Qantas’s loyalty tie-up with BP petrol stations is set to get the green light from the consumer watchdog despite the regulator’s misgivings over the sharing of customers’ data.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it proposes to authorise the deal, which was announced in September, even though it has “some concerns about the potential for consumer harm arising from BP sharing consumer data with Qantas”.
BP’s proposed switch from rival airline Virgin Australia was confirmed in September and the Qantas partnership is set to take effect on February 1.
AAP