I would just like to clarify comments I made far earlier regarding any instructions to the bar staff (as ozstamps has made mention of above - perhaps after my initial post on this as I've seen nothing else about it). I want to make it absolutely clear I did *NOT* hear a verbal instruction given to bar staff to not serve anyone - and indeed after the event had no problem collecting drinks from the bar.

What happened is that I went up to the bar to get a drink (my 2nd, incidently, after parhaps 30 minutes in the club) wherein I saw the Qantas uniformed manager who had earlier come around to the FT tables talking to the female barkeeper on duty. The impression I had - both from the way he looked at me as he was talking and the overall body language was very negative and I was surmising that it was something to do with what had transpired - but I have no proof of this. As it was I was served a drink without incident, but I'm not sure if that QF manager was aware I was part of the FT group or not, since in his initial rounds he did not approach the table I was sitting at with several others - he was in the next area over.

I just want to be clear in case someone wants to take exception to that part of the story since I did not hear any clear words or instructions (I wasn't really listening intently for such things).

I think the rest of the summation is correct though.