My Dad didn't get the email for this, but he was still eligible online anyway. Would not have even known about the book if it wasn't for this forum.And follow the forums as, from my experience, e.mails didn't go to every P1.
I’m guessing this will be, understandably, in lieu of the champagne this year
The unfortunate flaw with this is the email delivery. I'd also note that given the "gift" part was not totally obvious - I mean it was in the general 100 Anniversary email and some may have actually gotten it and deleted it as sales spam without going down to the bit that said "As a valued P1...." to even know. Plus there are the ones who never got it for whatever reason. Good ol' QF (I won't use the catch phrase ).
It was in that email? My Dad read that one and still didn't even notice the P1 gift part!
As for the free book being done via actually "purchasing" it - I have no issue with this I mean remember that year of P1 when the chrissy gift was that HUGE set of books that went to everyone? I honestly can't imagine the cost. And the thing is a lot of people did not really want or use the books. I re-gifted mine to a very happy home as it happens. This way QF still gets to gift the book but only to the people who do the few clicks to tell QF they actually *want* it.. I do not mind that at all.
Surely QF would not have bought so many in advance? Or would their contract likely require such a big order so they can get a better wholesale price...Maybe - but one may suppose that there would be an abundance of champagne that QF would like to get rid of given there have been no F flights for ~8 months (think due to storage costs, pre orders, spoilage, etc).
If, on an average pre-COVID day there were 10 QF F flights, and each flight consumed conservatively 4 bottles, then between the beginning of April and end of November, QF would have been expecting to consume at least 9,700 bottles on flights alone.
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It was in that email? My Dad read that one and still didn't even notice the P1 gift part!
Yes. I wonder if (at least some of) the people saying they didn't get the email may not have realised that this was pretty much buried in what seemed like just another promotional email, headed "today marks our 100th birthday". It was pretty weird IMO, as it wasn't at all obvious that the email contained important information or required any action. The gift wasn't even mentioned in the main body of the email - you had to scroll down past AJ's signature, and past a link to a promotional video, before getting to the relevant part
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Surely QF would not have bought so many in advance? Or would their contract likely require such a big order so they can get a better wholesale price...
Guilty as charged, I was only made aware of the book offer via @kermatu post #5111 and after looking in the trash folder found said message and ordered the book. My post at #5119 may have been misleading that I received a 'special email'. I have mail rules that will bin most QF emails.The cynic in me says well if less people read the email and see it.. less "free" books given away to P1's (and perhaps a side test of how many actually fully read the guff fully).
Do I think that was a motivation? Only semi-seriously. We know QF Communications have a poor history of such things over the journey. You'd think they'd have improved over time but perhaps not. I'm willing to go with the more obvious idea that they figured everyone would read it because all their emails are the most important thing to a P1 and we read every word
ahem.
I seem to recall reading an article somewhere about airlines like EK and SQ buying such bulk lots of wine that a) they did it in advance, and yes they did it in some volume both for a lower unit cost obviously and to ensure they would have enough for projected needs. Could EK possibly have been named as Dom's biggest customer? I could be wrong there.. or maybe it was SQ with Krug, but anyway there is a huge volume involved (even for a relatively small cabin like F - Imagine the millions of bottles of vino a carrier like QF or even a bigger one spends on J and Y wines? but I digress).
Either way I think it's safe to assume there are significant volumes involved - even for QF's pre-covid small F equipped fleet of 12 - it is still a fair size lot (plus of course they would have their bottles for QF wine and other promotional items such as the P1 christmas gift or whatnot).
And given No F cabin will fly on QF for some time and were grounded in March it's likely QF has a fair amount left. Seems a reasonable scenario.
Either way I think it's safe to assume there are significant volumes involved
And given No F cabin will fly on QF for some time and were grounded in March it's likely QF has a fair amount left. Seems a reasonable scenario.
yeah the day QF give me Grant Burge as a P1 is the day I go to VAUnless they upgrade the lounges to have fancy F Champagne (or chuck it on domestic and send the grant burge to P1s!)
Yes grant burge sparkling offered on bne-syd J last Friday. And I can't drink any of their offered wine in the business lounge anymore or at least atm, (because) I love nice wines.yeah the day QF give me Grant Burge as a P1 is the day I go to VA
but.. cool idea
Received the same email and the QF book also arrived today.
Yes, have not attempted to remove the sticker.Did your book also arrive with a red sticker on it advertising a holiday too? A sticker that looks very hard to remove