Originally Posted by
everywhere
It is an utterly bewildering aspect of Air New Zealand's culture that so many of its frontline staff are either encouraged to or take it upon themselves to be as difficult as possible to elite frequent flyers.
You are on a QF ticket. You aren't an AirNZ frequent flyer at that point.
The point of status is to encourage to book on their ticket stock & flights. Defeats the purpose of giving people status if they are going to fly on other airlines.