Originally Posted by
Himeno
Qantas has been having issues lately, caused by problems with the alliance with EK, where they are forcing people to use the same number on the booking as they need for lounge access.
If you try to enter a QF lounge using the higher BA status and the QF number on the booking, they'll try to make you change the number on the booking to the BA number.
They may try to, even though this is incorrect.
Currently this needs to be the case with QF/EK travel but not with oneworld(*O) travel.
The problem is the the lounge agents are confusing *O and EK for the lounge access rules.