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[GDSman]

It's been a long time in the wilderness so I thought I'd celebrate - after (by my guess) about 15 years of LTG this morning my AY SCs posted from my recent LONE4 to tick me over to 1405 SCs in the year and a return to WP after a long exile. Roll on the better lounges, improved upgrade chances and all-round sense of importance I'll enjoy for the next year. Only pity is I qualified with just 14 days in my current year left...
Any tips for a newly re-minted WP? What have I been missing?

 

[RooFlyer]

Sorry, I have to deliver some negative news for what you’ve been missing.

Plats no longer get ‘guaranteed’ access to the Hobart call Centre. A call is just as likely to be answered by the Philippines or New Zealand, with commensurate poor training and less reliable answers to queries

 

[ChrisMars]

It's been a long time in the wilderness so I thought I'd celebrate - after (by my guess) about 15 years of LTG this morning my AY SCs posted from my recent LONE4 to tick me over to 1405 SCs in the year and a return to WP after a long exile. Roll on the better lounges, improved upgrade chances and all-round sense of importance I'll enjoy for the next year. Only pity is I qualified with just 14 days in my current year left...
Any tips for a newly re-minted WP? What have I been missing?View attachment 526250

Welcome back.
Most noticable changes are:
- front / prefered seats selection is harder than it used to be.
- call center quality has become a hit and miss
- award seat release is getting harder.
- can t remember if on arrival lounge is still a thing. Maybe yes, maybe guesting has been restricted. It used to be up to 2 non flyer, now guest (before departure, and maybe on arrival) must be flying same day oneworld.

 

[fletty]

- can t remember if on arrival lounge is still a thing

Domestic on arrival is fine, with guests. I've only ever guested those who are flying with me.

 

[lazblue]

Welcome back to WP. Positive is that you can now select Economy Plus seats for free.

 

[justinbrett]

Sorry, I have to deliver some negative news for what you’ve been missing.

Plats no longer get ‘guaranteed’ access to the Hobart call Centre. A call is just as likely to be answered by the Philippines or New Zealand, with commensurate poor training and less reliable answers to queries

What's wrong with NZ?

Those guys are excellent.

 

[Invisible Monkey]

It's been a long time in the wilderness so I thought I'd celebrate - after (by my guess) about 15 years of LTG this morning my AY SCs posted from my recent LONE4 to tick me over to 1405 SCs in the year and a return to WP after a long exile. Roll on the better lounges, improved upgrade chances and all-round sense of importance I'll enjoy for the next year. Only pity is I qualified with just 14 days in my current year left...
Any tips for a newly re-minted WP? What have I been missing?View attachment 526250

Your phone needs charging.

I've been Platinum every year bar one since 2018 and there's been a noticeable change in the published and un-published benefits of being Platinum.

Some are linked to changes such as Economy Plus (you can no longer get the best leg room seats for free, four days out like you used to), others are more down to pure luck of who will be on board providing customer service. Overall, I find I get better recognition of status on Cathay than I do on Qantas.

Saying that, I do value entry into the First lounges, higher chance of CR upgrades, more points etc.

 

[offshore171]

What have I been missing?

A phone charger

 

[esseeeayeenn]

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A phone charger

13% is 13%, you can recharge when it hits 3% or even wait until 1% if you're brave.
I have to laugh at Apple which sets iPhones to alert you at 20% and 10%, but not lower, where you need it.
20% means you can keep walking around Paris taking photos for a few more hours.
Do Apple staff never travel?

As far as WP is concerned, enjoy the F lounges.
I do hope they create an F lounge in PER when they move to T1.
However, if they only give us the 789s with no F cabin, that's unlikely.
Classic rewards seem harder and harder to get and reduced capacity means domestic upgrades are also much harder to get.
And not really worth it because it will just mean a recliner on a narrow body, even for trans con.
The almost complete withdrawal of the A332s from domestic service is driving both of those changes.
As far as customer service is concerned, I agree with @Invisible Monkey that CX give much better recognition to us as OWE than QF do as WP.

 

[GDSman]

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A phone charger

Sadly my wireless charger is a bit fickle and I must have had the phone sitting just off-centre...