Hi Does anyone know how many Qantas platinum frequent flyers there are?

[LHT]

Hi, Does anyone know how many Qantas Platinum frequent flyers there are?

 

[mrsterryn]

I found interesting last night having flown on QF36, pretty much all upper deck in economy were platinum FFs.
With all the DSC promos, you can tell there has been a significant increase of platinums.

I wonder if the platinums will fall off so to speak with the lack of DSC offers ?

 

[AIRwin]

My husband sleeps with one

Are the smiley faces replacing the words "of them"?

 

[moa999]

With all the DSC promos, you can tell there has been a significant increase of platinums.

Not sure if it's that significant. I'd think majority of Plats are work-made, rather than self-made where DSC has a bigger impact.

 

[TomVexille]

You're right, especially when boarding flights, noting that SG also gets to line up in priority lines.

What would be really interesting would be the percentage of WPs in each capital city and even on some specific flights. My estimate is that CBR would have a very high percentage of WPs on peak hour flights.

Of course this data is so valuable that it would never be released.

I remember talking to a CSM on a Sunday afternoon BNE-MEL flight a while back and she mentioned that there were 40+ WPs onboard

 

[AIRwin]

I remember talking to a CSM on a Sunday afternoon BNE-MEL flight a while back and she mentioned that there were 40+ WPs onboard

Did the QF Load Controller have to move them around for weight and balance?

 

[Pushka]

My husband sleeps with one

Oh, so does mine. And I do too! Awkward. I think the cat story is safer territory!

 

[Matt_01]

Way to many, they are a dime a dozen.

 

[Rugby]

Our cat lives with two!

Same same

 

[harvyk]

Probably not as many as you'd think.
The way you get WP or P1 is by flying a lot, so the odds are that on any given flight you'll get quite a few, however flying itself is still a rare enough activity that the vast majority of "Frequent Flyers" simply hold the card, collect the points from shopping and haven't actually stepped foot on a plane in a long time.

If I was to put a guess on it I guess the numbers are probably 500,000SG's, about the same PS+QP, 20,000 - 30,000 WP and 2000 P1's.

 

[juddles]

Probably not as many as you'd think.
The way you get WP or P1 is by flying a lot, so the odds are that on any given flight you'll get quite a few, however flying itself is still a rare enough activity that the vast majority of "Frequent Flyers" simply hold the card, collect the points from shopping and haven't actually stepped foot on a plane in a long time.

If I was to put a guess on it I guess the numbers are probably 500,000SG's, about the same PS+QP, 20,000 - 30,000 WP and 2000 P1's.

Guessing of course, but I agree with your 20-30k WP, and I am fairly confident that P1's are very close to the 2k mark. But I think you overestimate the SG's - I would hazard somewhere around 50-100k.

 

[harvyk]

Guessing of course, but I agree with your 20-30k WP, and I am fairly confident that P1's are very close to the 2k mark. But I think you overestimate the SG's - I would hazard somewhere around 50-100k.

On second thoughts you're probably right on the SG numbers

 

[jase05]

-2 this year and doubt we will ever get back to WP level.

 

[Deleted member]

Hi, Does anyone know how many Qantas Platinum frequent flyers there are?

24 ?

 

[Deleted member]

Not publicly disclosed.
If you search you may find some previous threads.

PlatinumOne's are in the thousands, and Platinum will be some multiple of that.

An old thread here

What percentage of FF are platinum?

I am new to Qantas FF and am 480SC away from Platinum and keen to get it so that I can (hopefully) buy full price economy tickets from CBR-MEL during busy times when flights are otherwise full. I am interested to know what percentage of FFs are Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum. Does any body...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Note QFF membership is now 10million+

9 million of whom don’t fly and spend points on toasters

 

[Stanley Lambchop]

On my flight from MEL to SYD last night the CSM’s iPad was open as we were boarding and showed 1xCL 1xP1 and 20xWP on board. I stopped paying attention after that...

 

[Happy Trails]

I stopped paying attention after that...

As, most likely, did the CSM.

 

[Max Samuels]

I think that on domestic flights there are plenty during the week - but on weekends I have noticed that the CSM's iPad shows far fewer WPs... sometimes I've been the only 1.

But on International flights? I am always surprised how few people there are in the QF F lounge at MEL considering the number of flights leaving and the size of those planes. Recently I noticed that even though there were quite a few QF flights (WLG, NRT, HKG, LAX) leaving within 90 mins of each other, and LAX being the only 1 with actual F on-board, so maybe almost 1000 QF pax (assuming planes are all full), not to mention the pax from partner airlines in the lounge (CX, EK, MU etc)... the lounge had maybe 50 people max, a portion of which had a +1 with them..... and i noticed only 1 person from the lounge on my flight to NRT.... and he was also in Y with me - we left the lounge at the same time when the boarding call was made in the F lounge - when we got on board almost all of J had already boarded (assumption therefore that no one travelling in J was WP?). Anyway I know this isn't scientific but I have noticed this quite a lot.... the other explanation of course is that many WPs are so jaded they no longer enjoy the F lounge and instead want to sit around at the gate? Hard to believe.....

 

[kermatu]

I think that on domestic flights there are plenty during the week - but on weekends I have noticed that the CSM's iPad shows far fewer WPs... sometimes I've been the only 1.

But on International flights? I am always surprised how few people there are in the QF F lounge at MEL considering the number of flights leaving and the size of those planes. Recently I noticed that even though there were quite a few QF flights (WLG, NRT, HKG, LAX) leaving within 90 mins of each other, and LAX being the only 1 with actual F on-board, so maybe almost 1000 QF pax (assuming planes are all full), not to mention the pax from partner airlines in the lounge (CX, EK, MU etc)... the lounge had maybe 50 people max, a portion of which had a +1 with them..... and i noticed only 1 person from the lounge on my flight to NRT.... and he was also in Y with me - we left the lounge at the same time when the boarding call was made in the F lounge - when we got on board almost all of J had already boarded (assumption therefore that no one travelling in J was WP?). Anyway I know this isn't scientific but I have noticed this quite a lot.... the other explanation of course is that many WPs are so jaded they no longer enjoy the F lounge and instead want to sit around at the gate? Hard to believe.....

Pure speculation on my part but I don't think the MEL F lounge is a good way to gauge WP numbers. Based on many, often lengthy visits I too see very few 'departures' from the MEL F lounge when non-QF OW and EK flights are called. Certainly more in SYD. I wonder if other airlines direct pax elsewhere (cost, space) or simply don't advertise there's a F lounge? I don't know as I've never checked in to a OW or EK flight in MEL (always transit) and know what I'm entitled to.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

My husband sleeps with one

An unpublished benefit?

 

[Max Samuels]

Pure speculation on my part but I don't think the MEL F lounge is a good way to gauge WP numbers. Based on many, often lengthy visits I too see very few 'departures' from the MEL F lounge when non-QF OW and EK flights are called. Certainly more in SYD. I wonder if other airlines direct pax elsewhere (cost, space) or simply don't advertise there's a F lounge? I don't know as I've never checked in to a OW or EK flight in MEL (always transit) and know what I'm entitled to.

But if you look at just the number of people in the lounge at any one time compared to the total number of QF/JQ seats on all departing flights within a 3 hour window, for example, there are not many at all. Entire sections of the lounge are often empty, and I have never seen the dining room more than 1/2 full.

Sydney though is different. I often have to sit at the bar to eat because the restaurant is full....

So maybe not as many WP based in MEL? That is a possibility...