Qantas partner airlines page... Airlink There, No Qatar ...

[justinbrett]

Well, obviously its NOT 'perfectly clear' - what you say may be what they mean, but it doesn't actually say anything like that, does it? All it says you can fly on these guys, our partners, to over 1,300 destinations.

I guess we are not going to agree again but anyone can read what the page the OP linked to actually says.

Done.

It might help to consider the first is Qantas the airline, and thus only promoting the airlines it sells flights for.

The second is Qantas frequent flyer, which is all programs it has links with, including all of oneworld.

Think of it as VA vs Velocity.

In fact VA also has two lists, albeit on the same page, but shows it also makes a distinction between the two groups.

Airline partners

Travel to over 600 destinations across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas with Virgin Australia's world-class airline partners. Earn or redeem Velocity Points with our global network of partners.

www.virginaustralia.com

 

[madrooster]

Not sure if anyone else is surprised (I mean, QR is a OW airline after all!), but I just noticed as Airlink has been added, Qatar seems to have dropped off entirely...

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/network-and-partner-airlines.html#partner-airlines

This list is all the carriers that QF codeshares on, hence why a variety of non oneworld carriers appear.

 

[RooFlyer]

This list is all the carriers that QF codeshares on, hence why a variety of non oneworld carriers appear.

If they labelled it as such, we'd all be sweet.

 

[justinbrett]

If they labelled it as such, we'd all be sweet.

I’d encourage you to actually read the content, and click on a few of the airlines to see why that page exists and the information it contains. The page heading is “Network and Partner airlines”.

QR is not part of the Qantas network.

If included, what would that page consist of? Qantas and Qatar - we’ve been enemies from the start! We hate each other!

Seriously…

 

[ozflier]

I’d encourage you to actually read the content, and click on a few of the airlines to see why that page exists and the information it contains. The page heading is “Network and Partner airlines”.

QR is not part of the Qantas network.

If included, what would that page consist of? Qantas and Qatar - we’ve been enemies from the start! We hate each other!

Seriously…

Still the loss of Qatar award access for Qantas Frequent Flyers is a major one !

 

[Himeno]

Qantas and Qatar - we’ve been enemies from the start! We hate each other!

Seriously…

If QRs network had been as large as EKs in late 2012 when QR became a oneworld member elect, QF might have partnered with QR instead of EK.

 

[p--and--t]

Still the loss of Qatar award access for Qantas Frequent Flyers is a major one !

That is not a true statement?

There is wide access to QFF members to QR flights except for the limitations placed ex-AU ports

 

[RooFlyer]

The page heading is “Network and Partner airlines”.

QR is not part of the Qantas network.

I mean, honestly - you have to so minutely define what terms mean and require to drill down into a page etc etc. Any web page can have content able to be described contrary to what the page says, if you say you need click here, click there, know the special meanings behind industry terminology. Does this help the punter, who the page is presumably meant to inform?

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’

’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.”
― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

Enough on this from me.

 

[justinbrett]

I mean, honestly - you have to so minutely define what terms mean and require to drill down into a page etc etc. Any web page can have content able to be described contrary to what the page says, if you say you need click here, click there, know the special meanings behind industry terminology. Does this help the punter, who the page is presumably meant to inform?



Enough on this from me.

No, in good faith I and others have explained why it is the way it is, it’s not an error, and VA also maintain two separate lists with the same distinction.

At one point you were saying one should actually read the page, and now saying no that’s all too hard.

Yes, unfortunately you do have to read the page. Particularly the sentence immediately prior to the list:

Explore our partnerships for detailed information on our network and benefits

QR is not part of Qantas’s network and is not considered a partner. It’s that simple. Prior to the sentence above there is mention of oneworld with a hyperlink, that page has all oneworld partners including QR.

 

[ozflier]

That is not a true statement?

There is wide access to QFF members to QR flights except for the limitations placed ex-AU ports

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Well since I live in australia ,it would be handy to be able to access QR's departures out of here.
I note also the flights you referenced are economy class only and only close to the current date.
QR once was a great way using my QFF points to get to almost anywhere in the world from SYD in business class . This is no longer the case !

 

[p--and--t]

Well since I live in australia ,it would be handy to be able to access QR's departures out of here.
I note also the flights you referenced are economy class only and only close to the current date.
QR once was a great way using my QFF points to get to almost anywhere in the world from SYD in business class . This is no longer the case !

YMMV but I had a series of J flights to 5 countries last year on QR on QFF points 319k award) after prepositioning to KUL (also on same award ticket)

 

[p--and--t]

I mean, honestly - you have to so minutely define what terms mean and require to drill down into a page etc etc. Any web page can have content able to be described contrary to what the page says, if you say you need click here, click there, know the special meanings behind industry terminology. Does this help the punter, who the page is presumably meant to inform?



Enough on this from me.

To quote one of billy's characters

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"

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[ozflier]

YMMV but I had a series of J flights to 5 countries last year on QR on QFF points 319k award) after prepositioning to KUL (also on same award ticket)

That is pretty impressive.