• They seriously need to stop doing these. There are now lines to get a table at the First Lounge and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a person in the non-premium security line at Sydney airport.  Not much point in having status anymore when literally everyone at the airport has it as ...

  • Yet another reason not to bother retaining platinum. One of the few benefits that WPs got on a semi-regular basis was a spare seat next to them towards the front of the aircraft (if available). Now we can add this to the long list of non-benefits that plats used to get: priority security, priorit...

  • Yes, the Qantas champagnes are increasingly lacklustre (especially in first). I feel genuinely sorry for the poor flight attendants who are trained to present the bottle to you before they pour it. It's a rather sad exercise when they have show you something you could get for $8.99 at Vintage Cel...

  • Looking at these menus, it looks like a downgrade relative to what was on offer pre-Covid. The international first menus are substantially worse than the offerings from competitors like Singapore and Emirates in terms of ingredients and presentation. No surprise that Neil Perry appears to have di...

  • It’s interesting that Joyce said the Sydney Domestic Business Lounge was top of the domestic upgrade list in 2019 only to prioritise Adelaide a few weeks ago. It’s a bit odd frankly that the busiest airport in the country gets the worst domestic business lounge. The Sydney Qantas Club...

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  • I just returned from a trip with my wife (both long term P/P1 flyers). In New York we were unable to access the Chelsea Lounge and in Qatar we were unable to access the Al Safwa Lounge. It seems there has been a noticeable trend among Oneworld members of creating premium lounges and then excludin...

  • Double Status Credit

    Jun 14, 2023, 01:08 PM

    I wouldn't count on the bonus credits. On a number of occasions mine have credited through after my membership reset date even when the travel has taken place before hand. I've never taken it up with them because I've always been over the required number of SCs and I'm usually happy for the bonus...

  • Originally Posted by heathcor Originally Posted by APACPete Unfortunately Qantas is now a shadow of it former self. Having been a loyal Qantas frequent flyer since 1990, Lifetime Gold since 2015 and moving back and forth between Platinum and Platinum One in recent years, today I have near zero lo...

  • This is my five point wish list, together with some questions that I would be asking management if I was Vanessa Hudson.(1) A customer-centric management approach. Why does Qantas now feels like American Airlines? Why are schedules now a loose guide? Who made the decision that it's fine to break ...

  • It’s not switched on on international A332 services and isn’t on the 333s. The 789s and 388s don’t have the infrastructure. Yet another respect in which the Qantas fleet is a decade (or more) behind where it should be. It’s kind’ve odd that the Qantas Board and finan...

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