Which Card Do I Present??

So long as the cards have the same FF membership number it makes no difference which you present at check-in. In fact, if your FF membership number is correctly inserted into the reservation, you don't need to present the card at all.

 

Qantas historically perceived any 'status' card that does not gain access to QP's as redundant.

i.e. in 1995, a QFF "Blue" & "Silver" status cards were not issued to QP members when they attained those levels.

However with the advent of oneWORLD, things changed so the need to issues these additional cards arrived.

What it means is that your silver card has more use o'seas in oneWORLD checkins. The QP card is a lot more use in Oz and those few international ports where a QP exists.

 

Serfty, I agree with you points. However, it would be possible for QF to create a different single card for Qantas Club members who are also FF Silver (and hence OneWorld Ruby) FF status. It could just be a FF Silver card with a Qantas Club logo prominently displayed.

But that would mean informing all other OneWorld airlines of this new card to add to their benefits cheat sheets, and perhaps that effort and the cost of producing yet anther card variation is not warranted.