Originally Posted by
Platy
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Serfty, I realise you are merely reporting experiences here (and not necessarily defending QF) - are you able to confirm whether the lounge dragons turning status folk away are using the the extracted "rule" as their justification?
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Since it has never happened to me I can only interpret anecdotes.
The most common I have seen were at domestic Qantas Clubs where the QF status PAX was being denied entry due to to a desire to credit travel to AAdvantage where they had no status.
This all started in late 2013 time after the EK tie-up began ... and there has been much confusion - including from Lounge staff.
There's some threads on it:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qanta...l#post22256355
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qanta...l#post21899334
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post22398419
I have seen reports of PAX simply changing the accrual for their travel after gaining lounge access.