What do you frequent flyers do for work?

[HSB44]

Hi all,
Not sure if there is already a thread on this...

I am curious as to what people do for a living - what are all the different varied and interesting jobs that people do to earn frequent flyer status - and do you enjoy it?

Personally I've been working in government project management for a while now, but all local work so only travelling interstate once or twice a year. I'm looking to switch to a different sector soon I think.

How about you? How do you rack up the status credits?

 

[Mwenenzi]

What jobs does everyone do, to do so much flying

Hi, Just wondering what everyone does to do some much flying, particularly the international flying ? I've always loved international trips but never really had frequent work trips a couple to north America and png aside. have done a lot of domestic flying for work but not international. do...

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Careers/Jobs of Frequent Flyers

Hi all, Not really sure if this is in the right section or not. I'm not really introducing myself and I am not really new (been a member since '07) but I would like to say really quickly thanks to all that make this site so great, long time lurker (I try to post when I can) and I dont really...

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[RooFlyer]

What jobs does everyone do, to do so much flying

Hi, Just wondering what everyone does to do some much flying, particularly the international flying ? I've always loved international trips but never really had frequent work trips a couple to north America and png aside. have done a lot of domestic flying for work but not international. do...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Careers/Jobs of Frequent Flyers

Hi all, Not really sure if this is in the right section or not. I'm not really introducing myself and I am not really new (been a member since '07) but I would like to say really quickly thanks to all that make this site so great, long time lurker (I try to post when I can) and I dont really...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Those threads are pretty old and are closed to replies.

I'm a retired geologist, now do a bit of writing and publishing (unprofitable!) so my travel is funded from the Super account

Have kept QF Plat via a well-planned OW RTW each year (until 2020 that is).

 

[kpc]

Public servant

 

[drron]

Zilch apart from keeping mrsdrron happy.

 

[HSB44]

Those threads are pretty old and are closed to replies.

I'm a retired geologist, now do a bit of writing and publishing (unprofitable!) so my travel is funded from the Super account

Have kept QF Plat via a well-planned OW RTW each year (until 2020 that is).

Wow sounds interesting!
Do you have lifetime gold by any chance?

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What jobs does everyone do, to do so much flying

Hi, Just wondering what everyone does to do some much flying, particularly the international flying ? I've always loved international trips but never really had frequent work trips a couple to north America and png aside. have done a lot of domestic flying for work but not international. do...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Careers/Jobs of Frequent Flyers

Hi all, Not really sure if this is in the right section or not. I'm not really introducing myself and I am not really new (been a member since '07) but I would like to say really quickly thanks to all that make this site so great, long time lurker (I try to post when I can) and I dont really...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Thanks mwenenzi - some really interesting comments on those threads!

 

[Quickstatus]

Cash cow for various organisations and individuals

 

[RooFlyer]

Do you have lifetime gold by any chance?

Got LTG before I joined AFF. Was then doing 6-8 trips a year for 3-4 years to Canada in J, for a client; that after a few decades of other business travel. Nowhere near LTP though.

 

[OATEK]

A semi-retired IT Consultant. Still get called up to do some project assurance and/or recovery work mainly for the NSW Government agencies. So my flying for work has largely come to a halt from those heady days 2000-2015 as a full time consultant travelling to all states and the ACT.

 

[cove]

Wholesaler and manufacturer.

 

[andye]

Medical Specialist essentially in the public system
I usually acquire mid-level status from an annual overseas and a couple of domestic conference trips
Eminent academic doctors can become very frequent flyers but that doesn't include me. I'm a not-too frequent flyer but like to get the most out of the various programmes

 

[Mwenenzi]

What's "woooork"?

 

[HSB44]

OK so election question - are politicians eligible to earn frequent flyer points and status from government salary? If so, how long do you think it takes the average pollie from Mel, SYD or bri flying to Canberra to rack up platinum?

 

[VPS]

OK so election question - are politicians eligible to earn frequent flyer points and status from government salary? If so, how long do you think it takes the average pollie from Mel, SYD or bri flying to Canberra to rack up platinum?

How long until you get to LTP? (Or are you already there ^_~)

Im not sure id agree with that. Previously when QF did their ground services in house, bags would be delivered promptly and nearly always with priority bags first. Now its been outsourced, bags take forever and with little to no priority sorting, not due to tall poppy syndrome but simply...

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you get SC as a government employee but not FF points. I presume that applies to politicians as well. A few in the thread above

 

[Ade]

OK so election question - are politicians eligible to earn frequent flyer points and status from government salary? If so, how long do you think it takes the average pollie from Mel, SYD or bri flying to Canberra to rack up platinum?

I think Politicians, like, public service staff, can accrue only status credits, not points …

Re : how long - assuming the parliament is sitting for atleast 6 months in any given year, and pollies travelling twice a week (assuming SYD-CBR) , on flex J fare, might get to platinum within 5 months from NB

 

[JohnK]

IT developer but flying was personal not business.

Now with young family and Covid has clipped wings. Qantas Lifetime Gold and BFOD for the foreseeable future.

 

[PuravidaTC]

Work in operations within the online gaming industry - our market is USA and all the teams I personally lead are offshore in Asia, USA and Canada. Majority of my travel is international with a little domestic.

Mostly booked in Y/PE and use points to upgrade to J - pretty successfully.

Started back flying in March this year at Bronze level (as pre-covid I was based outside of Australia and AA was my airline) and will hit P1 from a Bronze starting point at some point this year - did a recent post on Bronze to Platinum in the QF forum.

A long way from QF Lifetime anything!