QF Platinum Recognition on flights

[SYD]

Of all the benefits of being a WP …. this is one I couldn’t give two stuffs about!

Sometimes they say hi, sometimes they don’t. Couldn’t care less either way.

If the ‘welcome’ came with some Dom Perignon or an upgrade to first, sure have at it! But “Hi, thanks for being WP” … my ego doesn’t need it.

That’s your chance to ask for a glass of bubbles if sitting down the back!

But as mentioned above, getting a greeting on Dom, it’s VERY rare but 90+ % likely on QFi.

Yesterday, we also had drinks and meal orders taken first flying QFi J.

I’ve flown 8x CX J flights this year, and yes they’re very good a greeting QF WPs. AS, AA, BA, IB - never or rarely. QR they generally say hello to everyone in the J cabin. Been a while but I recall being greeted on AY and JL. Don’t recall anything on MH and haven’t flown FJ since full OW membership.

 

[gaz0303]

I swapped seats with my wife on an AY flight. She got the special welcome and I got to sit behind having a laugh at her puzzled response. Second flight I swapped seats with my child and that caused more confusion for the bursar who ended up just walking away.

 

[mbe1510]

Even as a lowly Gold I'm impressed by how Emirates looks after you.
In Y I've always been greeted on every flight and in some cases my multiple crew. Certainly not uncommon to get a drink or meal ahead of everyone else.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I’m not a fan of greetings… but I don’t have to worry as a lowly silver!

But if I’m ever next to a person who gets all smug with their greeting I casually mention that my [Chairman’s Lounge, Diamond, Global Services, other-airline-top-tier] membership has ‘strictly no greeting’ marked in the profile

 

[fletty]

I’m not a fan of greetings… but I don’t have to worry as a lowly silver!

But if I’m ever next to a person who gets all smug with their greeting I casually mention that my [Chairman’s Lounge, Diamond, Global Services, other-airline-top-tier] membership has ‘strictly no greeting’ marked in the profile

A warm greeting can be nice but when it's over the top I find it cringey.

I had a QF J flight from SYD to BNE and the CSM said when offering the meal "Now Mr Fletty our PLATINUM frequent flyer tonight".
She said it so loud I wanted to curl up and die
They did give me a bottle of red to take when we arrived though so that made it worth it.

 

[DrJ]

I have come to see that for the most part "plat is the new bronze" since covid, and therefore expect nothing, that way it's a nice surprise when it occasionally happens, as was the case on QF34 a week ago when CSM Adam treated me like a king.
Frankly, for me, QF getting their soft product standards in J back to the 2019 level on regular PER flights, is a higher priority.

 

[GDSman]

Even as a lowly Gold I'm impressed by how Emirates looks after you.
In Y I've always been greeted on every flight and in some cases my multiple crew. Certainly not uncommon to get a drink or meal ahead of everyone else.

Agree - I flew DXB-DUB in Y with EK as SG and received 3 personalised welcomes...totally confused the mostly Irish people around me who wondered which celeb I was...

 

[Flyerwin]

Int Y or J usually yes, the FSD come say to say hi.
Domestic Y basically a welcome back only. Domestic J yes.