<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dave Noble:
"And if you really like to live dangerously, a 4-year QantasClub membership is $734 U.S. currently........ Indeed if the partnership breaks up in those four years it'll be a bummer, but I figured I would take a chance. YMMV, obviously."
Even with this you will still be ahead even if they decided to announce the end 2 years into the 4 years membership since 2.5 years AC access would have cost that much. It's a bit of a risk, but I can't see them ending it while the 1 world alliance is around.
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I agree 100%-- if the agreement was terminated in the next 2-3 years (which I certainly don't expect either) I'd still be very happy with my decision. I feel the risk in minimal-- but then again I bought a lifetime CO President's Club membership a few years back (two price increases ago) and swore
that was a great deal at the time.
In any case, I think the "life" QantasClub membership would be a "risk" (although a great deal,) but a 4-year membership really isn't too much of one, IMHO.