I suspect the Cathay lounge won't be much help -- I've rarely managed to get access. I'm usually told (as a Plat) to come back later because the F Lounge is full. And I wouldn't say it's superior -- it's a bit bland. I hope Qantas keeps looking for additional real estate because the proposed chan...

Agreed -- I usually give passes to rellies coming to visit from interstate. Some of those passes will now go to waste. As a side issue, it's always been frustrating that, as a Plat and Lifetime Gold, the Qantas Club membership that comes with Points Club Plus doesn't allow transferring of QC memb...

I flew Pan Am a few times in the Seventies (in economy). For a young bloke from Cairns, those flights were like forays into the unknown, but they opened my eyes to what airline service could be -- memorable! IIRC the airport terminals also were places of wonder rather than battlegrounds where tre...

I like the serendipity of seatback IFE where I can watch something from a selection that someone else has put together -- that is, there's always something interesting that I wouldn't have known about/chosen if left to my own devices (pun intended).

As a QF Platinum, I was denied entry at the Melbourne Qantas domestic Business Lounge in May. Staff at the desk said only Plat 1 members had access.