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Dude come on, Qantas PR tells us there are record numbers of classic award seats available!! It's not their fault you don't want to fly between Albury and Griffith on a Tuesday afternoon when there is unlimited classic award space.

So simple a 3-year-old can understand it

The simple answer is: Premium cabins have record high demand, globally. The cost to fly premium cabins, especially in/out of AUS, is priced at a premium. Let's call it the Australia tax. So if you're running a for-profit airline in arguably one of the most expensive countries on earth to live...

QF will go spend-based for everything eventually for two simple reasons. 1) Everyone at QF is incentivized not to rock the boat, to do what their boss wants and keep their job. Think about it - Sky-high property prices in Sydney don't pay themselves...interests are aligned with their job and...

Same flight #. Note that if, for example, you are QF Gold on QF# but EK plane, and your friend is on QF ticket but EK flight number, you are technically not on the same flight # for lounge access/billing purposes. If you're on cash biz/first ticket, or hold EK status, this carries more weight...

AFKL/Flying Blue is matching up to Platinum status for alienated BA elites: https://www.turningleftforless.com/flying-blue-launches-british-airways-status-match/

All EK flights in DXB begin boarding 45-60min before departure. I'm sure she'll make the connection, but no promises on overhead bag space. Assuming she's not in F. The only issue is if she arrives into, say A gates, and departs C gates - which is, at best a 20-30min event gate to gate with no...

BA (like QF), respond to media, and not to customers directly. Therefore, the best way to help BA reverse things, is to get more media noise. The easiest way IMO to do this as an individual is to do a status match using your BA status elsewhere. More status matches -> more media -> pressure on...

My kids have had status with a few airlines. Not too difficult with J/F travel. There is something magical about a 3-year-old guesting you into the lounge when their status is higher than yours.

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There is almost no such thing as a 'bad elite', especially in oneworld. There are only 2 types of bad customers I can think of, and neither would warrant BA making the changes they did. Silvers in the back of the bus..... consider this: would they fly BA if they didn't have status? Do those...

Your EK Skywards Platinum gets late check out at Marriott hotels, along with double dip-earning into Skywards. For other status match opportunities you could look at www.statusmatch.com

Skywards Platinum status takes significant spend/travel to achieve. If you're looking for a status match it might be easier to start out with what you want, versus what you can get.

You don't like pretty gold cards? Someone remove this gentleman from AFF. He is not one of us!

Heard VA Plats are now getting Gold. Lucky for those who got in early and got EY Plat. Snooze and loozze!

It looks like the free gold (plat?) offer for AU has expired and now has a US $79 application fee. As with all these kinds of promos you gotta get in early or miss out! I gave EY Plat a whirl... the F lounge in AUH has an incredible menu!

Seems like Velocity Platinums are receiving Etihad Platinum? Great deal!

And still one of the best in the world.

A dual-airline strategy can be as follows: - Retain your VA status based on domestic travel - Try Etihad for one of the 1...2...3...4.. intl trips you do each year. Their prices are typically less than every other airline and if they make it easy to retain Gold/Plat, then why not? AUH (on EY)...

More likely, they'll wake up and realise that they can charge users a fee to opt in to double status credit promotions. Our company runs that exact tech/offer for another oneworld airline, performs extraordinarily well. Qantas - send me a DM