Originally Posted by
TheRealBabushka
Hi DaveNoble. I agree with you from the perspective of domestic travel. However if you're flying internationally the United Club option does seem quite attractive. Especially since QF fares ex AU is sold at a considerable premium. Dollars saved flying TH or SQ will more than make up for the cost of United Club at USD 475 a year.
Everyone should make their own assessment on what makes best value ; personally I will stick to Emirates at the moment; ironically one of the things I like about them is that they are not in an alliance and so do not have paid lounge members or economy/business passengers with status using the 1st class lounge
If UA membership is of value to someone, then maybe that will sway them to using Star, but in relation to the comment I replied to, the lack of BA lounge access may be annoying to some, but I cannot see it making any real impact to Qantas or OW