Who here have FF status soley based on holiday/personal self paid travel

[Mardi]

I haven't travelled for work in nearly 4 years and back then I never got beyond bronze. Now I'm gold through leisure travel and status runs.

Same for me except I've never done a status run.

 

[serfty]

a flight to the US + a Y/KUPP of 1500 should do it I think

.. so all up, maybe $3K ...

 

[k3nnis]

3000 for WP is a great deal!

 

[Pvcmenace]

100% Leisure for myself +1 and +1jr all PS for second year now. Will do my first official business trip next year but as mentioned before as I own the business its all self funded

 

[Aggi]

1300 SC's self funded leisure travel for me this year (including some JASA's and double SC promotion) and 0 SC for work

 

[Deleted member]

If I relied on business travel, I wouldnt make silver

 

[infinity]

Count me in

All leisure and moved from bronze to WP in a year once I learnt JASA/FASA (tks AFF!)

All trips on points so very little cash dispensed.

Many other J and F tix on other carriesr on points but still the lowly broonze equivalent with these carriers as they are all points bookings and dont have JASA/FASA

Done without DSC

Maybe I will get the DSC offer in 2013

 

[robbie1984]

the split for me is roughly 40/60 with more leisure than business in 2012. 2011 was more the other way. Also it was done without a status match and no DSC offers. It includes a mix of mostly domestic and a handful of international trips on VA/NZ.

Total trips this year is almost at 70 with a few more before the end of the year. Yet to need to do a status-run. DJ Platinum, Etihad Gold.

 

[benmay]

Self employed, so therefore self-funded, as with everything in life

Thankfully I can write a lot off as work trips!!

 

[Happy Trails]

Only about 20% of mine is company paid travel. I'd still be comfortably platinum without those, but P1 would be a stretch.
Also got an easy thousand from the HKG DSC promo this year.
BTW, shouldn't it be 'solely'?

 

[samh004]

All my travel is personal. If I had a job, maybe I'd have more SC's

 

[Deleted member]

Self employed, so therefore self-funded, as with everything in life

Thankfully I can write a lot off as work trips!!

And I can vouch for how hard he works !


It is I, Leclerc !

 

[dfcatch]

All self-funded and personal.

2 years at PS, and 3 years now at WP averaging 1500-1850 SC/yr.

Would love to be employer-funded

 

[ncm]

6410 LT SC's since 2007. All leisure travel.

 

[flyingfan]

I plead guilty your honour. Only a small proportion of my SCs are from company travel and if I didn't have them I'm just a(nother) small status run away from WP.

 

[lovestotravel]

Plat on both Qantas and Virgin on personal travel, and no status matches

 

[Robert Qld]

Pretty much me. I only wish work will fly me places! My status is via my own hard earned cash and annual leave!

Qualified for gold for the first time last year on the back of going overseas on three seperate occasions (it was a big year holiday wise), combined with my regular domestic travelling (MEL to SYD, CRN & BNE - though BNE is family so hardly ever a holiday!) mixing it between discount and flexi fares depending on the cost and the amount of SCs I'd get out it.

I did one small run to DRW a few weeks before my anniversary date to get my over 700 SCs for the first time and I achieved gold.

The funny thing is that was all done without a single JASA or AA YUPP either - if I knew about them at the time I would've been WP! The joy of what I've learnt on AFF!

Granted I'm ahead of the game compared to last year with only one OS holiday due to some really sweet flexi fare deals on MEL-OOL...

 

[k3nnis]

My next question is how do you guys have so much spare time? Lol

 

[serfty]

My next question is how do you guys have so much spare time? Lol

I don't ~!~

... use up more time travelling than stayin'

 

[JessicaTam]

My next question is how do you guys have so much spare time? Lol

Shift work has its advantages!