Bear in mind these people and former State and Federal public servants are paying tax on a portion of their pensions
Until 60, most the pension was taxed
Since 60 the larger 3 portion is less taxed but it’s still taxed at marginal rates
The March 2025 figures are available
The new entrants are lower
With the wave of baby boomers coming through, this is about 1/3 of folk getting a govt age pension
And less on the full rate
As Australian based programs, short of being Able to get out of Oz, the sweet spots offshore because there are less QFF members vying for the tics (eg like Iberia (Vigo to Marrakech via Madrid or Munich or Düsseldorf) etc
Unless it’s ADL-CBR where the base fare is $290 (direct) and the points are 12k + $77….
Some of the co-payments hardly make it worthwhile if the fare is <$200
And then there’s monthly spending caps like Citibank have introduced where points will only be given for the first $5,000.
And westpac where the earn rate is reduced after the first $x,000
I was Gold when I received LTG so I don’t know the answer.
I do know when you drop from WP they soft land and send a new Gold card
Presumably if you get to LTG while WP they’d notify you of LTG and give you the option to receive the LTG card
This BYO and secretly shared with FF friends
I had two and now got one left which I’ll keep another 5 plus years
And thanks Gary the Cork surgeon for the rescue!
https://www.finance.gov.au/government/travel-arrangements/fly-air-travel
Status credits are accepted to support extra free luggage allowance etc
Q21 says should not be accepted suggesting no penalty if you did
FF points have been suppressed since 1 July 2010. 15 years
However the current...
Yeah
Under WOAG frequent flyer points are NOT given for govt funded travel
The Platinum lifetimers include politicians. They declare this on their pecuniary interest declaration.
Easy enough to look up