MEL_Traveller
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But where are these rules actually written down?
To be clear, I'm not arguing that this practice would be right or something I would even do. But you can't claim it's "against the rules" if the rules don't actually say that.
The benefit for gold membership is the ability to bring one guest into a lounge. Otherwise you could have one gold member in say Hong Kong, guesting up to five or six other passengers simultaneously (one to each of the CX and QF lounges).
The potential breach is from the QFFF terms and conditions (particulalrly 7.1.(b)):
7. Member obligations and responsibilities
7.1 Members must not:
(a) act in any way which breaches these Terms and Conditions; or
(b) abuse or misuse Qantas Frequent Flyer, any Rewards, Awards, Benefits, facilities, services or arrangements accorded to the Member as a result of Membership including by:
(i) engaging in illegal or fraudulent activities;
(ii) supplying or attempting to supply false or misleading information, or making a misrepresentation to Qantas Group Company or any oneworld Alliance Airline, Airline Partner, Qantas Interline Airline or Non-airline Partner;
and the sanctions available are these:
8. Suspension or Termination of Membership
8.1 If a Member has committed a material breach of any of the Terms and Conditions or has failed to pay any money due under Qantas Frequent Flyer, or Qantas Club or Aquire by the due date, whether intentionally or otherwise, then Qantas Loyalty may do any one or more of the following:
(a) suspend or terminate the Member's Membership and/or the right of the Member to use the Card;
(b) reverse or cancel the Member's Qantas Points or any part thereof; or
(c) cancel or refuse to honour any Rewards (including ticketed Reward Flights), Awards, Benefits or both, that have been redeemed by or provided to the Member.