Platinum Newsletter

[Franky]

Oh, thanks for the heads up. I didn't even click on it, not wanting to craft my award-winning 25 words...

Not sure if this has been mentioned above, but as we're travelling next Tuesday, I went deep into some of the info, and found the timely warning about travelling over Easter...

 

[Seat0B]

Not sure if this has been mentioned above, but as we're travelling next Tuesday, I went deep into some of the info, and found the timely warning about travelling over Easter...

@Franky were you worried that you wouldn't be match fit? . Never mind, looks like you're in excellent company

 

[Franky]

@Franky were you worried that you wouldn't be match fit? . Never mind, looks like you're in excellent company

Thanks, being inside a week of travelling I've become a bit OCD about the documentation required to get into the US - the journey after that into Italy seems easy by comparison. Can you please remind which thread the US Attestation is mentioned, that is not exactly easy to decipher either. TIA

 

[Franky]

Thanks, being inside a week of travelling I've become a bit OCD about the documentation required to get into the US - the journey after that into Italy seems easy by comparison. Can you please remind which thread the US Attestation is mentioned, that is not exactly easy to decipher either. TIA

Have found the thread, but the few comments were from February, and a couple of them advised that QF was not accepting the form even with a GPs stamp affixed, as it wasnt an offical stamp!

 

[Fergo747]

Thanks, being inside a week of travelling I've become a bit OCD about the documentation required to get into the US - the journey after that into Italy seems easy by comparison. Can you please remind which thread the US Attestation is mentioned, that is not exactly easy to decipher either. TIA

Having just done a US trip last week it was relatively painless. Attestation completed online with email of completed form sent. Turned up to check in with passport, vaccination certificate and proof of negative Covid result (from chemist warehouse) in physical copy, attestation (digital copy which they didn’t even look at). At check in they just looked at vaccination and proof of neg Covid test. Whole process took 5 mins.

 

[ChrisGibbs]

Currently in the US on business. For Qantas International - completed the attestation 24hrs prior to departure. Checkin in Sydney was painless with nothing beyond the Passport and answering the standard security questions being required. Didn't want to see proof of vaccination of proof of negative PCR test. Flying US domestic is, apart from the huge amount of people, is also painless with nothing being required beyond the standard ID checks. Traveling between cities on Amtrak requires an online attestation... With international travel the biggest issue I'm encountering are delays and/or cancellations with this Friday's (27/5) QF8 DFW-SYD service being cancelled and a significant number of US domestic flights being cancelled due to lack of tech / flight crew.

 

[Fergo747]

With international travel the biggest issue I'm encountering are delays and/or cancellations with this Friday's (27/5) QF8 DFW-SYD service being cancelled and a significant number of US domestic flights being cancelled due to lack of tech / flight crew.

Whilst I appreciate I'm off topic, delays are also happening due to weather. I'm glad I got out last week as a colleague was meant to get home Thursday morning on the 8, now not getting home until tomorrow evening at 21.30 after missing the 8, then having to go to LAX, BNE and finally SYD.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Used the QF Wine bonus and picked up 27,000 points at 65.3 points per dollar on Mrs 340's Platinum offer. I sleep happy.

 

[sudoer]

Nine months between newsletters, today's update includes:

• Competition to win a 9 day all inclusive privately chartered QF 737 tour through Australia and New Zealand
• Free bottle of Yarra Yering Agincourt Cabernet Malbec 2017 (valued at $115) when you spend $350+ at Qantas Wine before 16 Feb, promo code PLATGIFT
• 20% off AirPods when paying with points at the Rewards Store
• 10k QFF bonus on Qantas Luxury Holidays packages

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

Once again no newsletter in the eastern isles.

 

[serfty]

Once again no newsletter in the eastern isles.

Not missing much.

I have only received said newsletter in May, October and today.

 

[sudoer]

I have only received said newsletter in May, October and today.

Nine months between newsletters

Looks like I completely missed October's newsletter! (but have found it in my Gmail promotions tab)

 

[RnD]

Is this something that you subscribed to, or just receive for holding platinum status? Been WP for a few year and have never received an email.

 

[sudoer]

Is this something that you subscribed to, or just receive for holding platinum status?

The latter. Check your email subscription settings in your QFF profile - you need to agree to receive ‘Your points balance and eNews’ emails.

If there's any chance you have signed up to QFF multiple times using the same email (including any not in your name, such as for children), all QFF accounts connected to your email address need to have this box ticked.

@Kiwi_Flyer 's reports would also suggest you need to have an Australian home address listed in your QFF profile.

 

[Tropic]

While QF called it a newsletter, its actually an email...just in case anyone's still confused after the "trust us" letter/email kerfuffle ..

 

[encryptededdy]

You've flown 114,396 kms in the last 12 months and are in the top 10% of Platinum flyers, congratulations

hmm. If we collect enough data points we can probably roughly graph out (kms vs. Quantile) how much WPs flew in 2022. I wonder if a good proportion had 0kms?

 

[sudoer]

hmm. If we collect enough data points we can probably roughly graph out (kms vs. Quantile) how much WPs flew in 2022. I wonder if a good proportion had 0kms?

You've flown 30,721 kms in the last 12 months**

**Based on total number of estimated kilometres flown from January 2022 to December 2022.

Not sure how they calculated this but if I punch the flights from my QFF activity statement into gcmap I get 30,566 mi = 49,191km...

 

[RooFlyer]

Not sure how they calculated this but if I punch the flights from my QFF activity statement into gcmap I get 30,566 mi = 49,191km...

Qantas has applied it’s standard enhancement algorithm to your flying km.

 

[HockeyMonkey]

110k kms for me supposedly putting me in the top 10% of Platinum flyers. Shame about the MEL-LAX upgrade track record in 2022. 5/7 to W+, 0/7 to J. A380's can't return soon enough.

 

[maia200]

I have never received one however my sister and her husband have both received one.