Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
What reinforces this was a comment made by a QF premium desk rep who when I complained (nicely) about the recent lounge changes, she also suggested that perhaps it was time to look at crediting QF flights to there. To use her words "you know they are oneworld too"!
Another reinforcement of my cynical opinion is that I noticed since becoming non-Australia based, QF have been treating me increasingly with what I could call 'disdain' that I never used to experience when I was based in Australia. I have been feeling rather unwanted as a result. I just get the general feeling that non-Australia-based QFF high tier members are something of a nuisance to QF?
Maybe we are a bit expensive for them, which would be quite understandable if they are having to pay for the lounge use on our frequent visit to BA F lounge, for instance, and maybe they could even be thinking of kicking us out. Similarly to BA not acceptig BAEC members from Australia (and maybe NZ? I'm not sure), and maybe QF will tell us to bugger off to BAEC.
The irony is that the upcoming BD changes will almost certainly yield a BA status match, although in my case I still have 18 or so months left with QF based on current earning and I suspect BD might have 7 months as best.
That would be nice. It will save me juggling timings. I'll qualify for BD G by late December so I'll be back to flying mainly BA, and I think I'll have enough SCs for LTG by around Nov 2011, which will still leave me enough time to retain BA Gold if status matched in March 2011 or later, and maintain (if M&M honours BD Gold) or obtain another Star G (thinking of Aegean or ANA) at the same time.
I hope QF does not forget that some of the non-Australia-based members actually fly QF quite a lot though. I have been flying QF on QF-served routes, adding up to more than most Australia-based QF Golds would fly per year. I suspect many non-Australia-based QF WPs are the same.