Article: Platinum With One Airline Vs Gold With Two: Which Is Better?

[AFF Editor]

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Platinum With One Airline Vs Gold With Two: Which Is Better?

Instead of holding Platinum status with either Qantas or Virgin Australia, could it make better sense to get Gold status with both airlines for a similar amount of flying (and spend)?

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You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

 

[clifford]

Well, for me, under the current circumstances, Platinum with QF would be far superior to Gold with both.

Apart from the fact that VA have made attaining Platinum far too expensive for what is offered, my lifetime Star Gold with UA provides lounge access for VA in any case.

I do think VA have shot themselves in the foot with their Velocity changes, especially as they refuse to join an alliance and have a random collection of agreements with various airlines, which can and do change at a moment's notice.

 

[RooFlyer]

Given that choice, my choice would be Gold with both. Else you handcuff yourself to the Plat carrier and probably make choices, or have to make choices that weren't the best. If its QF Plat, that means paying more. If its VA Plat, that means more limited international benefits therefore more restricted 'choices'.

 

[elanshin]

I'd eith QF the real advantages are Plat releases and first lounges.

No other alliance offers that and you'd only get the "first" lounge of the airline itself not the network. Whether those 2 things are enough to justify QF plat over 2 golds is up to your personal flying.

I can definitely make QF plat releases do some heavy lifting and have a currently strong QF points earn (can't earn anywhere near as much on other programs due to business spend opportunities). So QF plat made more sense for me whilst I was using QF Plat and VA Gold. Ive now left VA drop to silver.

Also would've maintained skyteam if the Delta error was around, but alas they patched that up last year.

 

[dajop]

For some it might be best to have Platinum on Qatar airlines, rather than gold on both QF and VA.