What is your intention in relation to your QFF membership?

[eastwest101]

Well just another data point for the thread, but my QFF assesment date was coming up for May 2014 and (thanks to VA getting most of my flying this year) was expecting to drop from PS to NB as I had only acumulated about 140SC, so not nearly enough to retain silver. I don't know if its common or not but, I got a new PS Silver card valid through to May 2015 so it seems they were reluctant to let me go to Bronze at the moment.

 

[Timsboot]

If you live outside Oz then there is not option or question. have to leave QF and move to AA. Keeping WP on QF based in BKK is no longer possible - even with my travel load. Especially with LTG

 

[Mal]

I've pretty much dumped QFF. Good riddance. Loyalty is a two way street, not Qantas take, take, take and spit in your face.

5sc for a domestic UK (non Y bucket) flight now. That is laughable.

 

[Deleted member 26544]

I won't terminate my QFF membership, instead I'm crediting flights to AA and directing the bulk of my spend towards a DJ Amex with MR, depending on merchant acceptance/surcharge. I'll keep a QF earning card for the remainder.

I've accepted I'll drop from WP with QF and will only realistically be able to achieve/maintain SG equivalent with AA. QP/Int J lounge access will do and I can always redeem miles for F where I perceive there to be value.

I suppose for domestic travel if VA are noticeably cheaper than QF for the day/time I want to fly then I may choose them and forgo lounge access.

 

[drron]

I won't terminate my QFF membership, instead I'm crediting flights to AA and directing the bulk of my spend towards a DJ Amex with MR, depending on merchant acceptance/surcharge. I'll keep a QF earning card for the remainder.

I've accepted I'll drop from WP with QF and will only realistically be able to achieve/maintain SG equivalent with AA. QP/Int J lounge access will do and I can always redeem miles for F where I perceive there to be value.

I suppose for domestic travel if VA are noticeably cheaper than QF for the day/time I want to fly then I may choose them and forgo lounge access.

Good plan.I really have not noticed a major change in treatment from AA just being plat.But I will be on some sort of circle fare so F domestically in the US.Long haul AA is always an F award so no problems.
I also credit rental cars,hotels-eg Hilton double dipping + some restaurants and occasionally shopping to AA.A good idea to sign up for AA dining if you have trips to the states-a good range of restaurants that you can earn points at.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Like most, I will keep QFF too, but put more of my dog biscuits towards VA (& NZ).
Sometimes, fares within Australia with QF is much cheaper than VA, even though VA is "supposed" to be the cheaper option. Eg, Easter next year, ADL to SYD to ADL, VA is charge $230 one way, or something like that, but QF is only charging $160 one way.

 

[Isochronous]

If you live outside Oz then there is not option or question. have to leave QF and move to AA. Keeping WP on QF based in BKK is no longer possible - even with my travel load. Especially with LTG

Except if AA start enforcing the 4~ that will be hard from BKK too!

 

[amaroo]

Except if AA start enforcing the 4~ that will be hard from BKK too!

You can take out the Except bit.

 

[medhead]

Like most, I will keep QFF too, but put more of my dog biscuits towards VA (& NZ).
Sometimes, fares within Australia with QF is much cheaper than VA, even though VA is "supposed" to be the cheaper option. Eg, Easter next year, ADL to SYD to ADL, VA is charge $230 one way, or something like that, but QF is only charging $160 one way.

Just wait for a sale. Next Easter is waaaayyyyy to far in advance to book.

 

[scwappy]

Haven't used QF in a long long while. Just managed to use remaining QFF points for a J flight to HKG flying CX.

All sorted.

 

[Timsboot]

Except if AA start enforcing the 4~ that will be hard from BKK too!

I have 2-3 trips a year to the US so should be ok. Does means switch from CX to AA which is a bit of a downer (in a very first world problem kind of way)

 

[wandering_fred]

I have 2-3 trips a year to the US so should be ok. Does means switch from CX to AA which is a bit of a downer (in a very first world problem kind of way)

Are there no AA codeshares on CX from BKK? Well neither aa.com nor cx.com seem to want to sell them. So it looks like you would need to use a TA to actually book the AA flight number on CX. If you are traveling a bit further than California, some "unneeded" AA transfer connections might be the answer with CX used for long haul.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Awesom Andy]

Are there no AA codeshares on CX from BKK? Well neither aa.com nor cx.com seem to want to sell them. So it looks like you would need to use a TA to actually book the AA flight number on CX. If you are traveling a bit further than California, some "unneeded" AA transfer connections might be the answer with CX used for long haul.

Happy wandering

Fred

I can see some codeshares on CX and JL to LAX, SFO, and JFK. Haven't looked any further into this, but I suppose you can get connections from those places if necessary.

 

[desiredusername]

I have enough in QA for my child to fly on so we use the woolies card to keep the qff alive. I'll fly VA.

 

[OBie]

Yair, well, for the Oz-USA legs QF still seems to have edge altho' the front-end/upstairs hedonism level seems to be diminishing, and on the strength of that, and seeing as how I'm spending my $$$s for the bucket-trip to Europe next year, and most things being equal, Emirates' 'frames'd be preferred over the QF 'product', but it'll be SQ, as theirs is by far more and better value ... the sooner QF's head sherangs and Board get sorted out the better.

... and four weeks out from our trip BNE-LAX, not a peep from Customer Service about the (withdrawn) Chauffeur service, and it is still showing as "booked" for the 'to', and 'from', legs ... so, waiting ...