At least J lounge access will still be available, but the AKL one is also often quite crowded - there is strong competition for the lounge PC's.

What I do find surprising is the 'watering down' to Int J/Dom QP rather than the complete exclusion I had been anticipating ever since Qantas made the anytime access rules completely clear on their web site.

In any case, given this change, I do not expect any significant further variance to these particular WP access rules for a year or two at least.