Free Qantas lounge access
May 26th 2019, 10:57 pm
#2
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Re: Free Qantas lounge access
Provided you're not an old fart: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/459096
May 28th 2019, 2:06 pm
#4
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Re: Free Qantas lounge access
Being 36 makes you an "old fart"? 
May 29th 2019, 12:59 am
#5
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Re: Free Qantas lounge access
They probably figure that anyone over 35 that they might want in their lounges should already have access to the lounges due to FF status. If they don't already travel that much, they're not big earners for them.
(I've just lost my Gold status due to being unable to travel much last year with having to medicate a cat three times daily. Unfortunately I'm slightly outside their targeted age range.)
(I've just lost my Gold status due to being unable to travel much last year with having to medicate a cat three times daily. Unfortunately I'm slightly outside their targeted age range.)
May 29th 2019, 5:05 am
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Re: Free Qantas lounge access
They probably figure that anyone over 35 that they might want in their lounges should already have access to the lounges due to FF status. If they don't already travel that much, they're not big earners for them.
(I've just lost my Gold status due to being unable to travel much last year with having to medicate a cat three times daily. Unfortunately I'm slightly outside their targeted age range.)
(I've just lost my Gold status due to being unable to travel much last year with having to medicate a cat three times daily. Unfortunately I'm slightly outside their targeted age range.)
However it's our obligation to punish Qantas with such age discrimination.
Therefore I have been flying Virgin because the points to Gold come a lot quicker. I will be able to get Gold on Virgin without the need for 5 or 6 Singapore trips per year.
May 29th 2019, 5:22 am
#7
Auntie Fa
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Location: Seattle
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Re: Free Qantas lounge access
Likewise. I lost my gold too since I put more staff into Singapore and I don't need to go as much.
However it's our obligation to punish Qantas with such age discrimination.
Therefore I have been flying Virgin because the points to Gold come a lot quicker. I will be able to get Gold on Virgin without the need for 5 or 6 Singapore trips per year.
However it's our obligation to punish Qantas with such age discrimination.
Therefore I have been flying Virgin because the points to Gold come a lot quicker. I will be able to get Gold on Virgin without the need for 5 or 6 Singapore trips per year.
Remember a few years ago Virgin matched our QF levels to entice us over? I think I flew them once, to Bali, and that was mainly because it got there earlier in the day than QF.
