Qantas Platinum One experiences?

[moa999]

One would hope that FFPO seats print immediately above FFPL

 

[cove]

I remember missing P1 by 10 minutes due to the 3 hour rule on a MASA when I was in Adelaide and had a spare day to do a status run. Mrscove made it and then she could not fly much after her dad needed medical treatments. Today Mrscove gets PI boarding passes, points upgrades off flexi fares and shadows on flights even though her status is reduced to WP from P1. I think Qantas likes her long term loyalty as she would never book with the other guys for travel in Australia. She is booked on a paid for run PER- SYD- LAX and return to earn 1,040 status credits before the end of November offer cut off and could get back to P1 if she wants to do an AA run each time we get to Los Angeles this Qantas year. We may do that 3 times this year but I know she really wants to go to London as she loves it.

 

[pagingjoan]

Ah, another insight into the mystery of DSC offers to P1 FFs!

<Today Mrscove gets PI boarding passes, points upgrades off flexi fares and shadows on flights even though her status is reduced to WP from P1>

<cove isn't but mrscove is [P1] and was the recipient of the 50% SC offer>

Perhaps we don't have an actual sighting yet of the mythical DSC offer to a P1?
VERY happy to be corrected, of course, if this is the case.

 

[smarty11]

I am sure the SST are correct in what they say, that there is nothing wrong with your profile in the system, as whatever is printed on your boarding pass is linked to the passenger list, etc, so as long as that is on there it should appear on the passenger list that the crew use. I do hope the crew recognise you in the future and aren't missing the list of "FFPO"

I hope so too 737! I agree that SST are correct in what they are saying but what puzzled me was when the CSM told me "You are not on my list". Any ways she was nice and professional about it. we were chatting later on in the flight and she also mentioned that recently she had a training on Frequent Flyers and how important P1s are to Qantas. She also said that she was told that most P1s fly as often as most International Crew.!

 

[RichardMEL]

FFPO. Heh. I am sure a few people would like that to mean something else

 

[Princess Fiona]

Ah, another insight into the mystery of DSC offers to P1 FFs!

<Today Mrscove gets PI boarding passes, points upgrades off flexi fares and shadows on flights even though her status is reduced to WP from P1>

<cove isn't but mrscove is [P1] and was the recipient of the 50% SC offer>

Perhaps we don't have an actual sighting yet of the mythical DSC offer to a P1?
VERY happy to be corrected, of course, if this is the case.

Apologies for misleading everyone.
No I don't believe that zebra has been spotted :mrgreen:
I'm prepared to be a trial participant next year if QF are looking for someone

 

[pagingjoan]

Apologies for misleading everyone.
No I don't believe that zebra has been spotted :mrgreen:
I'm prepared to be a trial participant next year if QF are looking for someone

First dibs after you, then, PF!

 

[RichardMEL]

I'm not waiting for PF to make P1 (no offence )... any SC offers to existing P1's pave the way for Fiona to reap the rewards of we trailblazers

 

[FuzzyAUS]

I have dropped from P1 back to WP as I was less than 100 SC's short on renewal, unfortunately I only worked out I would be short a few days before heading to Europe so no time to get a status run in, in the end I was short for 2 reasons (albeit all my fault).

1. I was booked F-return SYD-HKG and then F was removed, so I didn't update my memory that I was only getting J SC's
2. Some simple and fairer SC earn on BA when I needed to do a F-RTW and needed to get from the USA to Europe.

I called up when I realised I was going to be short and asked if there was anything that could be done, I was advised send an email in and they would consider and come back

Ended up getting a no so back to WP, which I can understand, but does leave a bad taste overall (was paid QC Life, now LTG too, only flown QF in the last decade etc)

So I am now torn, do I just get to 1200sc's to remain WP and then use reward seats/BFOD/try others etc? or should I still remain loyal when I too have experienced a lot of what people have said over the past couple of pages where 8 out of 10 flights your ignored, 1 your looked after and then 1 where the thankyou is so over the top its embarrassing...

Through AMEX I can get Emirates Gold as a starting point, so I am wondering if I need to look elsewhere

And to be clear I wasn't looking for a comp, but I was sent a few messages of others that were able to make up a small amount of shortfall, and in hindsight I had 1 night I could have gotten most of the SC's with a HBA trip but I was also about to (just got back now) spend a month in Europe so didn't really want to spend another night away from the family who were not travelling with me.

So bye bye P1 and back to WP where I think there is a good chance the service will be better

 

[Ansett]

So bye bye P1 and back to WP where I think there is a good chance the service will be better [/QUOTE]

My thoughts would be as you have LTG and you should get a soft landing to WP for the next 2 years based on the 3 year average that is often talked of I would be looking at perhaps other options and gaining status with say Star Alliance airlines and see how the other half live especially if flying J or F where the status issue would be null and voided

Look at BFOD where possible and perhaps save financially and spend the money on more holidays or more activities when away.

You mentioned you were booked in F till they removed it from HKG could you not go for ORC? and would this get you over the line?

Good luck with it all.

 

[trixydoza]

You mentioned you were booked in F till they removed it from HKG could you not go for ORC?

Didn't work for my partner, unfortunately. 120 SCs difference for a return trip (360 SCs vs. 240 SCs). Quite disillusioning at the time.

 

[Ansett]

Didn't work for my partner, unfortunately. 120 SCs difference for a return trip (360 SCs vs. 240 SCs). Quite disillusioning at the time.

Hope they were at least well compensated financially for the down grade and who knows as he is only 100 short of P1 they may look more kindly at the request after all wasn't his fault QF changed what was originally booked.

 

[trixydoza]

as he is only 100 short of P1 they may look more kindly at the request after all wasn't his fault QF changed what was originally booked.

I agree that they *should*.

 

[FuzzyAUS]

Hope they were at least well compensated financially for the down grade and who knows as he is only 100 short of P1 they may look more kindly at the request after all wasn't his fault QF changed what was originally booked.

Nope, I wrote a decent length email with the couple of reasons it was short (I was going to be closer to 3800 sc's without the zone downgrade and the simpler and fairer smacking me too), I did also list the best part of 2000-2400 SC's that would be flown in the first 6 months of this year too (some booked others not yet as I need to firm up locations overall).

Part of me is proud/happy they didnt let me back in as I was under the required threshold, I just hoped that when it was looked at, the shortfall was easily covered by the QF changes that caused me to be short.

C'est la vie

 

[Ansett]

Nope, I wrote a decent length email with the couple of reasons it was short (I was going to be closer to 3800 sc's without the zone downgrade and the simpler and fairer smacking me too), I did also list the best part of 2000-2400 SC's that would be flown in the first 6 months of this year too (some booked others not yet as I need to firm up locations overall).

Part of me is proud/happy they didnt let me back in as I was under the required threshold, I just hoped that when it was looked at, the shortfall was easily covered by the QF changes that caused me to be short.

C'est la vie

Disappointing but understandable. So with the 3 year thingy I know what I would be doing and that would be BFOD and trying the competitors and alternative alliances

 

[JohnK]

I reckon it doesn't matter how many received a DSC or +50%SC offer until you got it yourself!! but I'd like one please as well

It sure does matter. Let's not go back to the shemozzle of a couple of years ago where everyone and their dog were gifted status of some flavour or another.

And, on review, I suspect that the two reported sightings of a bonus SC offer (not entirely clear whether 100% or 50%) both related to the same person....

50% bonus SC offers are the new double SC offers.

 

[QF WP]

Well, PF, your interpretative skills (and/or your insider knowledge ) surpass mine, so I bow to your statement.
[In his earlier post, Cove did say DSC offer, not 50%, but I couldn't tell from his post if he had received the offer or if it went to mrscove.]

Pagianjoan, I can confirm Princess Fiona's insider knowledge as it echoes my own.

And, on review, I suspect that the two reported sightings of a bonus SC offer (not entirely clear whether 100% or 50%) both related to the same person....

Would that be right, Princess Fiona? I think the earlier one was a second (or third) hand report from QFWP referring to the spouse of someone subscribed to another thread. (Phew! Is this all mysterious enough now? )

Your recollection is correct pagingjoan

 

[pagingjoan]

Pagianjoan, I can confirm Princess Fiona's insider knowledge as it echoes my own.


Your recollection is correct pagingjoan

Ah, but see posts # 1703 and 1706.
It seems we may be back to zero sightings of the mythical creature.

 

[Canny man]

Excellent P1 experience at the Epiqure tasting in Perth last night.

 

[RichardMEL]

It sure does matter. Let's not go back to the shemozzle of a couple of years ago where everyone and their dog were gifted status of some flavour or another.

Yes, I see your point John, and my first P1 was made through DSC promo

All I was suggesting was that it seems to me it doesn't matter in terms of if one hears anecdotal evidence of offers (ie: in this thread) of bonus SC offers to existing P1 members if it actually happened or not... but it only matters if you yourself get one. As in only matters to you.

I guess to me it's a bit like a tease. Like my mate says "I met thsi hottest girl on the weekend.. I bet she would have really been into you too and you would have adored her...." but well I wasn't there, I never met her. so... nope!

Definitely giving away status like candy, or rather the opportunity for status, as it was a few years back would not be welcome specially for this uber top tier to remain at all "exclusive" or rather "earned" (and fuzzy's rejection by QF noted a few posts above underlines that notion).. I'm all for this as the whole idea of an existing P1 getting a bonus SC offer seems contrary to what QF's goals would be-I'm no marketing/loyalty expert but seems to me the folks that make P1 either have the income/travel patterns/loyalty already hooked - there's no need to give them SC's for nothing - what do you gain as the airline? maybe a few P1 renewals that you really don't want anyway since if they would fall short without an offer they're probably not the droids you're really looking for within the P1 tier (on a "customer value" basis).

I honestly think the overload of DSC's of the past were driven more from a revenue point of view.. as in "get these customers to spend more with us hopefully" with status as the carrot. A short term grab for pax at the low-mid tiers to entice perhaps some extra bookings going QF's way when they really needed cash in the bank. Now, not so much....


A different scenario might be a lapsed P1 say fuzzy NEXT year (not this), ie: say only WP, maybe makes 2500 SC (let's say) this year.. do you offer them an offer down the track? Hard to say.

50% bonus SC offers are the new double SC offers.

akin to Gold/Plat merging?

*duck & cover*