15 SC short this year - keeping GOLD?

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Hi FF users,

I have been trying very hard to keep my GOLD status with Qantas. I am now at 585 SC with no anticipated flights till my anniversary on Dec 31. Will I be lucky to keep gold? I have prepaid many flighted next year with the closet one in Mid Jan 16 from HKG--> SYD Economy.

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Yes, I was comped this year to Gold from silver with around 50 SC short this year.

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I wouldn't let 15SC keep me from Gold so as others have advised take a short trip somewhere for the required SC's.
 
Where do you live?

Any number of cheap return red-e fares will get you 20SC

Some of them you'd be there and back in 3Hrs or less.
 
If you're Sydney based, you can get a one way ticket to Tamworth for about $69, if there's a deal going. There and back, you're done $140, and I presume 20 SC.
 
Speaking from bitter experience, I wouldn't risk it. Being booted back to the loungeless world of PS (or at least having to stump up $$$ for QP) is not worth 15 SCs!
 
You could always take a paid flight outbound that gets you the necessary 15 SC for SG then take a classic award back to keep the costs down.
 
Echoing what the others have said, I wouldn't risk it especially as you've been gifted gold already.
 
Take the cheapest flights you can get, if you got comped last time better to be safe with two $100 fares than have to pay $500 for lounge membership.
 
The other thing to remember is that if you're not comped then you will have to attain 700 SCs to earn SG next time.

So 15 SCs now or 100 later.
 
Also I believe if you are going to get comped it will be about two weeks before your years end, so that would be some indication.
 
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I thought I had a valid case for being comped WP, turns out I was no chance due to QF telling me I was comped before. It turns out their definition of being comped ( in my case) was a SC's promotion in my previous year. It's just as well I asked.
In any event I did end up with a low cost J status run to AKL. So it all worked out in the end.
The planned flying for this year ( which is why I made the effort to re qualify) may not in fact happen.
Never mind, I am a little closer to LTS as a result.
 
Being lucky this year. Called up the customer service number and talked to the agent nicely that I am 15 SC short of the GOLD. She said I have been comped last year and will talk to her supervisor and will call me back. After 3 hours, I got a call from her stating that I will be comped GOLD for next year and this would be the last time, next year, I will need to each all 600 SC to retain GOLD. 5 minutes of call saved me $150 dollars and 1 day to fly return to a place where I do not need to be.
 
My mate's FF anniversary is November. In 2013/14 he earned Gold status. He was 40 SC short of retaining Gold 2014/15 but was comped. Again this year 2015/16 he was lots short of Gold (200+ SC) but has been comped Gold again. QF must like him for some reason. Didn't even ring up to ask for it, it just fell in his lap.
 
I could have waited to see if I will be lucky but do not want to risk this and wait till 2 weeks before the Dec 31st anniversary and then find out that I need to fly return same day to earn that remaining 15SC.
 
Thats the thing with comp.
No guarantees of a comp.
This would be my third year with QF PS, but I am not taking a chance.
Will have 300 by end of Dec, my anniversary is Jul 16.
Aim to build mine up, current 80 (+220 trips in Dec 15) = 300 + 10 Mar 16 and then (+ 120 + 120 Apr 16 (ADL - MEL - WLG - SYD/MEL - ADL all in J), + flexY ADL - BNE return, Jun 16, giving me 600 by end of Jul 16 and that will then be it.
 
Interestingly, this is the second anecdote I've read recently of someone being comped up a level - something that "never" used to happen.
 
I can 100% confirm this ... A friend who was only ever PS gets to within 60 of SG. Calls QF and asks for SG with less than 12 hrs left in their yr. They are awarded SG having never archived it and only being a member of the program for approx 4 yrs. They are also non premium cabin i.e red-e Y golden triangle for 60% of flights + AKL and SIN in Y + sundry flights. I fall off my chair as I watch it happen and he hangs up clapping his hands.

Now previous to the 4 yrs the pax had held OWE with a non-US carrier (but never flown QF code nor metal). They started with QF as bronze. This was not brought up in the conversation with QF.
 
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