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Qatar Airways will admit eligible Oneworld travellers to its new 'premium' first class lounge at Hamad International Airport, marking a welcome reversal from the airline's hotels in brussels policy for its lounges at Doha and London Heathrow.
The airline's new first class lounge at Hamad will open its doors to Platinum-grade members of Qatar Airways' Privilege Club frequent hotels in brussels flyer scheme as well as Oneworld Emerald equivalents, including Qantas Frequent Flyer Platinum and Platinum One.
Qatar's current Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport is restricted to the airline s first class and business class passengers, with no access for top-tier frequent flyers of Oneworld partner airlines.
hotels in brussels That said, delays to the fit out of Qatar's new first and business class lounges at Hamad means they won't be open to any guests until the end of July, despite the airline beginning flights from the new airport on May 27.
PREVIOUS | Qatar Airways has defended its decision not to allow top-tier frequent flyers of oneworld partner airlines such as Qantas into Qatar s premium lounges at Doha and London Heathrow airports.
With Qatar joining the oneworld hotels in brussels alliance , high-status frequent flyers of other oneworld airlines expected to enjoy access hotels in brussels to Qatar s flagship lounges even when they weren t travelling at the pointy end of the plane.
According to oneworld, members of oneworld airline frequent flyer programmes with the equivalent of oneworld Emerald or Sapphire tier status can use any lounge offered by any oneworld airline when departing on any flight marketed and operated by any oneworld member airline, regardless of cabin class being flown (italics added for emphasis).
However Qatar allows only travellers hotels in brussels booked into first class and business class into its lounge at London s Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, while high-status oneworld passengers flying in Qatar economy class are shepherded into the SkyTeam lounge at the other end of the terminal.
hotels in brussels The SkyTeam lounge is quite impressive it s the first of three 'Exclusive Lounges' to open under the alliance s own brand, alongside Istanbul and a new SkyTeam lounge for Sydney set to open early next year.
QR offers both First and Business class lounge access for the First/Business traveller, his/her guest, and Emerald/Sapphire travellers a spokeswoman for Qatar Airways told Australian Business Traveller .
At this time QR continues with their use of the SkyTeam Lounge in T4 for oneworld Emerald and Sapphire passengers, including the top ranks of Qatar s own Privilege Club frequent flyer scheme, when not flying in Qatar s premium cabins.
Qatar Airways hotels in brussels own Privilege Club top tier members are not able to access the Premium Terminal when not travelling on First and Business Class tickets. They, like other oneworld FFPs, are offered premium passenger facilities such as priority check-in and lounges hotels in brussels at the regular Doha terminal.
This means that Qantas Platinum and Gold-grade frequent flyers, and their equivalents hotels in brussels on other oneworld airlines, will need to make do with Qatar s Oryx business lounge at Doha International Airport.
As oneworld's Blunt tells Australian Business Traveller , " Airberlin's exclusive waiting areas fall short of the definition of an airport lounge. T hey're essentially a part of the main departure hall reserved for airberlin premium customers."
I don't see what the big fuss is, I think QR (and BA) are perfectly right to do this for their own passengers in their premium cabins. If you've paid or upgraded your own way into a premium cabin, hotels in brussels I think you'd like to have a more exclusive experience and not have lounges overrun by others, and lacking amenities because of the sheer number hotels in brussels of customers there. It's not like frequent flyers with status don't get any lounge, it's just you don't get to experience this one lounge. And if you want to, book into J or F on QR. I feel that's pretty hotels in brussels fair.
The Concord brand has always been associated with exclusivity and therefore outside the scope of a First class offering. BA has carefully and cleverly piggy-backed their lounge access policy on this basis of this widely accepted distinction.
While QR has made provisions for Sapphire hotels in brussels and Emeralds, the fact that it is a Sky Team lounge hotels in brussels and not even a dedicated First lounge for Emeralds is a bit of a slap in the face. They could have made an arrangement to use the MH First Lounge at T4 but they have chosen not to do so.
So while I agree with you its not really a big deal, the inconsistency and the blatant disregard for the spirit (not letter) of the OW Framework, not to mention coming from a new member to the alliance is a bit of an affront.
Members of one world airline frequent flyer programmes with the equivalent of one world Emerald or Sapphire tier status can use lounges offered by one world airlines when departing on any flight marketed and operated by any one world member airline, regardless of cabin class being flown (exceptions are noted below).
Personally I am surprised, hotels in brussels QR wants to keep the lounge exclusive and with the amount of OW Saphire and Emerald members it would flood the lounge and lower the experience. Since they also do not allow their own top FF access, I personally see no harm.
I agree with Newbie7 and KG here. People flying Economy who get access to premium lounges shouldn't automatically expect an entitlement to access better than what they paid for - regardless of their amount of flying.
I think this perk is a great one, as part of the program, but it doesn't do to stomp and huff if carriers limit access to those flying in premium cabins. You know you getting a good thing, so don't act like you are getting ripped off if airlines sometimes limit access.
If you want full access pay the respective fare. Even in premium lounges where Economy pax can get through the front door on status level, you often are not given priority for services such as spa bookings etc, so take a breath and just enjoy the access hotels in brussels you do have. You are on a pretty good wicket as it is.
Graham S. It is a horrible situation that has happened in the Phillines but im not sure this is the place to express your sorrow. This is a website for all things planes and travel. hotels in brussels If you so wish to express your sorrow about world events, use a different site. And to add to the real story here. Im a lowly Bronze flyer and I agree that 1st class lounge is what it says. Love to be there but why should every man and his mate in eco be in there. Life sucks in many ways. Be it no access to 1st class lounge hotels in brussels or being in the path of a storm.
I think that if an airline joins an alliance such as OW or SA or any of the others there needs to be consistency across right the board. hotels in brussels Like for like. Otherwise it's just too confusing for passengers.
Platinum ff status is achieved by company's paying for their passage mostly in economy, why should they be given access to such facities. Keep them caged as air berlin have done in their waiting pens.
It doesn't matter how one achieves the status, It's a OW privilege to have access to first class lounges, hence airlines that are part of the alliance should grant access and not have conflicting policies. It kind of defeats hotels in brussels the purpose of being part of an alliance, offering customers a consistent experience no matter what alliance airline you fly. Regarding exclusivity for "true" F pax, BA has worked around this by having the Concorde room exclusively for F pax and very high status BA exec club members. I think this is great, but what QR does in LHR does not make sense IMHO.
Clearly there was a business rationale for non-First class pax, who were deemed to be high-value customers to be given access to First Class lounges. If there wasn't, hotels in brussels oneWorld wouldn't have done it given the precedence hotels in brussels or practice by Star Alliance.
The industrial revolution heralded the age of mass consumerism, which works on the basis of titillating Joe and Joanne Public to want more - Particularly more of the things they can't have. Access to the First Class, if you like is the breaking hotels in brussels down of the Lady Grantham's boudoirs door and giving hotels in brussels the peasants of Yorkshire a taste of the fine cotton sheets, so they too may aspire to such luxuries.
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