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I can't comment on the State Suite but have been upgraded to the Australia Suite and Governor Suites previously. I consider the upgrade "policy" changed significantly around 5 years ago, and they no longer upgrade to, or within, specialty suite categories. I'd be more than happy for you to...

Two colleagues of mine will be there. They were surprised I wasn't attending ... even more so when I informed them I wasn't invited. :(

I had been of the understanding that the cabotage rules technically allowed for the QF JFK-LAX (and v.v.) segment to be undertaken as long as was part of an international itinerary. So, you could depart / enter the US on a different airline. Qantas had chosen a stricter enforcement (i.e. QF...

Nope. Now you ask that question, and on reflection, I've not received a single invitation to an event in my time as P1. Are these normally sent by email, phone, or snail mail?

... just another example of flashing your status!:p

I'll be disappointed if this card goes belly-up. That being said, an Australian Marriott / SPG card that gave Platinum Elite after 40K spend would help me move on from the loss ...

Domestic meals are a single tray with multiple items - usually a water / juice, ribbon sandwiches, fruit snack packs or a piece of fruit, something like a muesli bar, and usually a chocolate item. International is similar to above, with an additional hot course e.g. lasagne, chicken schnitzel...

Mine looks pretty much sorted now - status (inc lifetime) displaying correctly and nights this year / future stays a-ok. Clearly lots of backend processes to be fixed still.

I'm Lifetime Gold with SPG (329 nights, 11 years Gold/Platinum), and should have been grandfathered to Lifetime Gold Elite in the combined program. However, Lifetime status currently showing as Silver Elite (in addition to Gold Elite for this year's stays) which is consistent with the new...

As Himeno points out, one needs to be a transit without stopover. That being said, I used to get pushback from some travel agents about not being able to do the North America-Asia bit, but after pointing out the rule, they ultimately relented.

I've done about a dozen AONE'4s over the last 10 years, and still feel you can gain a lot of value over and above a DONE4. An example of a "barebones" itinerary I use is: BNE-SYD-LHR-JFK-LAX-HKG-SIN-SYD-BNE That gets you a very good sample of Oneworld F experience: SYD-LHR in QF F, inc SYD F...

3 times round the world for me, which is about usual. I've never really thought about this before, but my P1 status comes courtesy of 4-5 F returns / AONE's per year, so high status credit yield for (proportionately) a very small number of long-haul flights.

If Japan is the main destination, but you're interested in a few extra SC's don't forget about a Circle Asia fare. Base fare for a DAS13 is about $5599AU, with a DAS17 $6499AU. The SC's haul wouldn't be as lucrative as a DCIR* fare, but would still be cost-effective.

Invite here received today as well. Sadly on-call that weekend, so had to decline

My personal experience is that the PJ sizes seem to be smaller in recent times than, say, about 10 years ago when I first started flying in F. I used to request a medium; now a large seems more appropriate. ... and that's not because of the obvious reason.:p I've managed to stay similar in body...

Problem exists for me using Chrome at the moment; not fixed by clearing cookies. Works fine on Safari and Firefox.

My Hilton status was upgraded to Gold before I even received the card. That was the first indication that my application was successful.

... they also have a very low annual points cap. Many will hit that cap with a single BAS payment.

Unfortunately, they are capped at very low levels. 300,000 max for the Platinum, which as Rooflyer said, is the highest level Business card. That, I presume, equates to 150,000 QFF points max.

Mine is attributable to the M*A*S*H character, rather than the Marvel superhero. Not a huge fan of the series, but remotely similar career pathway.