Adelaide Qantas Club
Nov 22, 2012, 6:22 pm
#1
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Adelaide Qantas Club
I'm sitting here in the Adelaide Qantas Club for a flight back to Sydney today. I'm a bit blow away here. I'm use to the United Club in the states. We do not get a nice full spread for breakfast on domestic flights, we do not get shower access or the use of imacs in the domestic clubs (come to think of it we don't get that in the international clubs either). We're lucky to get brewed coffee and you guys get a barissta serving real coffee. We get 1/4 the space and they charge us $450 a year for the privilege to use the United Club.
You guys down under sure are lucky when it comes to your Qantas Clubs.
You guys down under sure are lucky when it comes to your Qantas Clubs.
Nov 22, 2012, 7:59 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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I'm sitting here in the Adelaide Qantas Club for a flight back to Sydney today. I'm a bit blow away here. I'm use to the United Club in the states. We do not get a nice full spread for breakfast on domestic flights, we do not get shower access or the use of imacs in the domestic clubs (come to think of it we don't get that in the international clubs either). We're lucky to get brewed coffee and you guys get a barissta serving real coffee. We get 1/4 the space and they charge us $450 a year for the privilege to use the United Club.
You guys down under sure are lucky when it comes to your Qantas Clubs.
You guys down under sure are lucky when it comes to your Qantas Clubs.
Nov 22, 2012, 8:26 pm
#4
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I'm glad that you are enjoying the Adelaide Qantas Club. I'm there every week and I have to say that it's one of the best in the network, much better than Sydney or Melbourne. That may have something to do with the fact that it was refurbished recently and is actually a combined Qantas Club and Business Class lounge.
I'd say that you guys are unlucky rather than Australia being lucky. Many other countries have better lounges on domestic flights than the US.
I'd say that you guys are unlucky rather than Australia being lucky. Many other countries have better lounges on domestic flights than the US.
Nov 23, 2012, 9:36 pm
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The worst QP has RCC beat by a mile. As stated the ADL club is better than most QP locations but the QF domestic J lounges are even better (upgraded food and wine -- small differences such as 2 desserts instead of 1, and of a higher quality). QP is also by membership (similar price to RCC) so the difference is profit model with UA being a bit greedier.
Nov 23, 2012, 9:43 pm
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The worst QP has RCC beat by a mile. As stated the ADL club is better than most QP locations but the QF domestic J lounges are even better (upgraded food and wine -- small differences such as 2 desserts instead of 1, and of a higher quality). QP is also by membership (similar price to RCC) so the difference is profit model with UA being a bit greedier.
Pleeeeze QF, come back to SFO!
Nov 25, 2012, 10:06 am
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Recently, the SFO RCC (International) was so dire, it was almost empty (in the hours up to the SFO-SYD flight). Minimal snacks (OK though if you only like carrot, pretzels and cheese) and a barman who neglects to come anywhere near you unless you wave a $ bill in the air (and leave it there afterwards). Plenty of seats though. Marching around the terminal was a better way to kill time than "enjoying the RCC". Oh, and a stroppy gate agent set the scene for a lovely 2 hr delay to the flight.
Pleeeeze QF, come back to SFO!
Pleeeeze QF, come back to SFO!
And then I got on a plane, the supposedly "old and tatty" 763s which look positively shiny by UA standards, and got more booze and an actual hot meal! (which I didn't eat because I'd put together a full meal at the Qantas Club, but it was a nice thought)
Australian domestic travel has actually improved in the seven years since I left Australia. This is probably no news to the rest of you, but I've been in America for so long that I'm just accustomed to things getting worse and worse every year.
Nov 25, 2012, 2:57 pm
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Dont tell the South Australians a Victorian said this, but I actually think the ADL airport is the best airport in the country and I would agree that the Qantas Club there is a cracker.
I'm about to relocate to the US and I know I will be doing a lot of domestic US travel. I'm losing the will to live just thinking about it...
I'm about to relocate to the US and I know I will be doing a lot of domestic US travel. I'm losing the will to live just thinking about it...