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When I renewed a couple of months ago, my platinum status was extended to June 2026, and is showing in my account as such. There is no way I will qualify for platinum this year. Does this mean they will reverse my platinum status to June 2026 and downgrade me to gold on 1 Jan 2026?

I don't understand how this will work in practice. Terms says you will never be downgraded to Silver so status is still somehow linked to your membership expiry date.

Won't be able to use the free night anymore on expensive hotels that I otherwise couldn't afford to stay at.

Looks like an announcement will be made today regarding changes to the program. From what I can gather the dining discount will become a flat 30% and the free night will be subject to a 2 night stay. Comes into effect October 1.

I also saw this the other day when I made a booking. Maybe if you have a large points balance and have a large booking it proposes 3000 to speed things up a bit? Otherwise 2000 is still an option as at today.

The first option has more certainty. The second option I guess you just hope for the best.

If your old Accor Plus expired more than 31 days ago, nothing stopping you from joining in the Philippines.and getting your 3000 bonus points.

Lots of reports of it happening across various hotels in various countries if the booking was made with points. I wouldn't worry about it..... yet.

Why not just join Accor Plus on your platinum account?

All the casual points collectors reading those articles will now wonder how they can redeem their Qantas/Velocity points for a minimum of 1.8/1.7c each, not realising that the only way to do that is with business class rewards which is difficult, and perhaps 1% of niche economy rewards.

It will be exactly as you described. I've done it myself and yes it is annoying and time consuming. I think it was at least a 10 min walk from the international terminal to the lounge. Note that the international terminal is boring so don't go through immigration too early.

It works the same way. The risks are also the same ie. the flight you really want could be sold out on the day or only has middle seats left. Also you can't prebook meals.

I just googled it and it appears that they did.

MEL/SYD-WLG first. Even red eyes are ok by me.

I appreciate the effort and I like the idea of using a basket but I'm not sure the contents of the basket is fair. Gift cards would have been removed in the final results even though it is the most accessible and easiest to redeem reward which I'm sure a lot of people use their points for. Also...

Best part is that clicking through Google Hotels sometimes gives you lower prices than going direct to that OTA.

I believe you'll get them in the first day or two of your new membership year.

For the touts to still be there they must have a steady stream of victims. Surely AU residents know better so who is taking these rides? Tourists from developing countries who are used to this? Friendly passengers who engage with the touts and are too polite to say no?

It should be fine as long as the website lets you make date and destination changes. As soon as the website spits out an error, which could be for something as simple as a schedule change, then you will be at the mercy of the call centre. The humans who work there are very strict with the 12...

Terrible connection time in BNE coming from MEL.