Bravo! Too many people have become slobs in public, too many adults dress like toddlers. I'm all for more dress codes, and the guts to enforce them, unlike most restaurants, and especially cruise ships.
You may not care what is worn in a lounge but others do. It's respect and when this matter surfaced a few days ago on social media the woman concerned (who was probably looking for attention and thinking she'd be sided with) received a resoundly negative response and it was suggested she dress properly and told ugg boots are not appropriate. More airlines should do this especially in the USA where people turn up dressed slovenly as if they are in their bedrooms. I am not interested in noticing aspects you cannot unsee. Just uncouth.
More airlines should follow Qantas' example. There is nothing in these rules that prevents you from being comfortable, or traveling in clothing that is well suited for log haul travel.
Then again, it is not often I see people in airports or lounges that would violate these rules. Except maybe the (Australian definition of the word) thongs in Australia. Without discussing the sartorial aspects of them, they are probably the worst possible footwear should an evacuation become necessary, and for that reason should be banned on planes in general.
I don't know what the fact that airlines hand out PJs has to do with lounge dress codes, or elsewhere. Hotels has bathrobes in the rooms, that is not an encouragement to wear them in the hotel restaurants.
“I don't know what the fact that airlines hand out PJs has to do with lounge dress codes, or elsewhere. Hotels has bathrobes in the rooms, that is not an encouragement to wear them in the hotel restaurants.”
This. Exactly this. Being allowed to wear PJs on a flight also doesn’t mean you should wear them into the terminal. So if you’re gonna change, you can change into anything.
So the PJ argument is a bit of a stretch at best imo.
Eh, you haven't lived until you've walked through airport security into a lounge after taking a swim.
As for Uggs... my vote would be on their own is ok, but if paired with a Juicy Couture sweatsuit outfit...
Ben, you're triggered by older men with younger women at exclusive hotels. You should sit this one out.
You've sniped at older men with their younger girlfriends at luxury hotels when the women are treating it like a social media shoot, have you not? Is it only older men with younger girlfriends that do this? No similar aged couples do it? No older men with rent boys?
Let's step back and imagine this scenario:
Checked out of the hotel and spent the day at the beach before going to the airport on an evening flight. Have lounge access due to status. Entering with flip-flops and air-dried swim attire and state at the entrance I want to clean up at the shower. How should the staff handle this scenario?
The problem is that there are plenty in Australia who would lactually try to do this (except they'd skip the part about going to the shower). Hence the need for Qantas to have a lounge dress code.
Shower and refresh at the hotel before going to the airport. Any hotel worth the money would offer you facilities to do that. And why wouldn't one do that.
If the lounge can offer you direct access to a shower (or enough showers if you are a family) then why not let you do that, but if there is a wait, we'll tough, you can't wait in the lounge.
That means I can't guest Borat into QF lounges?
For Qantas, this is fairly consistent. I remember reading about how Joanne Catherall from The Human League got kicked out of a Qantas lounge in Perth a few years ago for this reason (wearing Ugg boots).
When I lived there decades ago many institutions in Australia had notices up about attire requirements. I found the culture where I lived was pretty casual (matched the beach resort vibe), but people well away from the beach or pool would walk into shops in beach attire *only*... so I get why the firm line is being drawn.
As much as I'm advocating for people to put a bit of effort as of how they dress when travelling, the thing which strikes me in the dress code is "boots or other sleepwear". Who on earth sleeps with boots?
I can see why you would ban beach wear or gym wear but uggs? I would never consider them inappropriate for an airport lounge. Is this like a specific Aussie peeve?
I love how former British colonies hold onto "tradition" more strongly than the British have bothered to 🙂
Qantas have got this right, Uggs are fugly.
The 10 people who care are all commenting and liking each other's comments. I'm going to confidently represent the silent majority who dgaf how people dress as long as they're well behaved.
Caring how other people dress is pathetic. Worry about yourself and your own problems.
How are any shoes at all "sleepwear"?