Lounge wars

Qantas’s Perth lounge is the latest weapon in the arms race…but who’s actually the target?

Qantas’s new Perth domestic Business Lounge – for business class passengers and Platinum frequent flyers – is more than just a new facility for Perth travellers: it “sets the new benchmark in business travel and represents the future of the Qantas Business Lounge in Australia,” according to Qantas Domestic chief executive officer Andrew David.

Qantas is unusual in offering its Domestic Business Lounges in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, and now Perth, to both business class passengers and Platinum-level frequent flyers. Not only do these lounges sit above the Qantas Club (and, in the Red Roo’s eyes, Virgin Australia’s lounge offerings) in the domestic Australian market, but they’re unusual globally. In other regions, business class lounges are for both the equivalent of Gold and Platinum frequent flyers, with first class lounges (where available) restricted to Platinums.

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