QF First Lounge Invitation: expires at the end of Dec 2012

[Snowant]

Qantas sent me a "complimentary invitation" card for Qantas First Lounge back when they had their big debacle, and I've never used it. Just looking at it now, I realise it's for Sydney and Melbourne... thought it was only for Sydney and don't fly there much. I've been in Melbourne umpteen times this year, doh! Sitting in the plain vanilla Qantas Club when I could have been in a Special one.

Anyway. It is valid until the end of December 2012, so if anyone could use it, put up your hand and I can pop it in the post to you. Shame to waste it (I'm in the ACT region, believe it takes 2 days to get things by mail to other cities).

 

[Snowant]

Looks like this one's gone.... thanks for the replies! Very quick people. I'm glad it'll get some use.

 

[opusman]

Sorry you missed out on using it yourself!

 

[Snowant]

Yes, I feel like an idiot! For some reason, I thought it only worked for the Sydney lounge. I've spent many hours in the Melbourne lounge (normal and business), with NO idea that I could have been living it up in the special peoples' lounge! Bugger. Anyway, it went out in the 3pm mail run, to be used by some people this weekend, I'm sure it'll get to them by Friday.

 

[opusman]

If you keep an eye on the Meetings forum (Meetings and Social Events) you might be able to find someone to guest you into the F lounge.

 

[Snowant]

Good to know! I'm heading to Utah for some skiing on Jan 25th, so I will keep a weather eye on that for sure.

 

[Daver6]

Enjoy! Went to Park City a few years ago....just brilliant! Where you heading?

Good to know! I'm heading to Utah for some skiing on Jan 25th, so I will keep a weather eye on that for sure.

 

[Kangol]

Yes, I feel like an idiot! For some reason, I thought it only worked for the Sydney lounge. I've spent many hours in the Melbourne lounge (normal and business), with NO idea that I could have been living it up in the special peoples' lounge! Bugger. Anyway, it went out in the 3pm mail run, to be used by some people this weekend, I'm sure it'll get to them by Friday.

The "normal" lounge is the business lounge - in reference to international, that is. There is no such thing as an international Qantas Club - the int J lounge is the entry level QF lounge.

The invitation you have just given away is for international flights only, so if you didn't fly internationally you wouldn't have had a chance to use it anyway (I can't tell for sure from your posts if you flew dom or int as you haven't revealed explicitly).

I can't remember what it said but I thought there was a specific reference to international flights printed on the voucher?

 

[flyingfan]

I can't remember what it said but I thought there was a specific reference to international flights printed on the voucher?

About the flights, the invitations themselves only say "You must... be travelling that day on a Qantas or Jetstar flight (with a QF or JQ flight number on your ticket)."

Of course the First lounges are only in MEL/SYD international

Hmm... so a non-WP could use this on the JQ35 runs...

 

[Snowant]

Enjoy! Went to Park City a few years ago....just brilliant! Where you heading?

I have to do some training there every 2 years to keep my certification valid, so I'll be staying with a friend in PC for a week, and then moving down to SLC. Looks like I'll be training at DV, Sundance, Pow Mow and Solitude, and grabbing some fun days at PCMR of course, the bird, Alta, and probably Snowbasin. I must say it's more fun with a car, when I worked there I coudln't afford one, so it's a nice luxury to blast past the povs waiting at the bus-stop! I do a heap of shopping while there too, SLC/PC is pretty good for that.

The entrance voucher to the lounge didn't stipulate international flights, as someone above has said, it just says you've got to be flying with QF or Jetstar that day. And at Melbourne, the international bit is nice and handy (unlike Sydney). I'll be using Qantas Club for the first time flying O/S this trip actually, so it's handy to know that at the international terminals, I shouldn't waste too much time looking for the basic club! I'm hoping that the club status might get me an upgrade to the US (I ususally land one coming back).

 

[Daver6]

Nice. Checkout The Canyons too. Some great terrain, huge and really wasn't that busy.

I have to do some training there every 2 years to keep my certification valid, so I'll be staying with a friend in PC for a week, and then moving down to SLC. Looks like I'll be training at DV, Sundance, Pow Mow and Solitude, and grabbing some fun days at PCMR of course, the bird, Alta, and probably Snowbasin. I must say it's more fun with a car, when I worked there I coudln't afford one, so it's a nice luxury to blast past the povs waiting at the bus-stop! I do a heap of shopping while there too, SLC/PC is pretty good for that.

The entrance voucher to the lounge didn't stipulate international flights, as someone above has said, it just says you've got to be flying with QF or Jetstar that day. And at Melbourne, the international bit is nice and handy (unlike Sydney). I'll be using Qantas Club for the first time flying O/S this trip actually, so it's handy to know that at the international terminals, I shouldn't waste too much time looking for the basic club! I'm hoping that the club status might get me an upgrade to the US (I ususally land one coming back).

 

[Snowant]

I've been skiing the Crayons off and on since 1998, and I'm one of those who doesn't "get" that place at all. We had Spring Clinic there some years back so skiied the hell out of it for three days, and I still didn't get it, so gave up! I like the little eatery at the top of the slow old chair though, that does those hamburgers where the pattie is a giant brown mushroom. That's exceptional.

 

[Jack_OC]

The entrance voucher to the lounge didn't stipulate international flights, as someone above has said, it just says you've got to be flying with QF or Jetstar that day. And at Melbourne, the international bit is nice and handy (unlike Sydney).

But how do you get into the int’l departures area without a boarding pass for an international flight? In my experience they check your boarding pass before you go through security screening, and again at passport control – where of course you also have to hand in a departure card with details of what country you are travelling to etc. All of that happens before you get anywhere near the international lounges.

 

[markis10]

The entrance voucher to the lounge didn't stipulate international flights, as someone above has said, it just says you've got to be flying with QF or Jetstar that day. And at Melbourne, the international bit is nice and handy (unlike Sydney). I'll be using Qantas Club for the first time flying O/S this trip actually, so it's handy to know that at the international terminals, I shouldn't waste too much time looking for the basic club! I'm hoping that the club status might get me an upgrade to the US (I ususally land one coming back).

Considering you need to be traveling on an international flight or work at the international terminal airside to get access to the lounge! I have had access to a lounge with no boarding pass by going through transit, of course I came off an "international' flight.