Re: Discount Y Platinum vs. Premium cabin Platinum, who is really worth more to Qanta
I'd be interested to hear what the actual amount some discount Y WP frequent flyers spend in a year. With sale fares going up and down, they probably spend more than we might at first think.
Is there anyone out there who wants to let us know what their yearly budget is? Number of flights flown and SC earn would be interesting to hear too. I'd like to hear form the Premium flyers on this too, so we can make a real spend comparison.
Whilst I don't have the figures for this year at hand, from previous years, at one point the team I was travelling with was spending in the region of 200K - 300K per year on flying for 3 - 2x Discount Y & 1 J (80% of their flights).
Although I did calculate that 2008 was a year spent flying OS (and on the road) 300 days out of that year; those other 65 days were spread over 2008 like a dogs breakfast - a day here, 3 days there - wow I think I even got 2 weeks at one stage!:mrgreen:
We spent countless hours in the air and I reached WP for the first time about 4 months into my renewed SG status. I kept WP for 3 years, and missed out on partner status 2 out of those 3 years by 150SCs each time.
I had one Op-Up during that time - the year before my WP expired (December 2009), and never had a points upgrade honoured, ever.
To keep that status flying -Y is tough: I flew back to AU on a few occasions for a day before flying out again long-haul. (In on a Friday, Saturday home, out 6am Sunday.) Clients don't like to pay any more than they have to and would rather you spent a day in your own home than put you up overnight at a hotel and cutting the flight time (and body wear & tear factor) for you.
Obviously the J flyer reached WP a lot quicker, retained easier and garnered the partner Gold extremely quickly as well ( got his about 3 months into his WP status, and continued to do so up until last year, when he had to fly -Y on *all* flights.
It's tough to do, and we chose QF over other airlines as we had SG status and baggage allowance etc that assists with our job immensely.
The little touches that WP gives is welcomed, and believe me when you fly as much I have in that cramped Y cabin, being rewarded for my loyalty to QF is *very* appreciated.
Seems a great pity that that same loyalty doesn't appear to be going both ways any more. . . . .