How to use a Qantas Qtag

[@susiehenke]

Thanks for taking the time to do this! I felt dumb and now i'm a pro :)

[@kimikaung]

Hi Susie, I am glad that this helped you. My efforts have not gone to waste :)

[@oddreveries]

Brilliant - thank you! Qantas should pay you for making this video!

[@kimikaung]

Thanks heaps and glad that it helped! They should hey?

[@gracecurtis8982]

Thanks Kevin. Strange that Qantas has yet to do a video like this themselves.

[@kimikaung]

My pleasure Grace! I am surprised too. I was looking for anything to help me understand the process but there was none at the time.

[@AnnyVdDub]

Thanks Kevin, very helpful. Are the Q Tags permamently embedded with base information - e.g. your name, address, etc? Or is it blank until it is encoded with the specific trip information?

[@kimikaung]

Glad it helped! They are not embedded with base information. In other words or simple terms, you can get a family member to use your qtag. That is also why you see some people selling them online.

[@katalinasoro4965]

Just got my today, no idea how it works, but I do now. Thank you!

[@kimikaung]

I am glad it helped! My effort hasn't gone to waste

[@AIforlyfe]

Legend thanks mate

[@kimikaung]

Glad it helped!

[@lifelovesme]

So if you’re travelling not to a major city, you wouldn’t have any way of knowing, ahead of time, if the route accepts Q tag until on the day when you bag drop and you attempt to scan the tag?

[@kimikaung]

The airport that you travel out of (I,e. The airport you are departing from) is what determines if you can use the Qtag. I suppose you can Google if the specific airport has a bag drop area but all of the capital cities should have it. Major cities like Gold Coast, I am not sure.

[@CarolynLenthall]

My bag tags (QTAG) are breaking down plastic bits falling off them. Can I get them replaced or do I need to buy new ones??

[@kimikaung]

I don’t work for Qantas so I am not sure. You should be able to get in touch with them and see if they can replace them for you.

[@wade4747]

Can i show my tag to get into quantas lounges?

[@kimikaung]

I don’t work for qantas but I don’t believe so.

[@WiseGuy02]

Why Qantas got rid of these is beyond me. If you don't have one you have to line up and check in to print off a luggage tag. Why bother checking in early online? Some airport like gold coast don't even have the bag drop off, everyone has to line up and print off a tag, then line up at the counter to drop the bag off. Gold coast isn't some small country town. A lot of people go through that airport. Qantas need to sort their shit out.