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American Express to charge for Centurion Lounge guests
Jan 13, 2023, 05:25 PMI must admit that I am not entirely happy with the more recent approach in One World to lounge access. With QR in particular complying with the rules but not, in my opinion, the spirit of lounge access by separating Elite FF's from those flying F + J. However I think that we generally have it fai...
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American Express to charge for Centurion Lounge guests
Jan 13, 2023, 04:29 PMI must say that I'm not entirely happy at the eroding of the 'spirit' of the lounge access with One World, especially the disappointing precedent set by QR with seperate lounges for OW elites and those flying in F + J. However I think that generally we actually have it fairly good within Australi...
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Virgin Atlantic offers Qantas, Virgin Australia status match
Mar 18, 2022, 09:39 AMCan anyone with Flying Club Status comment on the value and benefits they have found when flying with VA's partner airlines? I'm keen to hear if the benefits are for the most part consistent, so similar to having status with full airline alliance, and I don't really want to have to refer to a cha...
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Hot deal: Qantas launches Double Status Credits promotion [2021]
Mar 26, 2021, 09:42 PMBased on the timing I feel like this promotion is aimed at someone like myself. I ‘dropped’ down to gold at the end of February 2020 and then had my status extended until the February of 2022 which I appreciated. However from what I understand, unlike many others commenting above, my ...
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Qantas Double Status Credits offers for 2020, booking tips
Feb 20, 2020, 04:00 PMI believe that this may have been asked in the forums before but my anniversary falls on the 1st of march but I am thinking about taking up a trip on the 29th to get me over the line to retain my platinum status. The bonus status credits I require would fall in the new status year, would they be ...
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Lounge access BA
Feb 21, 2022, 10:49 AMHiya,Based on the title of your post I'm assuming you are going to be flying Singapore to London on BA? If so, your Gold frequent flyer status is the equivalent of Oneworld Saphire. This will give you and a guest lounge access to the BA lounge or the Qantas lounge if its open at the time of your...
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Status credits / to fly or not to fly?
Mar 19, 2020, 09:27 PMUnfortunately, given your reluctance to fly, the short version is no. You will need to take the eligible flight to get the status credits. Qantas has actually covered this as part of the ‘extend status' announcement in their website (it is at the bottom of that statement).
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Which lounge does Emirates use in Amsterdam?
Jan 19, 2020, 12:20 AMThe Emirates website lists the Amsterdam lounge as the Aspire lounge.
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Status credits flying Jetstar (with bundle)
Jan 07, 2020, 09:12 PMHave a look at the Qantas airline earning table which sets out how the Jestar bundles equate to the various Qantas fare categories. You should then go to the calculator to check the earn rate.Having a quick look at the table it seems the following currently applies (please confirm this yourself ...
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Purchasing Upgrades at Check In
Jan 07, 2020, 02:46 PMOut of interest does anyone know if the purchased upgrades come with a higher points/status earn ? I'm guessing this is airline dependant but that would factor highly in my decision to upgrade alongside my personal comfort:flight time metric.