Originally Posted by
ArnoldB
But just because you remain in the fare of the original booking, that itself does not have anything to do whether you should be able to access lounges or not.
Should? I don't believe that there is a OneWorld policy on lounge access for upgrades. So what you
should receive with an upgrade is whatever the airline's policy says that you should receive.
Originally Posted by
ArnoldB
90% of airlines keep you in the original booking class when upgrading. But they still give you lounge access. It is not a technical limitation or anything but a conscious decision by QR and on top of that I would argue a big middle finger to their frequent flyers (treatment of avios upgrades vs cash upgrades) . . .
Sounds like QR is not a good choice for you.
Originally Posted by
ArnoldB
. . . and even just weird in general for them as a carrier who is 95%+ focused on transfer passengers . . . .
95%? Any source for that number, or did you just make it up?
Overall, Qatar Airways’ base hub handled 52.7 million passengers in 2024, up 15% over 45 million passengers handled in 2023 and the most ever for a single year. Of those 52.7 million, 12 million were point-to-point passengers, up 16% over 2023.
From
Transport Industry Analytical News Network .