Qantas lounge shoe policy - this is concerning

[marki]

Still can't understand how some people travel only with thongs.

What is there to understand ........empty space between the ears is optional. It can be filled with education by some.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Funny you should ask. Actually I don't wear thongs (or any sandal with a toe divider); my toes never do harden up and they are just uncomfortable..........

Totally agree ! I cant wear thongs or thongy sandals either.

 

[NZflygirl]

My understanding is that they have done exactly that, and the feedback for the thong ban substantially outweighed the pro thong position.

My take is that the thong ban came in to address the real scruffy end of the scale - people rocking up in thongs, stubbies and VB t-shirts. But since they need to be able to define and publish a policy, the thong ban is blanket. It applies to rubber thongs and the fancypants variety. Otherwise there would be endless ugly arguments at the front desk (like the collared shirt barneys you occasionally see at the members stand at the football). So blanket ban it is. At least people know where they stand.

I clearly wasn't invited to the survey! It would be quite interesting to see how it was worded and if there were any options like pics of rubbery jandals, dress jandals to differentiate and I'd be interested to know the male/female ratio of respondents and stats of how they voted. Obviously info I'll never be privy to. How a survey is worded can be leading. Never seen a guy in dress jandals, barely Birkenstocks either. Maybe I need to look down more anyone remember how the survey was worded? Pics?

I dont even know who wears what in other airline lounges. I'll notice if someone is wearing spandex. Only seen it once.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Funny you should ask. Actually I don't wear thongs (or any sandal with a toe divider); my toes never do harden up and they are just uncomfortable. I bought a pair a few years back to wear to the pool etc but think I have worn them maybe three or four times in total. Probably sandals or plimsols for me on the plane (those feet tend to swell a bit!).

I agree - I have never understood how anyone can be comfortable with something between the toes! I bought a pair to wear around pools and generally end up carrying them and going bare foot!

 

[Flying mermaid]

I clearly wasn't invited to the survey! It would be quite interesting to see how it was worded and if there were any options like pics of rubbery jandals, dress jandals to differentiate and I'd be interested to know the male/female ratio of respondents and stats of how they voted. Obviously info I'll never be privy to. How a survey is worded can be leading. Never seen a guy in dress jandals, barely Birkenstocks either. Maybe I need to look down more anyone remember how the survey was worded? Pics?

I dont even know who wears what in other airline lounges. I'll notice if someone is wearing spandex. Only seen it once.

Or me or my husband or my kids ( so that is 2 platinums and 3 golds). I am more inclined to think that they received a number of complaints over the years and someone finally had a brain wave! Can't fix priority boarding, can't fix priority luggage, don't want to bring back Jasa's or ATA or put the resources into notifying people when they are downgraded from First to business, however we can ban thongs. It will mainly annoy the women and the younger demographic and we don't care about them at the moment. Too easy!

 

[offshore171]

Jandals? What the heck are they? Even the autocorrect on the phone didn't like that one. It suggested Mandela.

 

[JohnK]

What is there to understand ........empty space between the ears is optional. It can be filled with education by some.

True. You'd think it's not that difficult. But....

 

[Flying mermaid]

Jandals? What the heck are they? Even the autocorrect on the phone didn't like that one. It suggested Mandela.

Google is your friend........(I hadn't heard of them either).

 

[Willy]

Jandals? What the heck are they? Even the autocorrect on the phone didn't like that one. It suggested Mandela.

I think NZflygirl's moniker gives it away Cuzzy Bro!

 

[opusman]

Jandals? What the heck are they?

Some sort of toasted sandwich I think.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Some sort of toasted sandwich I think.

I had to think for a minute - Jaffles!

 

[farstar]

If I am on a pacific island or Queensland on holidays I will wear thongs (jandals) but I want shoes that will stay on my feet in an emergency when I fly.

 

[Pushka]

I've always worn thongs. Or barefeet by preference. Which one time resulted in a snake bite! But I wear slipons for travel.
I don't see how on their own they are a dress issue. The definition should be rubber - and this would also prevent Crocs which I presume are allowed as they aren't thongs.

 

[footy99]

There's no excuse for anyone reading this thread getting caught out. But it is a nuisance. Gotta remember to wear closed shoes for beach trips to the coast because my airport is one of the 0.01% on the planet where that is a requirement for the pre-flight lounge. That's OK because I'm aware of it - 99% of people aren't as we're finding with the 100s of daily social media complaints from people who arrive in their usual flight clothes to find they can't access what they paid for because this is one of the 5 or 6 lounges in the world with very technical dress requirements that knock back both beach goers and people dressed for the oscars depending on which technicality you didn't know about.

The intention is to allay complaints about seeing fat blokes in singlets by getting them to put a shirt on. The result is unadvertised technical rules that catch just as many of your best dressed customers as your most casual ones and ends up with half your clientele, essentially chosen at random, not getting what they paid for. What they really need is some big cheap shirts to lend the blokes in singlets and leave all the lounge dress codes the same. Then everyone's happy and the current fiasco is sorted.

 

[basso]

The intention is to allay complaints about seeing fat blokes in singlets by getting them to put a shirt on. The result is unadvertised technical rules that catch just as many of your best dressed customers as your most casual ones and ends up with half your clientele, essentially chosen at random, not getting what they paid for. What they really need is some big cheap shirts to lend the blokes in singlets and leave all the lounge dress codes the same. Then everyone's happy and the current fiasco is sorted.

Wherever you set the boundary you are going to have arguments - especially from the elitist snobs that think because they pay $250 or buy from a designer they have an entitlement to were them, whatever they are.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Jandals belong in a chilly bin !

 

[offshore171]

The result is unadvertised technical rules

Technical.

"No thongs" is about as technical as "No shirt, No shoes, No Service."

 

[medhead]

How did you get dirty (muddy) shoes through quarantine? I do hope you didn't make a false declaration.

As for OHS, last I check the O stands for Occupational. Covered footwear is certainly a safety issue especially on aircraft. But it's not an occupational one.

 

[Pleb Status]

How the chickens come home to roost.

There was a thread tens of pages long a while ago demanding that QF should strictly enforce a dress code in the QP. Most of the hatred was aimed at the Hi-Viz crowd.

Now we have a thread/s complaining that QF are actually enforcing a dress code (which ironically allows Hi-Viz in the QP). I would bet that some of the anti-enforcement posters in these threads were pro-enforcement in the other thread when it did not appear a dress code would affect them.

Maybe everybody should be a little more tolerant of everybody else (within some reason) and then everybody will be happy.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

My understanding is that they have done exactly that, and the feedback for the thong ban substantially outweighed the pro thong position.

I'm not sure how much weight anyone can give to a qantas 'survey'.

Qantas claims charging for exit rows was introduced following a customer survey, and so was the removal of a hot option for breakfast in business class on Asian flights. And removal of any time access. And simpler and fairer.