Case Study: How Matt Retained Qantas Platinum in 2025

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I've put together this case study which breaks down the 1,200 (well, slightly more) status credits I earned during my current Qantas Frequent Flyer membership year to retain Platinum status. You can have a read here:

Case Study: How I Renewed Qantas Platinum Status This Year

In this case study, I explain exactly how I earned the 1,200 status credits required to renew Qantas Platinum status in my 2025 membership year - and how much it cost.

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Of course, this is just one of many, many ways you could do it!

Do you think it's worth going for Qantas Platinum status? And if you have it, what kind of flying did you do to get it?

 

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This will be the last year I care a lot about retaining Platinum status, at least for the foreseeable future — who knows how the game will change.

The biggest benefit of Platinum for me is the release of classic award seats. With the devaluation this year, it'll now be cheaper for me to buy cash fares with my US Amex points (as I noted in the devaluation thread) than to redeem classic award seats.

That means there is no value in classic award seat releases. Now I'm a very niche case as not many people acquire US Amex points, but it is interesting how classic award rates do affect my willingness to chase status — status and points are not completely independent of each other.

(I'll keep first lounge access through AA Executive Platinum status.)

Ironically, I might keep Platinum status because I'll be flying on revenue J fares...