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Alaska & Qantas Extend Reciprocal Lounge Access Benefits For Elite Members

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One of my favorite things about Alaska Mileage Plan is all the unique airline partners they have, which span the alliances. Mileage Plan has among the best mileage earning rates for travel on partner airlines, so flying partners and crediting to Mileage Plan is a great option. The catch is that Alaska doesn't belong to…

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 Jim
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So eligible Alaskan members get Qantas lounge access whenever they fly Qantas, but eligible Qantas members only get Alaskan lounge access if that Alaskan flight connects to or from a Qantas flight? Sounds like Qantas gets the raw end here.


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 Tony
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@Jim, Alaska has problems already with accepting priority pass members. I can definitely see why it would be a little more restrictive for QF members.


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(@Tom smith)
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Wait for CX to follow suit. Anything to cram more people into their lounges and earn a few more dollars for doing so.

And as for Alaska lounges I'd rather sit in the terminal (which I did) than their lounges if it's based on the dump they call a lounge in LAX.


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(@geoshina)
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It pretty much what happens with Gol' Smiles FFP. Some lounge benefits from DL, KL and AF. Some unlikely partners like AC, EY and TP.


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 TB
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Just a shame it does not apply to Qantas low cost offshoot - Jetstar 🙁


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