One world becoming less relevant

[rikkitikkitavi]

Was boarding today, haven’t flown Qantas regularly for a long time but now travelling with them about twice a week domestically. So as I’ve been doing last few months I enter the J loungue by showing my QF boarding pass (lowly life silver) and one world WP online card, no issues in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane etc, same when using priority boarding. Today got I got a spray from an ancient dragon , saying One World doesn’t mean anything and she only goes by boarding zone, so I went to the service desk and told them and they let me board, but it looks like they removed my QFFf number from the flight to make it work, so I’ll have to beg online for my SC.. Another sad reminder that nothing short of private jet ownership ensures any basic customer service in the skies these days.

 

[Captain Halliday]

What boarding group was on your BB and what group weee they boarding?

 

[kpro]

The way the boarding scanners work, is going by the group printed on your BP, they won't let you board if your groups not up yet. So it makes sense that if your OWE status isn't the one associated with the flight, you wouldn't be able to board with the group - computer will say no.

The boarding attendant could've had a better attitude towards it though.

 

[ChrisMars]

All that wouldn't happen if you had blue suitcase...

 

[elanshin]

This change has happened for a while. If you don't have the right boarding group on your boarding pass then the computer will deny you.

This is different to lounge access.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I enter the J loungue by showing my QF boarding pass (lowly life silver) and one world WP online card

I'm confused. Are you a Qantas Lifetime Silver AND have oneworld Emerald status with another carrier? In which case , which program was used on the boarding pass? If you had your QFF Program for the boarding pass then yes, you're treated as a silver status passenger.

so I’ll have to beg online for my SC..

No they'll be credited to the oneworld program you ended up using on your boarding pass to get the oneworld privileges. You can't earn to one program while receiving benefits from another, Qantas (and most airlines) don't work that way.

Another sad reminder that nothing short of private jet ownership ensures any basic customer service in the skies these days.

I think nothing wrong was done here. If you want your oneworld privileges applied to the flight, then you have to use the program that entitles you to those benefits.