Question for Gold or Platinum QF FF members

[Evan]

Mine's all business, on discount economy.. almost up to Gold so that means waaay too much flying!

Know the feeling, and its even worse when you also make status on other airlines as well like SQ ! that really surprised me, was trying to block those flights out of my mind
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[serfty]

I maintained QG SG for 5 years with mainly Oz discount WHY until I found AFF/FT.

And, yes, it was tough :-|

e.g. Fortnightly MEL-BNE-SYD-MEL runs I always did MEL-SYD/CBR-BNE-SYD/CBR-MEL to get 40 rather than 30 SC's (under the pre May 2005 QFF program and before fuel fines began to bite)

 

[JohnK]

Mine is all personal travel now.

With 3 trips a year to SE Asia (using creative itineraries minimising cost and maximising SC's and travel time) and several domestic trips it is easy to maintain QF Gold. This membership year I should make QF Platinum, as I have taken a few extra flights to ensure I reach it.

Once reaching QF Platinum it should be easier to maintain that status with my planned holiday travel.

 

[simongr]

Seeing a theme Leny?

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Leny, travel to a few Dos and you too will be collecting some more SCs.

 

[Altair]

Although not yet SG yet, that will be this membership year, most of my SC towards this is personal, say 90%. I have actually flown fewer times, and on more different airlines (*A) and could have made WP if the upcoming honeymoon was on ow but for $2K extra pp, I did not think it was worth it. Next year I will most likely hit WP, unless little packets of joy make an appearance:shock: , but as my flights are for personal reasons I am happy taking them. SO has NZ staff benefit that will end this year but thanks to Dave Noble our Xmas trip to Oz was enough to make her AA Gold, and if AA did not change the challenge rules would have made AA Platinum from the IB honeymoon flights.
What I would also like to say is that this site and Flyertalk have been very valuable to me.

 

[leny]

Thanks very much everyone, I really enjoyed reading these!:mrgreen:

 

[leny]

Leny, travel to a few Dos and you too will be collecting some more SCs.

What does Dos mean?

 

[serfty]

It's an organised gathering of Frequent Travelers from Around the world in various worldwide places.

There are commonly organized on FT: Here's a good thread on a definition:

What's a Flyertalk DO? - FlyerTalk Forums

FWIW, there's on in Melbourne in late May:

"Oz Fest #4" - Melbourne Australia - Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2007 - FlyerTalk Forums

There's a sort of DO for those who frequent the FT Qantas Forum in BNE on 24th February:

5th Annual FT AGM, BNE QP, 24 Feb 07 - FlyerTalk Forums

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

A do is a gathering of people in the community.

 

[maninblack]

Most of my travel is leisure but some business. A few O/S trips in business gets you Gold but what really annoys me is expired SC's and moreso that you get no SC's on ff redemptions. So this year, whilst I am currently Platinum I aim to cash in some of the many ff points I have accumulated. As I am only planning 1 or 2 OS trips I will get the benefit of the points travel but my status may well drop to silver or bronze for next year...not really fair to loyal QF customers IMHO.

 

[jasonja3]

Maninblack, you will have a "soft" landing next year to Gold, silver the year after and so on.

 

[Altair]

Maninblack, you will have a "soft" landing next year to Gold, silver the year after and so on.

Also you can try contacting QF and explain your situation and future travel plans and they may comp you continued WP for another year.

 

[kelpie]

My WP status magically got renewed last month, even though my year of assessment doesn't officially end until May and I was still about 400-500 SCs short of the 1200 required.

Maybe it is because I have a role in govt that might affect QF in the near future.





Naaah, surely not.

 

[vt01]

Question for VT101 - given that you work for an IT Company is your VT101 from the same family as the VT05 and the VT50/52 all connected to a PDP11?

JB

Not quite..How about a T42 connected to a PC300 and then to a 2084 at times..

 

[maninblack]

My WP status magically got renewed last month, even though my year of assessment doesn't officially end until May and I was still about 400-500 SCs short of the 1200 required.

Maybe it is because I have a role in govt that might affect QF in the near future.





Naaah, surely not.

This can happen and is what I will hope for this year. My wifes Gold status was renewed a couple of years ago even though she was short on SC's. I think that her long term flying record may have earned her another year but I wonder whether this happens as an automatic thing or whether someone at QF has actually done this manually??

 

[JAB]

I travel solely for work. I work in IT with clients all over Australia. I am sitting in the QP atm on my way home (MEL - PER) for a 18 hours then I am off again to Karratha at lunch tomorrow. I mainly fly Discount Economy but thanks to my double status credit offer that expires at the end of this month I will make Gold status on the way home from Karratha on Tuesday yay!

 

[Febs]

Congrats Jab.

 

[Keith009]

Mainly play here. The few SCs I get from work are from short hops and at discount (or full if the system goes feral) Y levels unfortunately.

 

[Skyring]

Entirely play for me. I belong to a worldwide community that organises regional get togethers. Wellington, Charleston, Brighton and Melbourne this year. I enjoy meeting my online friends in the flesh so much that I am happy to pay for *ONE4s a couple of times per year to attend these gatherings.

I generally try to arrange my travel to correspond to a theme, with a view to writing about it. For example, last year's travel was focussed around sites linked to US participation in WW2 (Pearl Harbour, Omaha Beach, Hiroshima etc), and there may be a book in the works. But that's optional.

I enjoy air travel immensely. Being on planes, in terminals etc is usually pure pleasure for me. The technology, the systems, the view - it's all fascinating to me.

However, the down side is that being stuck into an economy seat for 14 hours, or having a long transit in LAX T4 is pretty hideous - the glamour loses its edge when you are tired and uncomfortable. So the perks offered by high status and forward cabins make the whole thing more enjoyable. It's one thing to sit in a gate lounge for hours and hours, paying high prices for snacks and trying to find an outlet to recharge your laptop, quite another to relax in an airport lounge where the drinks and snacks are free, internet access is laid on and you can have showers etc.

The additional luggage allowances, the extra airmiles, the priority luggage, quick service on the Qantas phone, these are all useful things.

I spend several thousand on my travel each year. I can afford to spend a few more to get to SG or WP, which makes it all more enjoyable, even on the trips when I'm in the back of the bus.

For me, the travel is not just a means to an end, but a hobby in itself. Others restore vintage cars or climb mountains. For me, being ten kilometres up with a view out over the world and a glass of spiced tomato juice on the tray table, well, that's my idea of heaven.