So what would happen if BA did this in their lounges
 

Am a short time lurker to the BA forum as I have 2 flights in F in May.
Given some of the funny things I have read on here, I thought it might be a bit of fun to post a link to this thread. For those that are now aware Sydney F lounge and Melbourne F lounge are for OW Emeralds and those travelling in First Class ( so a little more generous that CCR admission requirements) You only need to read the first post as it nicely sums up the issue, the rest of the posts are outrage and comments re male vs female metabolism.
So what would happen if BA F/CCR lounges only let you have 3 drinks.....

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...tas-66685.html

Wow! au frq whiner forum whining that staff serving drinks were actually doing their job and not just sticking RSA flyers on the wall

If BA did this, I'm not sure it would even be mentioned here.

Only ready a few of the posts, but did enjoy the competitive nature of them saying how much they normally drink in (and sometimes out of) the lounge. My favourite was:

Maybe BA should just move to a US style voucher system for drinks. That way you could get service appropriate to the class of travel.

For example, business and 1st class pax could have anything they liked off the top shelf, whereas GGLs travelling on HBO fares would automatically be given whatever was at the back of the middle shelf. :D

Oh dear, coffee all over the keyboard....:D:D:D:D

You're assuming that GGLs on HBO fares will continue to be given access to the lounges?

Drinks rationing down under, it was never going to go down well was it??

BA would never implement such a ridiculous policy for premium customers surely :rolleyes:

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I would fully support this if it went along with a commensurate increase in quality.

Which we all know wouldn't be the case!

^:D:D:D

But there is a self service bar (for sure with wine, not sure about hard stuff) - at the right end of the lounge. Also - booze is available on self service basis in the Qantas Club downstairs - want to get drunk - just go there...

PS. This assumes we are talking about SYD lounge here...

Reminds me of some of the Castlemaine XXXX adverts screened in the UK probably a couple of decades ago now - especially the one where the Aussies have stocked up on XXXX and then buy some sherry for the girls, and the rear axle on the ute (i.e. pickup truck) gives up the ghost. "Looks we overdid it a bit on the sherry" was the comment. Australians are renowned for their hard drinking, so I am not surprised there was some not entirely favourable feedback on the board :)

Australia is the most regulated western country I've ever stepped foot in. If the English love rules, the Aussies love regulations. Their regulations surrounding booze are myriad and strict. So this sounds very plausible.

That's three drinks in 1¾ hours. (And is not in line, being far more restrictive, than local Regulation.)

Reading between the lines here it looks as if there may have been a restriction on drinks to those accessing the F lounge via el-cheapo domestic tag flights on JQ, no such restriction on those actually flying QF/OW internationally.
How this would translate at LHR is anyone's guess. It might be QF's idea of establishing a caste system :p