Possibly - noting they don't have their own lounge at Kingsford Smith, it's not like they have a lot of dedicated infrastructure in Sydney.

Absolutely! I lived in Mulgoa, and it was far quicker for me to drive to Canberra than fly because of the time it would takeScott in Texas.

You had me right up until you mentioned LAX ;) 

"I do think this will be popular with Business Travellers combining a night or two in AKL before heading off to JFK. "Why would anyone want to spend a night or two in AKL when they are traveling for business to JFK?!?No offence, I'm not sure what line of work you are in, but my company doesn't wa...

Wasn't there some controversy on a Virgin aircraft where rugby players used the lounge all flight and no-one else could use it? Seems at least some people (other than rugby players) want to use the lounge if there was a complaint.