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At a "Pay with Points" rate of 0.5 cents, that's $1.25 to get a whole bunch of additional personal data for the algorithms to match up against your personal profile. Clever move by the data crunchers over at Qantas 'Loyalty'.

I travel to the US regularly on business. With airfares so high, I have been considering the cheaper fares which go via Asia, although thinking twice about that after the report last week of an Australian who flew Cathay to JFK via Hong Kong being denied entry because CBP could not understand...

The only really valuable thing from status for me is lounge access: - if I'm flying VA's international partners I'll credit to QF/DL/SQ to qualify / maintain respective alliance status - if I flew regularly with VA domestically, I'd get their Amex which gets you lounge access anyway...

What were the criteria for lifetime PPS?

Fair point, but from my reading on the SAA Voyager rules, that requires 6 consecutive years at Platinum (at least 95,000 miles per year each year for at least 570,000 miles in total over six years) or at least 720,000 miles in four years. That is a LOT of flying - it's taken me over a decade to...

With Asiana about to depart Star, there are no other programs that count alliance partner flights towards LT status in Star, unlike OW or ST.

There is already a FlyerTalk thread with a fuller listing there: Lifetime status by airline -- attempted summary - FlyerTalk Forums The above article misses: Star Air China Egypt Air Sky Vietnam Airlines Non Alliance Philippine Airlines El Al

The last time I bought points was on AA when you could buy the full amount needed for an international F redemption for 20% of what a revenue fare would have cost. The good old days. There may be edge cases now where it is worth it but fundamentally it comes down to whether you can immediately...

This is a longstanding issue. I did this recently and experienced the same "! only got 10% of what I should have gotten". Hilton is not the one at fault, when contacting them they said that they had transferred over the required amount. When interacting with [email protected], they...

Hopefully they can increase the size of the lavatories. They require some deft yoga moves to turn around in!

If I retain Platinum for the next half century I may reach LTP. But even as a Platinum, trying to find regular Classic Rewards for something as simple as SYD-BNE in J for 18,000 QFF points as opposed to 2-4x that amount for CR+ is nigh on impossible. Given I have locked in LTG, CR+ has finally...

I may end up tipping into Diamond based on DL / SkyTeam / LATAM travel over the balance of this year. Are there any AFFers who are Diamond and if so, what 3 Choice benefits do you select? Is it worth using up 2 for Delta SkyClub membership?

It may just be me, but I'd prefer to board without music, if I need it I can put my earphones in.

My decreased engagement with QFF comes from Qantas' own financial statements which explain to me why rewards seats are becoming increasingly scarce: At 30 June 2024, the "Unredeemed Frequent Flyer Revenue" in Qantas' accounts was $3.328 billion (up from $2.420 billion 5 years ago)...

I went with QF on that last minute ticket because of blind rusted on loyalty. Now that I know what a similar fare on Delta or United would do for status attainment in their programs, I'm considering either of those for an upcoming US trip rather than Qantas.

Paying extra for the last minute flex or fully flex fares would have taken me above our corporate limits so that was not an option. I now realise that if I'd gone with the Delta or United equivalent fares, under their revenue models I would have earned enough MQMs / PQPs respectively to take me...

Last minute business travel, regular was close to $9k and flexible was $10 (Delta and United at similar levels). $4.4k was a sale fare for a trip which could be booked in months in advance. The fare which I'd prefer to book as a personal traveller 'gamifying' the system is not the one the QF...

I have paid $4800 and over $8000 for Discount Business and each time received 180 SC

The article is identified as an opinion piece and not written from the perspective of the manager of a business division running a loyalty program. Like the argument that "status credits are already a good proxy for the amount of money you've spent": whether you pay a $99 E-Deal or a $329...

We should refer to them now as what they have become: Qantas Pesos.