Qantas Frequent Flyer Status Poll

[Batesy]

Sitting in an internet cafe in San Francisco right now. Will be platinum for the first time ever after my flight to HNL tomorrow morning!!!

 

[spiggy_topes]

QF seem quite keen to keep you though. My Platinum status was about to expire last year (due to most of my travel being on Emirates for a while) and they wrote asking about future travel plans. The reply must have been up to scratch because they comped me another year's status. Having just seen 3500 status credits expire it was probably worth it for them...

 

[chevalier]

Gold....possibly platinum in the next couple of months!

 

[v8Statesman]

Platinum until OCT 08. Then I am guessing Gold

 

[QuikSmart]

Platinum since 2000 and through to September 2009.

How does this work? I.e. how do you get Plat status for longer than 12 months out? Do SC's 'rollover' in to the next year?

 

[Ikara]

How does this work? I.e. how do you get Plat status for longer than 12 months out? Do SC's 'rollover' in to the next year?

I first achieved Platinum in 2000 and was able to renew it each year since. Because I have already qualified to keep it again for this current year (which in my case ends on September 30) I will therefore keep it until September 30 2009, even though I will do very little flying now that I have retired.

JB

 

[Mwenenzi]

Downgraded to Silver at midnight on 30 April
QF did comp me Plat one year, after being Plat for several years, but down hill since then.

 

[JohnM]

I have to agree with earlier comments that WP is easy to maintain with a D or A ONEx each year (starting on 1 September - the day after my FF year ends). - The benefits of having retired once, rejoining the workforce with practically no business travel but negotiating 6 weeks annual leave .

My previous job got me to WP some years back and kept me there mainly on domestic Y and some international travel. Now I easily keep myself there on the D or AONEx (usually D, but lashing out with an A this year).

Seems funny to think back that even SG seemed like an unattainable dream 10 years ago .

My biggest problem is getting enough SC's to keep PartnerJohnM at Partner Gold - something that will be made more difficult now that XONEx's are limited to 16 sectors :evil:.

 

[QuikSmart]

I first achieved Platinum in 2000 and was able to renew it each year since. Because I have already qualified to keep it again for this current year (which in my case ends on September 30) I will therefore keep it until September 30 2009, even though I will do very little flying now that I have retired.

JB

Ah.. Thanks for that.

My Gold status is due to expire end It will be enough to get Plat for next year and we'll still have enough flights post-Oct to qualify for Plat until Oct 2010. Woohoo.

 

[munitalP]

Platinum, have been since 1994, wife comp Gold. 4 or 5 flights from lifetime silver.

Velocity (yick!) silver next Thursday I think - never sure with this rewards system

 

[v8Statesman]

Platinum, have been since 1994, wife comp Gold. 4 or 5 flights from lifetime silver.

14 years as WP and you are not LTG (let alone LTS)!?

14 * 1,200 = 16,800 SC. More than enough for LTS and LTG.

I assume Qantas have been comping you WP for 14 years with approx 490 SC per year???? (6,900/14)

 

[oz_mark]

14 years as WP and you are not LTG (let alone LTS)!?

14 * 1,200 = 16,800 SC. More than enough for LTS and LTG.

I assume Qantas have been comping you WP for 14 years with approx 490 SC per year???? (6,900/14)

I don't think QF have been accumulating SC's all that time..

 

[serfty]

I don't think QF have been accumulating SC's all that time..

"Tier Credits" were introduced in September 1998. No back crediting for earlier flights was provided. In 2001 further changes renamed them to SC's - any accumulated TC's were "converted" at 1:1.

I too would be QFF LTG by now if the 200+ flights I took between Nov '94 and then were counted.

Note that in 1994 "Gold" was the equivalent to WP as in "top tier" and (Domestically) 80 flights in any class would Qualify. (Silver [50 flights] and Blue [20 flights] were the other Tiers, NB was just nufin' - no "bronze" to it)

 

[munitalP]

14 years as WP and you are not LTG (let alone LTS)!?

14 * 1,200 = 16,800 SC. More than enough for LTS and LTG.

I assume Qantas have been comping you WP for 14 years with approx 490 SC per year???? (6,900/14)

Sorry ment 2004

 

[rhjames]

Platinum since 2000 and through to September 2009. Also have life-time Gold. Very handy now that I've retired.

JB

I'm in a similar situation - been Pt for years but after retiring will go back to lifetime gold - don't know how I'll cope. I managed to get an extra year on Pt even though I didn't have enough points. I had an overseas business class booking which probably helped after I wrote to them. Still, the thought of bypassing the first class lounge to walk into business class is too awesome to contemplate.

 

[pfish]

platinum since 2006 but need 660 SC by 30 nov this year. would have been easy last couple of years but work travel completely dried up (unless you include the odd trip to Launceston).

 

[oz_mark]

platinum since 2006 but need 660 SC by 30 nov this year. would have been easy last couple of years but work travel completely dried up (unless you include the odd trip to Launceston).

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[Harpoon]

I've been a QFF for years but been Bronze, but only just started flying QF for work.

Currently Silver needing 100 more pts to Gold by the end of this month which I might just scrape in! We'll see.

I hope Gold has some noticeable differences because the difference between Bronze and Silver is quite minimal IMO.

I've only had 5 months to get from 0 SCs to 600. So hopefully next annual cycle I can make a dash at WP

 

[rhjames]

I hope Gold has some noticeable differences because the difference between Bronze and Silver is quite minimal IMO.

Gold is quite a good improvement. The main benefits are use of the lounge no matter what class you fly, and 50% additional points. You might get the occasional free upgrade, though I found that this didn't really kick in until platinum.

 

[JohnK]

You might get the occasional free upgrade, though I found that this didn't really kick in until platinum.

I would settle for occassional....