Qantas Denial of OW Emerald access to Sydney First Lounge

[Doctore1003]

CX shouldn’t have to pay Qantas for your F lounge entry when your CX status doesn’t entitle you to it. Am I the only one who thinks this?

 

[elanshin]

Yes, but CX apparently are saying no.
When we were in HKG recently staff mentioned that if you wanted to enter the F lounges then you needed to have a OWE number on your boarding pass and that flashing a card won’t be allowed

It's a very recent change. We were still allowed into Pier F on Nov 13th when my FF mysteriously dropped off my AY flight (confirmed as the AY cabin crew didn't have us as elites on their ipads). They inputed the FF against the boarding pass and we went in.

However this could be different in that Cathay may still happily charge other airlines for "flashing" the card and charging them. Just that on CX flights they may be restrictive as a lot of the changes seem to be targetting CX flights than OW partner flights.

 

[moa999]

CX shouldn’t have to pay Qantas for your F lounge entry when your CX status doesn’t entitle you to it. Am I the only one who thinks this?

The problem is if you aren't crediting to QF then they aren't earning any money for it either, so why should they take a loss for lounge access.

My understanding with Oneworld is the carrier being credited to gets a small percentage of the fare, and the operating carrier (as the major earner) pays for lounge access (however that may come about).. believe with Star it might be different.