That BKK Airport policy was fairly short lived.
It should be possible to access QR and CX at present,
But QR will be moving it's lounge to the Satellite terminal soon (joining EK) and it's currently only possible to access this terminal if you depart from it...
Per airliners.net post, 3rd 321XLR now scheduled (can change) for delivery end of month.
OGD and OGE which are under construction will be 2026 deliveries.
An interesting offer.. Really only valuable to those who fly a decent amount on JQ as you need 15 Domestic flights (or 8 International) to maximise it, and even then you are still paying $2.65/ SC.
Whereas some of JQs Business Max add-ons can be as low as $1.60/SC with other benefits as well...
Pretty sure on almost every airline contract seats aren't guaranteed.
And on almost every aircraft model there will be windowless seats, typically where fuselage joins are.
But id want a refund if I ended up in that seat after selecting window. Different if one specifically selected that seat...
Interesting.
Presumably no CCs will provide Diamond Reserve, and the spend requirement will rule out many mattress runners.
I'm somewhat surprised that they didn't follow IHG and split off lounge access to a separate requirement.
Presumably written into the Asia Miles T&C..
So can they prevent you flipping between two other programs.
And all because CX doesn't properly support FQTV and FQTS.
I'd say any lounge renewal at T2 also depends on the airports new T2/T3 connector plans and how that might interface to the lounge.
The preliminary envelope design gets pretty close to the lounge.
VA and partners might push for an international exit from their lounge for example.
More impressive is that they will fit every aircraft in their large fleet within two years.
Unfortunately Qantas backed the horse back in 2017, two years before the first StarLink sats even launched.
But ultimately there will be multiple competing LEO platforms - StarLink, Amazon Leo (fmr...
The new VA requirements are earn 500 Status Credits within 365 days, with at least 250 earned from flying yourself (so not family pooled) on Virgin Australia-marketed flights.
So possibly you need to book VA code shares (which can be more expensive).
Gold will give you lounge access with...
The big unknown though is the variances over Covid and how that impacted each aircrafts hours.
A few days ago on one of the SydSquad shows, with I believe a QF engineer as guest, it was mentioned the first 737 retirement was still 2-3yrs away.