaps they will combine them?

 

[ajw373]

FF earn on BA for a start.

The only change for BA is on the Kangaroo route. Both will still be both OneWorld members, so earn will clearly stay as it does on other OneWorld carriers.

 

[lovestotravel]

Wasn't Qantas making a big deal of the new QF/BA lounge in Singapore ?

 

[ajw373]

I wonder which terminal in LHR they will use? Is Emirates T3?

Yes they are.

 

[Must...Fly!]

I do like Joyce's comments on Asia. Sounds as if one of the defining points of making this agreement was to re-launch in Asia and really focus on that market.

However I do regret that QF won't be flying PER/ADL/BNE-DXB. That's not great, As I said above I have no desire to fly in EK Y (or J, really).

 

[Danger]

So the kangaroo route is dead?