Qantas First Lounge in Singapore

[BD1959]

Oh dear ... the Lallier continues to infect the network ...

Regards,

BD

 

[JessicaTam]

Oh dear ... the Lallier continues to infect the network ...

Regards,

BD

If you ask nicely, there is Taittinger as well.

 

[iamsuperandrew]

If you ask nicely, there is Taittinger as well.

and you can also ask for the 'off menu' wine

 

[Kangol]

and you can also ask for the 'off menu' wine

That's only for F/P1/CL

 

[iamsuperandrew]

That's only for F/P1/CL

I was in the F Lounge flying J, asked and received 2018 Penfolds St Henri which was the days off menu wine

 

[Kangol]

I was in the F Lounge flying J, asked and received 2018 Penfolds St Henri which was the days off menu wine

Never heard of that before. I hope it doesn't erode the benefits for F/P1/CL - those bottles tend to be very limited.

 

[QFFHntrGthr]

IMO, the Signature Laksa was too firm:

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Agree, ever since the QF SIN J and F lounges started using the short thick rice noodles (called 'low shoo fun') for the laksa, I stopped ordering it but instead if flying MH save some space for the T2 SATS premier lounge offering. Tastes the same (Sing style laksa) but using proper long strand rice noodle as they in Singapore hawker and food courts use.

Truth is, I still prefer the KL and Aust versions for taste and the type of vermicelli used with the bonus of adding yellow noodles for a mixed noodle sensation if desired. The thin rice noodles absorb the broth for the immersive taste that those thicker rice noodles don't.

 

[AIRwin]

'low shoo fun'

Rat tail

 

[iamsuperandrew]

Never heard of that before. I hope it doesn't erode the benefits for F/P1/CL - those bottles tend to be very limited.

Thou shall not ask, thou shall not receive

 

[Kangol]

Thou shall not ask, thou shall not receive

Get your point about asking, but it would be a terrible look on QF's end if a lower priority person (in their eyes) got a benefit above and beyond someone with a higher priority - only because this person asked.
It could be due to no fault of the passenger, ie. an F pax transiting SYD-LHR.
If someone travelling SIN-LHR arrived before the incoming flight landed and drank the wine that wasn't for them, no one in their right mind would see this as a good thing.
I take it you were not in the travelling party of a CL/P1/F pax and are using this platform to announce that this is available to everyone who asks, username checking out and all.

 

[Daver6]

Get your point about asking, but it would be a terrible look on QF's end if a lower priority person (in their eyes) got a benefit above and beyond someone with a higher priority - only because this person asked.
It could be due to no fault of the passenger, ie. an F pax transiting SYD-LHR.
If someone travelling SIN-LHR arrived before the incoming flight landed and drank the wine that wasn't for them, no one in their right mind would see this as a good thing.
I take it you were not in the travelling party of a CL/P1/F pax and are using this platform to announce that this is available to everyone who asks, username checking out and all.

I feel this is a problem of QF's own making though. Once upon a time it was an F lounge where OWE and F pax could go in. For numerous reasons, mainly cost cutting, QF got cheaper and cheaper with the offerings. To get around this they come up with secret menus, special handshakes etc. If this is how they plan to manage it, then it's on them to figure it out, instead of having all these unwritten rules and need to know to ask for something if you're in F.

There have been plenty of F/P1 stories on here where they weren't ushered into the secret/special section and didn't know to ask.

 

[Kangol]

I feel this is a problem of QF's own making though. Once upon a time it was an F lounge where OWE and F pax could go in. For numerous reasons, mainly cost cutting, QF got cheaper and cheaper with the offerings. To get around this they come up with secret menus, special handshakes etc. If this is how they plan to manage it, then it's on them to figure it out, instead of having all these unwritten rules and need to know to ask for something if you're in F.

There have been plenty of F/P1 stories on here where they weren't ushered into the secret/special section and didn't know to ask.

It's all QF's problem, because it happened in their lounge.
The issue is their service and staff standards slipped to the point where they fulfilled the literal English definition of begging.
Clearly no one is saying that the OP is not a beggar; to offer high level benefits to low level people (in QF's own eyes) not entitled to it, is a huge own goal from the business' point of view. They don't offer F wine onboard to low level pax "just because they asked". Can you tell me of a premium F carrier that does this?
SQ's TPR vs F lounge in the same airport is the best example of this. If you don't have access to TPR, and can only get into the F lounge, asking for something from the TPR menu will get you nowhere.

High level passengers not being proactively offered what QF deems their entitlements is one thing.
Low level passengers begging and getting what they are not entitled to is another.
How you do one thing is how you do everything. Very few people in business/life truly understand this.

 

[Warragul]

I feel this is a problem of QF's own making though. Once upon a time it was an F lounge where OWE and F pax could go in. For numerous reasons, mainly cost cutting, QF got cheaper and cheaper with the offerings. To get around this they come up with secret menus, special handshakes etc. If this is how they plan to manage it, then it's on them to figure it out, instead of having all these unwritten rules and need to know to ask for something if you're in F.

There have been plenty of F/P1 stories on here where they weren't ushered into the secret/special section and didn't know to ask.

That's the boat I'm in, having being in the F lounge thinking its all rather lovely. Flying F for the first (probably only) time in a couple of months, I might need to write down a list of what I can get by asking or uttering a secret code word. The extras might be lost on me - very rarely drink wine, Minister for War,Finance and Travel Partnerships is a different matter.