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Old 20th May 2011, 01:43 PM
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What's the rule for access to the Business Class or Qantas Club lounge? A friend of mine was refused entry because she used her points to redeem a business class flight.
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Old 20th May 2011, 01:47 PM
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I ALWAYS redeem points for J flights to MELB and I ALWAYS get access to the Business Lounge...
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Old 20th May 2011, 01:48 PM
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Your friend should not have been refused entry. Lounge access rules are the same whether you paid for your business class flight or redeemed through points. For domestic lounges they only look at the boarding pass, which does not indicate whether the ticket is a paid or redemption ticket.
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Old 20th May 2011, 02:01 PM
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That's what I thought. Nothing was mentioned in the Qantas website.
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Old 20th May 2011, 03:49 PM
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How did they know she'd redeemed points? Is it no longer a case of flashing your J class boarding pass to get into the lounge?
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Old 20th May 2011, 10:05 PM
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There was a change at Qantas in the last 2 years that anyone flying business class can now access the Qantas J lounges or Qantas Club lounges when flying Business Class.

Before this time you had to be a Qantas Club or Qantas Gold or Platinum frequent flyer to access the lounge.

Don't ask me the date when the change occur as I don't remember.
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Old 21st May 2011, 09:25 AM
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Just to add Bevan the rules you mention were specifically for domestic. International has always allow business class passengers into the Qantas club.
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Old 23rd May 2011, 07:57 AM
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My friend told me she was denied access to the Qantas Club but was able to get into the Business lounge.
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Old 23rd May 2011, 08:02 AM
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Are you sure she was actually denied entry, or were the staff at the Qantas club merely pointing out to her that she was entitled to use the separate business lounge?
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Old 23rd May 2011, 08:19 AM
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She told me because she was using points, she was not able to use the Qantas Club lounge. This was why she queried it because she was able to use the Qantas Club when she flew from Perth a couple of years ago. I guess that was back in the days when the business class lounge was not available.
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