Re: Rumour

["shamus" <nshea@tig.com.au>]

I just checked and its not true........QF have no such plan

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> (Cross-posted)
>
> Got this rumour from a friend who is a travel agent today - apparently he
> was visitted by his Qantas Sales Consultant, so I have no idea as to how
> true it is.
>
> It seems that Qantas will be picking up the station usage fee for Qantas
> Club members and some categories of frequent flyer (not stated which,
> although I presume gold and silver) when the airport railway opens in
Sydney
> next month.
>
> For those in aus.aviation who are not aware, the New Southern Railway,
with
> stops at both the Domestic and International terminals at YSSY, has
stations
> which were funded by the private sector, so fares to these stations will
be
> the normal distance based CityRail fares, plus a charge to use the station
> (around $6 I believe for the two airport stations). Holders of weekly and
> longer tickets will be able to use these tickets to the station but will
> then have to pay a surcharge.
>
> According to the rumour (standard disclaimer), Qantas will be picking up
> this fee for the upper end of the market. My friend was unable to say how
it
> would operate, whether QF would refund the fee on presentation of the rail
> ticket, or whether these passengers would just have to show their
membership
> card (in conjunction with their rail ticket) to exit the station.
>
> If it is true, I wonder how long before Ansett jumps on the bandwagon.
>
> Dave
>
>