Change to Qantas Lounge Pass Transfers Effective July ‘26

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I wonder if anyone's so far successfully linked a lounge pass for a flight post 1 July.
Once a pass is linked, has there been any history of the lounge gatekeepers refusing to honour a linked pass ie deny entry for whatever reason? Lounge at capacity springs to mind or a possible post 1 July "lounge passes are no longer accepted".
If it's usable, I'll be happy to send one pass to @Port Power for their son seeing the kind ops' already given away their 4 passes for this year.
From all I have read of the changes it is the transfer of lounge passes that is being changed, not the ability to link transferred passes after July 1. So unless I am mistaken if I were to transfer one of my passes tomorrow that is set to expire January 2027 then whoever receives it would have until January 2027 to use that pass, they would not have to link it before July 1, 2026.
 

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