Febs
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Hi all,
As promised in the link below back in Dec, this thread is going to be about an AA status run that I'm currently on. I figure I'll be spending a fair bit of time in Admiral's Clubs with not much else to do...so why not?
To be honest it's probably going to be a pretty boring thread, but I did promise! Also apologies to those avid trip report readers who love to hear about pushback times, runways etc...I'm not going to be that specific (because I don't really care about those things 
).
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....atus-run-nice-little-34878-16.html#post529744
Although I've been a WP for the last ~4 years, I've never actually done a real status run. Sure I've maximized routing in the past, but never flown purely for the purpose of earning SCs. So why now? Well I'd resigned myself to the fact I might lose WP this year*, but when a regular Melbourne gig came up, along with a 50% bonus SC offer from QF, I realized I was going to get close(ish) to requalifying. Then when Gold Member helped me decode his original post in the thread above, and I realised I could get the fare during my time in NYC, I decided I wasn't really willing to lose WP after all! I wasn't hugely keen on wasting a day of my honeymoon flying around the US, but hey...these are the things we do (my wife obviously thinks it's a bit strange...but she loves the F lounge access so understands...sort of)!
So with that sorted and 3A allocated on each flight, this morning it was a 5:30am wake up to head to JFK. Big security queues at 6:30am but that was to be expected on a work day. Into the Flagship lounge (which is definitely a different F lounge to the one I visited in 2009) for a quick breakfast, then a short walk to the gate. The JFK F lounge is pretty similar to the ORD lounge, but bigger. Similar food and drink selection (i.e. average compared to a QP, but excellent compared to an Admirals' Club!)
JFK-BOS was uneventful and over in a heartbeat. We had a 737 with a very new-looking interior (not NGBC) compared to the MD80 F class I've spent many flights in over the years. Snack was a cookie and a drink...and there's not much else to say! Landed on time and am now sitting in the AC waiting for BOS-ORD. I had to pick up my return boarding passes at the desk here - I half-expected some quizzical looks, but nothing! Either they didn't really look at the departure times (I have about 50min in OMRD), or they're used to status runners.
Anyway, I won't bore you any longer for now. Will report back from ORD or if anything interesting happens beforehand.
Cheers
Febs.
*According to the law of averages some members talk about here, my lifetime SCs still average out to be >1,400 per year since I joined QFF, but no offer of comp this year. I was comped once in the past (2 yrs ago), but qualified legitimately last year.
As promised in the link below back in Dec, this thread is going to be about an AA status run that I'm currently on. I figure I'll be spending a fair bit of time in Admiral's Clubs with not much else to do...so why not?
To be honest it's probably going to be a pretty boring thread, but I did promise! Also apologies to those avid trip report readers who love to hear about pushback times, runways etc...I'm not going to be that specific (because I don't really care about those things ). http://www.australianfrequentflyer....atus-run-nice-little-34878-16.html#post529744
Although I've been a WP for the last ~4 years, I've never actually done a real status run. Sure I've maximized routing in the past, but never flown purely for the purpose of earning SCs. So why now? Well I'd resigned myself to the fact I might lose WP this year*, but when a regular Melbourne gig came up, along with a 50% bonus SC offer from QF, I realized I was going to get close(ish) to requalifying. Then when Gold Member helped me decode his original post in the thread above, and I realised I could get the fare during my time in NYC, I decided I wasn't really willing to lose WP after all! I wasn't hugely keen on wasting a day of my honeymoon flying around the US, but hey...these are the things we do (my wife obviously thinks it's a bit strange...but she loves the F lounge access so understands...sort of)!
So with that sorted and 3A allocated on each flight, this morning it was a 5:30am wake up to head to JFK. Big security queues at 6:30am but that was to be expected on a work day. Into the Flagship lounge (which is definitely a different F lounge to the one I visited in 2009) for a quick breakfast, then a short walk to the gate. The JFK F lounge is pretty similar to the ORD lounge, but bigger. Similar food and drink selection (i.e. average compared to a QP, but excellent compared to an Admirals' Club!)
JFK-BOS was uneventful and over in a heartbeat. We had a 737 with a very new-looking interior (not NGBC) compared to the MD80 F class I've spent many flights in over the years. Snack was a cookie and a drink...and there's not much else to say! Landed on time and am now sitting in the AC waiting for BOS-ORD. I had to pick up my return boarding passes at the desk here - I half-expected some quizzical looks, but nothing! Either they didn't really look at the departure times (I have about 50min in OMRD), or they're used to status runners.
Anyway, I won't bore you any longer for now. Will report back from ORD or if anything interesting happens beforehand.
Cheers
Febs.
*According to the law of averages some members talk about here, my lifetime SCs still average out to be >1,400 per year since I joined QFF, but no offer of comp this year. I was comped once in the past (2 yrs ago), but qualified legitimately last year.
