". . .  based on the rationale that with the airline's flagship Airbus A380s moving onto the Sydney-Dubai-London route Qantas would in effect have no first class passengers heading to or from Singapore." So what's the "rationale" behind a First lounge in Auckland, a First lounge in Brisbane ...

@ TheRealBabush I'm not sure we're on the same wavelength. As it stands, QF Platinums travelling on Jetstar have access to the First Lounge in Singapore. If QF does withdraw from the Singapore First Lounge then Platinum passengers travelling on JQ will no longer have access. Therefore, it's a ch...

@ JBH You make a valid point. However, that stil leaves nearly half (40%) of flights that would otherwise allow Qantas Platinums travelling on Jetstar to access. Take away a premium lounge and there's another reason in favour of Qantas Platinum passengers travelling on oneworld carriers to desti...

@ TheRealBabush Please see the sentence in parentheses in my original post. As it stands, Qantas Platinums do have access to the First Lounge in Singapore, because it's a joint lounge. When QF withdraws, it will (apparently) be purely a BA lounge, meaning the chances of QF Platinums flying JQ&nb...

Your article makes a blanket statement that a BA First Lounge would allow access for QF Platinum Frequent Flyers under the current oneworld arrangements. However, it fails to show any depth of research. What about Qantas's Platinum passengers flying on Jestar? As Jetstar isn't a member of oneworl...