diff --git a/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.cpp b/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.cpp
index a4c13f223..a7d7958d4 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         int CAirportIcao::compareImpl(const CValueObject &otherBase) const
         {
             const auto &other = static_cast<const CAirportIcao &>(otherBase);
-            return this->m_icaoCode.compare(other.m_icaoCode, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+            return compare(TupleConverter<CAirportIcao>::toMetaTuple(*this), TupleConverter<CAirportIcao>::toMetaTuple(other));
         }
 
         /*
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         bool CAirportIcao::operator ==(const CAirportIcao &other) const
         {
             if (this == &other) return true;
-            return this->asString().compare(other.asString(), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0;
+            return TupleConverter<CAirportIcao>::toMetaTuple(*this) == TupleConverter<CAirportIcao>::toMetaTuple(other);
         }
 
         /*
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.h b/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.h
index fecf1d2c0..c2b19db68 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/avairporticao.h
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     } // namespace
 } // namespace
 
-BLACK_DECLARE_TUPLE_CONVERSION(BlackMisc::Aviation::CAirportIcao, (o.m_icaoCode))
+BLACK_DECLARE_TUPLE_CONVERSION(BlackMisc::Aviation::CAirportIcao, (
+    attr(o.m_icaoCode, flags<CaseInsensitiveComparison>())
+))
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(BlackMisc::Aviation::CAirportIcao)
 
 #endif // guard
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.cpp b/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.cpp
index edd904de9..c36962165 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         int CCallsign::compareImpl(const CValueObject &otherBase) const
         {
             const auto &other = static_cast<const CCallsign &>(otherBase);
-            return this->m_callsign.compare(other.m_callsign, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+            return compare(TupleConverter<CCallsign>::toMetaTuple(*this), TupleConverter<CCallsign>::toMetaTuple(other));
         }
 
         /*
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         bool CCallsign::operator ==(const CCallsign &other) const
         {
             if (this == &other) return true;
-            return this->asString().compare(other.asString(), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0;
+            return TupleConverter<CCallsign>::toMetaTuple(*this) == TupleConverter<CCallsign>::toMetaTuple(other);
         }
 
         /*
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.h b/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.h
index 2ebc9a82f..2d6ccd50a 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/avcallsign.h
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     } // namespace
 } // namespace
 
-BLACK_DECLARE_TUPLE_CONVERSION(BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign, (o.m_callsign, o.m_callsignAsSet, o.m_telephonyDesignator))
+BLACK_DECLARE_TUPLE_CONVERSION(BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign, (
+    attr(o.m_callsign, flags<CaseInsensitiveComparison>()),
+    attr(o.m_callsignAsSet, flags<DisabledForComparison>()),
+    attr(o.m_telephonyDesignator, flags<DisabledForComparison>())
+))
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign)
 
 #endif // guard
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/tuple.h b/src/blackmisc/tuple.h
index b51c232e9..ee16e5a18 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/tuple.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/tuple.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         DisabledForMarshalling = 1 << 1,    //!< Element will be ignored during DBus marshalling
         DisabledForDebugging = 1 << 2,      //!< Element will be ignored when streaming to QDebug
         DisabledForHashing = 1 << 3,        //!< Element will be ignored by qHash()
-        DisabledForJson = 1 << 4            //!< Element will be ignored during JSON serialization
+        DisabledForJson = 1 << 4,           //!< Element will be ignored during JSON serialization
+        CaseInsensitiveComparison = 1 << 5  //!< Element will be compared case insensitively (must be a QString)
     };
 }
 
@@ -305,10 +306,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     template <class... Ts>
     int compare(std::tuple<Ts...> a, std::tuple<Ts...> b)
     {
-        auto valuesA = Private::stripMeta(a, Private::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>());
-        auto valuesB = Private::stripMeta(b, Private::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>());
-        auto metaTu = Private::recoverMeta(a, Private::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>());
-        return Private::TupleHelper::compare(valuesA, valuesB, Private::skipFlaggedIndices<DisabledForComparison>(metaTu));
+        auto metaA = Private::recoverMeta(a, Private::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>());
+        auto metaB = Private::recoverMeta(b, Private::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>());
+        return Private::TupleHelper::compare_(metaA, metaB, Private::skipFlaggedIndices<DisabledForComparison>(metaA));
     }
 
     /*!
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/tuple_private.h b/src/blackmisc/tuple_private.h
index 7048b41b2..b0937eccc 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/tuple_private.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/tuple_private.h
@@ -116,9 +116,47 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             return {};
         }
 
+        // CRTP base class for Attribute, to select appropriate method of comparison.
+        template <class Derived, bool AlwaysEqual, bool CaseInsensitive>
+        struct AttributeComparable;
+        template <class Derived, bool CaseInsensitive>
+        struct AttributeComparable<Derived, true, CaseInsensitive>
+        {
+            friend int compare(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return 0; }
+            friend bool operator ==(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return true; }
+            friend bool operator !=(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return false; }
+            friend bool operator <(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return false; }
+            friend bool operator <=(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return true; }
+            friend bool operator >(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return false; }
+            friend bool operator >=(const Derived &, const Derived &) { return true; }
+        };
+        template <class Derived>
+        struct AttributeComparable<Derived, false, false>
+        {
+            template <class T> using isCValueObject = typename std::is_base_of<CValueObject, T>::type;
+            friend int compare(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return compareHelper(a.m_obj, b.m_obj, isCValueObject<decltype(a.m_obj)>()); }
+            friend bool operator ==(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj == b.m_obj; }
+            friend bool operator !=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj != b.m_obj; }
+            friend bool operator <(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj < b.m_obj; }
+            friend bool operator <=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj <= b.m_obj; }
+            friend bool operator >(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj > b.m_obj; }
+            friend bool operator >=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj >= b.m_obj; }
+        };
+        template <class Derived>
+        struct AttributeComparable<Derived, false, true>
+        {
+            friend int compare(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive); }
+            friend bool operator ==(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0; }
+            friend bool operator !=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0; }
+            friend bool operator <(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive) < 0; }
+            friend bool operator <=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive) <= 0; }
+            friend bool operator >(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive) > 0; }
+            friend bool operator >=(const Derived &a, const Derived &b) { return a.m_obj.compare(b.m_obj, Qt::CaseInsensitive) >= 0; }
+        };
+
         // A tuple element with attached metadata.
         template <class T, qint64 Flags = 0>
-        struct Attribute
+        struct Attribute : public AttributeComparable<Attribute<T, Flags>, Flags & DisabledForComparison, Flags & CaseInsensitiveComparison>
         {
             typedef T type;
             static const qint64 flags = Flags;
@@ -127,13 +165,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             void extend(QString jsonName) { if (m_jsonName.isEmpty()) m_jsonName = jsonName; }
             T &m_obj;
             QString m_jsonName;
-
-            friend bool operator ==(const Attribute &a, const Attribute &b) { return a.m_obj == b.m_obj; }
-            friend bool operator !=(const Attribute &a, const Attribute &b) { return a.m_obj != b.m_obj; }
-            friend bool operator <(const Attribute &a, const Attribute &b) { return a.m_obj < b.m_obj; }
-            friend bool operator <=(const Attribute &a, const Attribute &b) { return a.m_obj <= b.m_obj; }
-            friend bool operator >(const Attribute &a, const Attribute &b) { return a.m_obj > b.m_obj; }
-            friend bool operator >=(const Attribute &a, const Attribute &b) { return a.m_obj >= b.m_obj; }
         };
 
         // Helpers used in tie(), tieMeta(), and elsewhere, which arrange for the correct types to be passed to std::make_tuple.
@@ -193,9 +224,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         {
         public:
             template <class Tu, size_t... Is>
-            static int compare(const Tu &a, const Tu &b, index_sequence<Is...>)
+            static int compare_(const Tu &a, const Tu &b, index_sequence<Is...>) // underscore to avoid hiding the name "compare" in other scopes
             {
-                return compareImpl(std::make_pair(get_ref<Is>(a), get_ref<Is>(b))...);
+                return compareImpl(std::make_pair(std::get<Is>(a), std::get<Is>(b))...);
             }
 
             template <class Tu, size_t... Is>
@@ -260,7 +291,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             template <class T, class... Ts>
             static int compareImpl(const std::pair<T, T> &head, const Ts &... tail)
             {
-                int result = compareHelper(head.first, head.second, typename std::is_base_of<CValueObject, typename std::decay<T>::type>::type());
+                int result = compare(head.first, head.second);
                 if (result) return result;
                 return compareImpl(tail...);
             }