In defence of the Cossie kiddies upgrade

6. In defence of the Cossie kiddies upgrade

By Stephen Mayne

Peter Costello's office was on the phone shortly after yesterday's edition went out making a forceful argument in defence of the Treasurer's children getting upgraded to business class by Qantas when flying from LA to Melbourne in January.

The staffer asserted that Cossie explicitly instructed Qantas not to upgrade his children before they left but Qantas went ahead and unilaterally did it anyway for the trip home. Poor Cossie was then left in the position of having to disclose receiving a benefit that he didn't want in the first place.

This version of events might explain why the media appeared to severely underplay the story but it would be nice if Qantas would publicly corroborate the Treasurer's story. Does our national airline really have a policy of upgrading people against their wishes? We'd all love to be victims of that sort of corporate disrespect.

A number of Crikey subscribers have bought into the debate in today's comments section.

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