Had this exact headache on 17/2, and my first VA cancellation that actually caused a headache longer than an hour or two.
Apparent IT gremlins with Swissports systems at CBR caused many a delay and cancellation. Day trip for a birthday lunch turned into an overnight in Melbourne given the last...
You may find it is better to send a note off to them after 28/2 rolls around as opposed to calling them beforehand.
The only upside is given it's 1000 status credits to reach Plat you mightn't be far off of it, which also means being able to re request Plat with IHG/Hilton, Hertz/Europcar etc...
The words in the press release are certainly believable… right time etc etc bla bla.
But the obvious question. Was the CEO pushed, jump after reading the writing on the wall, or simply as stated?
Or perhaps option D please Eddie, all of the above.
Last years Feb/March Double Status Points offer was not dissimilar, if anything it was actually more constrained -
Marketing email/annoucement on 1/2
Activate and Book by 10/2
Travel by 31/3 (which was a week prior to Easter)
On the flipside, QF's offering in March last year was book within...
Here's hoping something pops up in the next week, like many, I need some extra SC's to keep Platinum after my whole 6 flights for the last 12mths. Eek.