I've fly quite a bit on Qantas, BA and other 'partners' but today at Sydney i was told that there is no baggage priority for non Qantas club members. I was pretty shocked as this is the very easiest of benefits to grant. I questioned it and she was pretty insistent. In face she even said "i can put it on, but the baggage handlers will pull it off and put the bag with economy anyway because of the bar code" - weird
Its a shame because its these little things (saving 20 minutes at baggage collection) that make one world worth it. i don't need to fly qantas and they've just made it very easy for me.
for the record from HK on Qantas there was no such conversation, and have never had it on any other partner (AA, JAL, Dragon, BA).