Case Study: How Matt Retained Qantas Platinum in 2025

[dairyfloss]

Thanks , Do you think QFF took into account when you go the soft drop the likelihood you would make it back to Plat status in the next year - ? because of already booked flights .
Or is it pretty standard to go back to Gold?

It's standard, I believe. I didn't have much of my new travel booked when I dropped.

Yes - it's just their standard. QFF soft-lands you through the status levels, regardless of what you have flown in the period. If a P1 stopped flying before retaining and never made another SC, they would drop to WP for a year, then SG for a year, then PS for a year, before settling at NB.

 

[RB001]

Yes - it's just their standard. QFF soft-lands you through the status levels, regardless of what you have flown in the period. If a P1 stopped flying before retaining and never made another SC, they would drop to WP for a year, then SG for a year, then PS for a year, before settling at NB.

Indeed - they hope you'll "snap out of it"!

 

[Gregory N]

I've put together this case study which breaks down the 1,200 (well, slightly more) status credits I earned during my current Qantas Frequent Flyer membership year to retain Platinum status. You can have a read here:

Case Study: How I Renewed Qantas Platinum Status This Year

In this case study, I explain exactly how I earned the 1,200 status credits required to renew Qantas Platinum status in my 2025 membership year - and how much it cost.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Of course, this is just one of many, many ways you could do it!

Do you think it's worth going for Qantas Platinum status? And if you have it, what kind of flying did you do to get it?

I think it is well thought out and travel where you need to for reasonable prices.
I'm close to LT GOLD and now retired and can travel wherever and medic a fly need at least a J seat on long hauls.
I will do a F. Oneworld RTW with 8 F sector's and 8 J and easily obtain Platinum based solely on revenue . Then 3 Js RTW p.a to keep status for a while. I find a few longhauls in J now up to 12k AUD so RTWS the way to go.

 

[Mrsfefe]

Hobart - the call centre, not the lounge

 

[serfty]

I plsnned on using a similar strategy but late last year the situation changed.

My "year" ends 31st October.

My plan was to start with a double SC SYD to LHR in business as part of a DONE4. 590 SC from that alone. Along with further travel I planned to slip into requalification in autumn.

However before I departed in November, Qantas gave me 150 SC with the "thank you for your loyalty" bonus as I was already WP. Then my planned energy provider switch and a targeted Points Club earn for 2 years already planned, the points transferred earned another 30 SC through the "Status Credits on the ground" promotion, so I started the year with 180 SC.

Qantas cancelled a business class LAX-MEL flight and rerouted me LAX-DFW-MEL. Another 100 SC.

I ended up changing the crediting of what would have been 540 Qantas SC to other programs and by January end, had over 1200 SC; with that requalification for WP.

(..and no, for those concerned about life time platinum, those missed SC are irrelevant given I am only just over 40K)

 

[Vic]

I ended up changing the crediting of what would have been 540 Qantas SC to other programs and by January end, had over 1200 SC; with that requalification for WP.

(..and no, for those concerned about life time platinum, those missed SC are irrelevant given I am only just over 40K)

Similar with the Qantas gifting, although I'm 30 September - requalified platinum in ~3 months.

Serious travel is still to happen this year.