Qantas surveying members about spend-based status attainment

[33kft]

Talking about the lounge here… you fly domestically in the US and get cheap status. Then you fly a £27 fare on BA but consume a £50 bottle of champagne in the galleries First lounge.

The problem is you can build a scenario like this for Australia - flying JQ on some sale fare from the intl terminal or leveraging one of the domestic widebody services departing intl, but to suggest it is endemic is utter bs, nobody can be bothered going through the rigmorale, or tolerating JQ flights:

K

Thread 'Qantas Lounge Access on Domestically International JQ Flight'

Apr 6, 2023

Quick question - I notice that JetStar operates one flight right now that departs from the international terminal of MEL but is domestic service (i.e. JQ15 from MEL to CNS). I'm wondering if one would have access to the QF lounges if taking such flights?

The reason I ask is that I reckon it could be exceptionally good value to book one of those tickets for 120ish dollarydoos and then proceed to spend some quality time at the Qantas First lounge (e.g., as a Qantas World Platinum member). And with the reliability and on-time performance JQ is world renowned for, I wouldn't be particularly...

• kangarooflyer88
• airline lounges
• Replies: 25
• Forum: Qantas | Frequent Flyer

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Just because you can, doesn't mean everyone does. If QF are gonna act on the 1%, so be it.

 

[Lynda2475]

So simpler/cheaper making SCs more expensive would be to not run DSCs and remove lounge access for JQ flights; easily done as aren't OW.

Although again I think you over estimate how many JQ passengers are in the F lounge on any given day.

Noting that QF First already impose a 1 glass per person limit on the rare occasions they have something expensive like Grange on offer and also have extra menu options available for those on F tickets.

Spa treatments are a fixed cost and limited. F pax and P1s flying QF are given first choice of appointments ahead of those flying partners or of lower status in J and whY.

Having spent a couple of extended periods (5hours + due to delays on my flight) in the QF first cant say that Ive really witnessed people gorging themselves on food or drinking excessively. And I watched a lot of people come and go.

Im sure QF (and this is a QF thread) have done the maths and wouldnt be running DSC promos if they felt they needed to reduce number of elites in the F lounges.

As Australia tends to be a end/start point its Int lounges dont see the volume of pax that would visit lounges in major hubs like LHR or even HEL; as there are few connecting international flights. And QF lounges don't serve full strength coughtails or the breadth or premium wines that EU first lounges have.

 

[Sabot]

The problem is you can build a scenario like this for Australia - flying JQ on some sale fare from the intl terminal or leveraging JQ15 from MEL or whatever, but to suggest it is endemic is utter bs, nobody can be bothered going through the rigmorale, or tolerating JQ flights:

K

Thread 'Qantas Lounge Access on Domestically International JQ Flight'

Apr 6, 2023

Quick question - I notice that JetStar operates one flight right now that departs from the international terminal of MEL but is domestic service (i.e. JQ15 from MEL to CNS). I'm wondering if one would have access to the QF lounges if taking such flights?

The reason I ask is that I reckon it could be exceptionally good value to book one of those tickets for 120ish dollarydoos and then proceed to spend some quality time at the Qantas First lounge (e.g., as a Qantas World Platinum member). And with the reliability and on-time performance JQ is world renowned for, I wouldn't be particularly...

• kangarooflyer88
• airline lounges
• Replies: 25
• Forum: Qantas | Frequent Flyer

• 

Just because you can, doesn't mean everyone does. If QF are gonna act on the 1%, so be it.

It would not be difficult to solve this issue directly through the ticketing system either.