I wonder how Matt will cull the heard - all those who didn't read his email and only post "a photo" will be first? Sorry, just wondering how I would decide.
You raise a good point and to be honest I have not thought through how we will actually choose someone. The past couple of ‘free stuff’ -gold were not that hard, not many put their hand up.
This one will be a bit tougher, I would like it to go to someone who will good use of it and that is hard to quantify. With status across VA, QF, and SQ I would suggest I have become complacent to benefits that higher status offers. What is getting value out WP status, this entirely is subjective for some the opportunity to get lounge access on say 2-3 international trips may be beneficial, whereas the road warrior who is topping out at gold may get more value out of the free Y+ seating, who knows and I cannot judge.
Unlike QF WP that I can give to MrsM when I am no longer a P1 her status will drop back to NB. The VA complementary WP is proper WP status i.e. whoever gets this will only have to get to 800 SC to retain, thereby passing the need to hit 1000 SC in their first year. If WP is not retained they will fall back through SG on the way back down the totem pole. Also with the timing of the give away if the recipient chooses and activates the HH diamond membership soon they are likely to have that status until March 2022. Then there are the other benefits that come with VA WP that I do not know or care about, I think there are x4 upgrades and other stuff. The value that I get from VA WP is domestic Y+ seating and the 10 points per dollar spent of flights which all end up in KF for SQ redemptions. I have not used VA or their partners for international travel so could not make comment on the benefits.
Edit. correction we have used DL for flights CA-US and within the US, I cannot recall if I used my VA card or AMEX within the US or PP in CA to access the lounges. I did have have our VA numbers in the booking as we received points and SC.
I only ask for a photo for a few reasons. One being the person has to put in limited effort to post the photo. I also like photos, when I look at them some maybe of places we have been too but something we missed and may choose to go back. Some maybe of places we had not considered or thought of going too then it gets on the list. Some are photos of a location which is close to a location we are planning to visit and if it looks interesting it gets added to the places to trip.
Length of membership time and minimum number of posts is just a guideline and weed out any one post wonders. When I first discovered AFF I was a lurker, then I joined and started posting, everyone starts at some time. When I joined AFF I was already a frequent flyer and had a pretty good idea about travelling but like many others I have learnt new things and when I am away reading some of the threads or stirring the pot has kept me amused and entertained.
Some that have followed my ‘free stuff’ posts may have worked out I am a bit OCD when it comes to airline PJ’s, amenity kits, sweeping up hotel products and generally taking anything that is offered for free. The problem is I rarely need or use the stuff, it eventually drives MrsM nuts and I have cleanouts with the stuff going the collectors and enthusiasts on this site who like this stuff or shelters that will take it. Same for QF lounge passes, I have a couple of CC that seem to send my these every year and QF also send me F lounge passes. As two OWE they are no use to us and if they are not used by parents or family lounge passes would also go to waste so they end up on this site as well.
There is a family committee to assist
@Matt_01 and internal rating system.
My ramble is over so now I may have to put some effort into thinking how to actually give this away. I am sure everyone who has thrown their hat in the ring would get value out of it but I can only gift to one. In the past the 'family committee to assist .... and internal rating system' has had some flaws
and suspect that if there is no agreement the list will be shortened and it may come down to a roll of the dice or pulling a name out of a hat. I plan to decide who gets this over the long weekend.
