Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

[Hvr]

Well tomorrow morning on QF406 MEL/SYD I'll join the club. (I've been putting it off and have been flying VA )

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Rather ironically on this route as that's been by far and away the most popular route for me in my QF lifetime, including a few years monorail commuting.

Thank you AFF and all the posters who have helped me in my travels, you have allowed me to travel in style and experience what I never thought id be able to do.

Welcome to the club. May you never need to use it.

 

[RooFlyer]

I must admit I have no idea when I made LTG I think I only became aware of it after I joined AFF, saw a discussion of lifetime SCs and wondered why mine weren't showing on the web page.

 

[pagingjoan]

Now you need to aim for Double Lifetime Gold!
Some of us passed that milestone a while back.
The benefits are unimaginable.

 

[serfty]

...
The benefits are unimaginable.

Huh? ... I definitely need to use my imagination as there's been little enough in any corporal form ...

 

[pagingjoan]

Huh? ... I definitely need to use my imagination as there's been little enough in any corporal form ...

Exactly!
I think there may be AFFers who have reached, or almost reached, Triple Lifetime Gold, judging from some of the astonishing annual SC counts reported.
Perhaps they do receive glamorous benefits - but, if so, it's probably more because of their current travel patterns, rather than the lifetime earn.

 

[JohnM]

Any benefit of passing 'go' again has eluded me .

LTG is only insurance for a travel future that may not permit retaining WP each year. Eeeek! - what a horrible thought!:shock::shock::shock::shock:.

 

[amaroo]

Any benefit of passing 'go' again has eluded me .

LTG is only insurance for a travel future that may not permit retaining WP each year. Eeeek! - what a horrible thought!:shock::shock::shock::shock:.

These days it's a parachute for when you turn your attention towards building status with another OW or *A airline - what a pity!

 

[boomy]

These days it's a parachute for when you turn your attention towards building status with another OW or *A airline - what a pity!

Why build when you can status match

 

[amaroo]

Why build when you can status match

Good for *A - as per my profile....not so good for OW

 

[ReLoad]

No, that's not underwhelming at all.........

 

[boomy]

No, that's not underwhelming at all.........

Totally agree.
Is it so hard to at least send the card, why need to wait until the drop to Gold?

 

[JessicaTam]

Love the '*'.

 

[defurax]

Love the '*'.

The asterisk is important in case some members become immortal

 

[samh004]

If you want the card, all you have to do is ask, perhaps especially as a P1. They sent me a Silver one without the QCASH details on the back when I requested earlier this year, expecting to hit Gold and never have the LTS card... but now I might be forever creeping towards LTG as travel patterns have changed

 

[Deleted member]

Not a letter I expect to ever receive.

 

[Anna]

Love the '*'.

Love the way they can't spell 'privileges' :shock:

 

[QF WP]

I'm still a long way from LTG

Lifetime Recognition
Current lifetime Status credits: 11,551
You have attained lifetime Silver recognition.
A total of14,000 lifetime Status credits is required for lifetime Gold recognition.

and creeping towards it as I maintain VA Plat alongside my QF Gold. Should get there in 4.5 years

 

[Foreigner]

I'm still a long way from LTG



and creeping towards it as I maintain VA Plat alongside my QF Gold. Should get there in 4.5 years

I'm at 59% to LTG. Don't really care much about it so long as I maintain Gold year to year.

 

[Kefci2000]

Current lifetime Status credits: 10,478
You have attained lifetime Silver recognition.
A total of 14,000 lifetime Status credits is required for lifetime Gold recognition.

i am hoping that 3 more DONE4 trips over the next 2 years with work will get me over the line and then I can think of other options.

expect to lose my VA Gold status next month, as could not chase both, especially when paying for my own domestic flights

 

[JohnM]

I'm still a long way from LTG



and creeping towards it as I maintain VA Plat alongside my QF Gold. Should get there in 4.5 years

Did your school reports ever say "not trying hard enough"?