Qantas Platinum One experiences?

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QF doesn't have any incentive really to throw if you are going to fly as much?

I suspect that’s the case.

Worth thinking about splitting travel so you can get PPS with SQ or CK with AA.

 

[jbmemories]

@lurker - if you have the ability to choose airlines you travel, extension in a Star Alliance to get lifetime *A Gold, perhaps with one that you will travel the most (UA, SQ, Luft, etc) might be the way to go.

Followed by SkyTeam, but they probably won't have value here in AU

 

[Andy72]

Surprise invite to CL Sunday afternoon in Brisbane. I suspect they might be quiet

 

[jane blogs]

I was P1 for several years and the biggest benefit for me was being able to walk onto the next available flight rather than waiting for my booked flight, saved me lots of time and angst. I never received any invitations & mostly no special acknowledgement in domestic lounges or flights. I have been in the CL Sydney and Canberra many times but never as the guest of QF and apart from the quietness of it, not somewhere to aspire to. The VIP team were/are also amazing especially during the COVID mess and subsequent travel periods. Internationally, partner airlines treated me as a very special passenger and of course access to all first class lounges. QF First in Sydney is now very ordinary lounge but as a platinum still have access to that. I had knee replacement last year so wasn't walking let alone flying so I dropped to Platinum which I thought would be a shock to the system but so far have not noticed a difference from P1. I'll requalify for P easily but so far I can't see the value in aiming for P1 again, so as I already have lifetime gold, (and will never make lifetime P1) will maybe take everyones advice here and have a crack at upping my star alliance level I think. Although as I mostly fly and like One World, not sure what the real value would be in that? Mmmm

 

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will maybe take everyones advice here and have a crack at upping my star alliance level I think.

It’s horses for courses. If you’re tied to OW, it’s worth sticking with Qantas and P1 does have some extra perks. If you want to split your spend, depending on your travel patterns you could aim for SQ PPS and QFP and hold both. I find star alliance useful for intra “continental” Europe travel where there isn’t a OW airline.