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Where is the dislike button?
I am extremely disappointed that Qantas would do this. It undermines the whole point of sticking with an alliance and choosing to pay more for a supposedly premium airline.
While this is not something I use often, the inability to interline baggage on separate tickets has the potential to cause myself and other travellers massive amounts of inconvenience - presumably just to save Qantas a few dollars. There are many legitimate reasons that you may wish to connect on separate tickets. One is the inability to book flights to certain destinations on the Qantas website (or if they can be booked, the QF website wants to charge a ridiculous amount of money). Another is if combining points/paid bookings. A third scenario is if you want to book the long-haul flights before confirming all the internal flights.
This is a terrible move and will absolutely make me question whether I choose Qantas on my next overseas trip. Way to shoot one of your competitive advantages of being in the oneworld alliance in the foot.
Please reconsider!!!