Qantas Club members lose access to Singapore lounge until September

‘Maybe the solution will be to create a Qantas Club, with downgraded features) elsewhere in T1 for Qantas Club and Gold FFs and make the existing lounge a Business Lounge for Platinum, J&F class only in the same manner as that which operates in domestic terminals in AU.’

Also interestingly international flights are much longer and more tiring with much more potential for extended delays so it’s nice to have a higher standard of space to relax in.

In relation to that post if they are going to create a new lounge then it should be a first/emerald lounge and leave the current one to business, gold and club members. That would solve all the gripes people have about Singapore.

100% agree with the above, you only have to go back to when this was first announced and the articles on this site to know judging from all the comments this is exactly what was going to happen.

Feel sorry for the QC members that have to miss out due to Qantas' huge oversight.

i get the impression Qantas is taking the easy route when selling QF code share on Jetstar and not putting their hand in their pocket and ensuring at least some recognition they sold a QF flight.

The solution to the problem (which Qantas will never know) is to use Malaysian instead.

Not quite sure the relevance to this discussion though, because you would have got Qantas lounge access.

Depends how much you earn and how out of touch you are with the cost of living. Not all of us are corporate high flyers and platinum elites who haven't got a clue...

QF LTG is a goal worth aiming for if you can reach it.

If you time things right with Double Status Credit offers the cost isn't so bad.

If you get SG your QP membership is paused till you drop back to Silver and then however long you had left resumes leading to a new date for membership renewal.

If you fly enough to consider a Club subscription I would implore you to see how far your dollar could take you on a status run.

There are hard working people out there that due to the nature of their job, that they can't be flying all the time to achieve any status. That doesn't mean they are any less loyal to QF. In fact, they are possibly more loyal (as many corporate high flyer had no choice but to fly QF because it's contracted with their company) and hence they purchased QC memberships so that every time they go on their hard earned holiday, they still fly QF.

It may well be a hub airport, but it is not a hub for Qantas, they don't even fly there, nor is it a hub for Emirates. It is just another Emirates port and even Emirates cannot justify their own lounge, they use a 3rd party one.

No airline can provide what you want anywhere you may well want to fly.

Also lounge visits to Emirates, BA lounges probably cost QF considerably more than the SATS lounge.

I don't believe that AJW is correct. The link I provided in my post clearly goes to a page on the Qantas website that is addressed The Qantas Club>Qantas Club Lounges>International>Singapore.

It's quite clear.

Then once you consider the $ value of those pax, the economy flying QC member isn't worth as much. No doubt QF should have done better planning to avoid this situation, but I give them credit for proactively having an alternative.

Also, AJW is correct. It is not a QC. QF has lounges overseas, but they are not called QC.

I think you make a great and often overlooked point. For me the benefit of a lounge is somewhere comfortable and quiet to relax. I personally am not as bothered by the food/drink offerings, I don’t need a picture of a champagne glass for my Instagram.

For peace and quiet the QF SIN lounge is a failure and the BA lounge is a haven in comparison. Hopefully the BA lounge stays this way.