Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

[wandering_fred]

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I don't understand why some people are rushing to get to Lifetime Gold only to start crediting elsewhere.

Because QF made the QFF benefits "fairer and simpler" ??????

Wandering about 1000 SC below LTS......

Fred

 

[JohnK]

Because QF made the QFF benefits "fairer and simpler" ??????

Wandering about 1000 SC below LTS......

Fred

Understood but if Lifetime Platinum somewhere else is a goal why waste time tidying up Lifetime Gold with Qantas? Fallback?

 

[QF WP]

Exactly - fallback for me. Already have LTQC so merely the advanced seating and points accrual for me. Then off to get LTG with AA - I’m already 2/3rds of the way

 

[Buzzard]

Wandering about 1000 SC below LTS......

Fred

Did you hack into and look at my account

 

[Basalt]

Understood but if Lifetime Platinum somewhere else is a goal why waste time tidying up Lifetime Gold with Qantas? Fallback?

Domestic travel? It's really the only reason we're going for it, otherwise I suspect BA might have been the target.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

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Well I have made it. It took a bit of to and fro with QF as my qualifying flight was a MH codeshare on KA which was not originally credited.

But the real credit for being able to reach this milestone goes to AFFers who have shared so much. When I joined six and a half years ago my goal was just to reach gold. Never thinking that lifetime gold was in my future. What a ride.

Thank you.

Congrats on LTG @JessicaTam, and doubly for having so little wastage.

 

[beardoc]

I never did post this back then but I hit QF LTG back in March this year.

The irony was that I was never supposed to get it, as I had completely abandoned QFF in 2014 when QFF brought in the "fairer and simpler" changes that I saw as limiting my options to fly who I wanted. So I ended up over running a dual BAEC GGL/AA EXP plan and crediting my international travel between BAEC and AAdvantage (international to both, and domestic to AA other than the domestic transcons), given I was only earning 800 QFF points for most of my domestic flying but 1000 AA miles for the same flights.

Unfortunately the end of the AA Minimum Mileage Guarantee meant that it was no longer viable to send most of my domestic flights to AA, and I brought them back to QFF, so I'm back to being QF WP as well on my domestic travel (international still goes to BA/AA).

Given I only had 700 QFF SC to my name at the start of 2011 and I thought that I would never ever even reach QF SG with the way I travelled, it's been fun to change all that and now find myself at QF LTG, 2/3rd of the way to BA LTG/OWE (just under 23K TP) and 3/5th of the way to AA million miler, and virtually all of it on self-funded travel. Hopefully BAEC Lifetime will be here in another 3 years and then I can reassess what next (no, I'm not going for BA LTGGL - I'm not that crazy).

The amazing thing for me was that back in 2010, I never thought any of this was possible.

 

[mviy]

Well done beardoc!

 

[JohnK]

Congratulations @beardoc. That's a lot of flying.

 

[serfty]

Beaudy @beardoc

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

I never did post this back then but I hit QF LTG back in March this year.

The irony was that I was never supposed to get it, as I had completely abandoned QFF in 2014 when QFF brought in the "fairer and simpler" changes that I saw as limiting my options to fly who I wanted. So I ended up over running a dual BAEC GGL/AA EXP plan and crediting my international travel between BAEC and AAdvantage (international to both, and domestic to AA other than the domestic transcons), given I was only earning 800 QFF points for most of my domestic flying but 1000 AA miles for the same flights.

Unfortunately the end of the AA Minimum Mileage Guarantee meant that it was no longer viable to send most of my domestic flights to AA, and I brought them back to QFF, so I'm back to being QF WP as well on my domestic travel (international still goes to BA/AA).

Given I only had 700 QFF SC to my name at the start of 2011 and I thought that I would never ever even reach QF SG with the way I travelled, it's been fun to change all that and now find myself at QF LTG, 2/3rd of the way to BA LTG/OWE (just under 23K TP) and 3/5th of the way to AA million miler, and virtually all of it on self-funded travel. Hopefully BAEC Lifetime will be here in another 3 years and then I can reassess what next (no, I'm not going for BA LTGGL - I'm not that crazy).

The amazing thing for me was that back in 2010, I never thought any of this was possible.

Congrats @beardoc - that is a lot of flying.

 

[wannabeinvestmentbanker]

Indeed that is an impressive effort Beardoc.

Why not the BA LTGGL? At your current rate it's doable and should see you treated well in the US and ex LHR.

It would be great to see your Flight tracker as well.

 

[beardoc]

Indeed that is an impressive effort Beardoc.

Why not the BA LTGGL? At your current rate it's doable and should see you treated well in the US and ex LHR.

It would be great to see your Flight tracker as well.

Because most of it has come from insanely cheap RTW tickets and it's a lot of fun but it's a lot of travel. It would be nice to slow down rather than spend the next 15 years travelling at the same rate. Lifetime BA Gold is great, and the 4 status cards from BA GGL are wonderful, but it's not worth committing to so much in future, going for GGL all the time. The big component early on were insanely cheap runs around the US (they're mostly gone), insanely cheap runs from PER-BKK (again, gone) and then RTW fares that were enhanced just this month (I've been booking and running DONEx fares ex-CAI as the window for those closed just this month, not two years ago, as most people thought.

I don't keep a flight tracker. Much of it is just dull SYD-TMW-SYD much of the year!

 

[TonyHancock]

I'd second Beardoc's view. I am now just under 30k TP's with BA, in just under 4 years, and quite frankly I am at a stage in my life when I really want to cut the travel. It is all getting too much for me.

 

[beardoc]

I'd second Beardoc's view. I am now just under 30k TP's with BA, in just under 4 years, and quite frankly I am at a stage in my life when I really want to cut the travel. It is all getting too much for me.

Amazing that you're ahead of me and you started later than me, TonyHancock! That's incredible!

 

[Altair]

Well this last weekend I achieved LTG and according to my membership card it took just over 31 years, 26 years to get LTS.
Before anyone suggests AAnother programme I am sticking with QFF as my flying has drastically reduced to mostly Trans-Tasman flights now and that is around 4 return trips per annum now.
Of course DSC has helped me a lot and even now I am playing with the idea that I can get WP again with one more TT trip before the end of May.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Welcome to the club - it’s a nice little lurk to have We were 14 years to LTS and 3 to LTG - benefits of having no kids to fund, so LTG came much faster.

 

[mviy]

Congratulations Altair! That’s a great achievement.

 

[Ansett]

Congrats and welcome to the club, always nice to have this under the belt

 

[drron]

Congratulations.Unfortunately AAnother program is not what it was.from 2007 I took 4 years until LTG.Then rumours of a change in qualifying which did prove correct so I took only another year to LTP.All points counted then.
Now not worth it.